Table 1.
Characteristics of cases of death from stroke and the total cohort
| Characteristics | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n=434) |
Total participants (n=78 844) |
Cases (n=426) |
Total participants (n=96 044) |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age at cohort entry (years) | 66.6 | 7.1 | 65.7 | 7.6 | 66.4 | 7.4 | 59.3 | 8.8 |
| Energy intake (kcal) | 2141 | 1009 | 2301 | 974 | 1806 | 850 | 1887 | 840 |
| % energy from fat | 30.1 | 7.5 | 30.2 | 7.1 | 30.2 | 7.2 | 29.7 | 7.1 |
| % energy from saturated fat | 8.9 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 2.6 |
| % energy from alcohol | 3.8 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| % energy from carbohydrate | 51.3 | 9.9 | 51.1 | 9.1 | 52.9 | 9.5 | 53.6 | 8.9 |
| Food group intake (servings/day) | ||||||||
| Vegetables | 4.3 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| Fruit | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Meat | 5.7 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.1 |
| Dairy | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Grain | 7.8 | 3.9 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
| Moderate or vigorous activity (hours/day) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Smoking (pack-years) | 17.4 | 17.9 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 12.0 |
| Percent (%) | ||||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Caucasian | 17 | 26 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| African American | 25 | 13 | 36 | 19 | ||||
| Native Hawaiian | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Japanese American | 31 | 31 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| Latino | 23 | 23 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | ||||||||
| ≤ 18.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 18.6 – 24.9 | 49 | 42 | 41 | 47 | ||||
| 25.0 – 29.9 | 34 | 43 | 30 | 31 | ||||
| ≥ 30 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 19 | ||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never smoker | 27 | 31 | 45 | 57 | ||||
| Past smoker | 51 | 51 | 33 | 29 | ||||
| Current smoker | 22 | 18 | 22 | 14 | ||||
| Alcohol consumers | 51 | 63 | 30 | 39 | ||||
| Medical history | ||||||||
| History of Diabetes | 26 | 12 | 24 | 10 | ||||
| History of Hypertension | 60 | 39 | 62 | 37 | ||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Graduated college | 18 | 30 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| Grade 11/12 - some college | 57 | 54 | 60 | 58 | ||||
| ≤10yrs education | 25 | 16 | 25 | 17 | ||||
| Currently Married | 74 | 77 | 47 | 59 | ||||