Associations of dairy and fiber intake with circulating odd-chain fatty acids in post-myocardial infarction patients

Table 1 Characteristics of patients in the subsample of Alpha Omega Cohort for the present analysis^a

	Value
Age (y)	69.2 ± 5.7
Men, n (%)	678 (78.0)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	27.8 ± 4.0
Obese, n (%)^b	205 (23.6)
Smoking status, n (%)^c
Never	150 (17.3)
Former	595 (68.6)
Current	123 (14.2)
Physical activity, n (%)^c,d
Low	327 (37.9)
Medium	356 (41.3)
High	179 (20.8)
Alcohol intake, n (%)^e
No	58 (6.7)
Low	464 (53.4)
Moderate	223 (25.7)
High	124 (14.3)
Time since last myocardial infarction (y)	3.0 (1.4–5.9)
Prevalent diabetes, n(%)^f	186 (21.4)
Medication use, n (%)
Statins	772 (88.8)
Anti-hypertensive	818 (94.1)
Anti-diabetes	129 (14.8)
Serum lipids (mmol/L)
Total cholesterol^c	4.43 ± 0.89
LDL cholesterol^g	2.25 ± 0.75
HDL cholesterol^c	1.37 ± 0.35
Triglycerides^c	1.59 (1.18–2.31)
Odd-chain fatty acids (% total fatty acids)
Phospholipids 15:0	0.14 (0.12–0.16)
Phospholipids 17:0	0.38 ± 0.08
Cholesteryl esters 15:0	0.16 ± 0.04
Cholesteryl esters 17:0	0.08 (0.07–0.10)

HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, MET metabolic equivalent
^aValues are mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range) or n (%)
^bObesity defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m²
^cMissing values for < 1% of patients
^dCategorized as ‘low’: no activity or only light activity (≤ 3 METs), ‘medium’: > 0 to < 5 days per week of moderate or vigorous activity (> 3 METs), and ‘high’: ≥5 days per week of moderate or vigorous activity
^eCategorized as ‘no’: 0 g/d, ‘low’: > 0 to 10 g/d, ‘moderate’: > 10 to 20 g/d for women and > 10 to 30 g/d for men, and ‘high’: > 20 g/d for women and > 30 g/d for men
^fDefined as a self-reported physician’s diagnosis, use of anti-diabetes medication, or plasma glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L (fasting) or ≥ 11.1 mmol/L (non-fasting)
^gMissing values for 44 patients for LDL cholesterol

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