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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participation enrolled in the NHANES

From: Meal timing of dietary total antioxidant capacity and its association with all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality: the US national health and nutrition examination survey, 1999–2018

Characteristic

Mean ± SE or n (%)

Patients, n

56,066

Age (years)

45.97 ± 0.20

Female

27,933 (49.8)

Race/ethnicity

 

 Mexican American

9314 (16.6)

 Non-Hispanic Black

11,411 (20.4)

 Non-Hispanic White

26,797 (47.8)

 Other Hispanic

4149 (7.4)

 Other

4395 (7.8)

Education

 

 Less than 9th grade

5784 (10.3)

 9-11th grade

7577 (13.5)

 College graduate or above

13,386 (23.9)

 High school graduate/GED or equivalent

12,686 (22.7)

 Some college or AA degree

16,575 (29.6)

Income

 

 $ 0 to $ 19,999

12,829 (22.9)

 $20,000 to $44,999

18,656 (33.3)

 $45,000 to $74,999

10,832 (19.3)

 $75,000 to $99,999

9026 (16.1)

 $100,000 and Over

4723 (8.4)

Body mass index (kg/m 2 )

28.42 ± 0.08

Alcohol intake (g/day)

10.02 ± 0.26

Smoking status

 

 Never smoked

30,509 (54.4)

 Past smoker

14,074 (25.1)

 Current smoker

11,483 (20.5)

Physical activity (METs-h/week)

11.11 ± 0.09

Dietary energy intake (kcal)

2136.20 ± 8.78

Adherence to HEI-2015 score

50.76 ± 0.19

Total DAC intake (without coffee, mmol)

4.03 ± 0.04

Breakfast DAC intake (without coffee, mmol)

0.99 ± 0.02

Lunch DAC intake (without coffee, mmol)

1.84 ± 0.03

Dinner DAC intake (without coffee, mmol)

1.20 ± 0.01

Midnight DAC intake (without coffee, mmol) a

0.38 ± 0.01

Δ DAC value (without coffee, mmol) b

0.22 ± 0.02

Total Coffee DAC (mmol)

5.55 ± 0.10

Breakfast coffee DAC intake (mmol)

4.01 ± 0.06

Lunch coffee DAC intake (mmol) without coffee,

2.00 ± 0.03

Dinner coffee DAC intake (mmol)

1.38 ± 0.02

Δ coffee DAC value (mmol) b

-2.63 ± 0.06

Total snack DAC (mmol)

1.85 ± 0.03

Breakfast snack DAC intake (mmol)

1.07 ± 0.02

(continued)

 

Lunch snack DAC intake (mmol)

2.31 ± 0.03

Dinner snack DAC intake (mmol)

1.86 ± 0.02

Δ snack DAC value (mmol) b

0.79 ± 0.03

Total tea DAC (mmol)

1.20 ± 0.05

Breakfast tea DAC intake (mmol)

0.27 ± 0.01

Lunch tea DAC intake (mmol)

0.42 ± 0.02

Dinner tea DAC intake (mmol)

0.51 ± 0.03

Δ tea DAC value (mmol) b

0.24 ± 0.03

Dietary supplement use (%)

33,046 (58.9)

Serum CRP level (mg/dL)

5.15 ± 0.14

Hypertension

18,585 (33.1)

CVD

17,050 (30.4)

Hyperlipidaemia

9483 (16.9)

Diabetes

8970 (16.0)

Cancer

5077 (9.1)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HEI-2015, Healthy Eating Index 2015; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DAC, dietary total antioxidant capacity; CRP, C-reactive protein; METs-h, metabolic equivalent scores
  2. Continuous variables were adjusted for survey weights of NHANES. Categorical variables were unweighted
  3. a DAC intake from midnight snack after dinner; b Δ equals dinner DAC minus breakfast DAC.