Table 3

Characteristics of postmenopausal women in the NHANES III according to postmenopausal hormone use

Variable
Never
Past use
Current

Participants, n
2446
607
453
Age (years)
64
63
56
Body mass index (kg/m2)
28
27
26
Diuretic use (%)
18
18
16
Hypertension (%)
43
48
34
Alcohol intake (servings/day)
0.1
0.1
0.2
Total meat intake (servings/day)
0.9
0.9
0.9
Seafood intake (servings/day)
0.2
0.2
0.2
Dairy food intake (servings/day)
1.4
1.5
1.3
Sweetened soft drink intake (servings/day)
0.3
0.2
0.2
Coffee intake (servings/day)
1.2
1.2
1.3
Uric acid drug usea (%)
1.4
0.4
1.4
Creatinine (mg/dl)
1.0
1.0
1.0

Data are presented incorporating sample weights and adjusted for clusters and strata of the complex sample design of NHANES III. aAllopurinol and uricosuric agents.

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