Table 3 |
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Characteristics of postmenopausal women in the NHANES III according to postmenopausal hormone use |
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Variable |
Never |
Past use |
Current |
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Participants, n |
2446 |
607 |
453 |
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Age (years) |
64 |
63 |
56 |
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Body mass index (kg/m2) |
28 |
27 |
26 |
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Diuretic use (%) |
18 |
18 |
16 |
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Hypertension (%) |
43 |
48 |
34 |
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Alcohol intake (servings/day) |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
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Total meat intake (servings/day) |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
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Seafood intake (servings/day) |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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Dairy food intake (servings/day) |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
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Sweetened soft drink intake (servings/day) |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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Coffee intake (servings/day) |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
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Uric acid drug usea (%) |
1.4 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
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Creatinine (mg/dl) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
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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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Hak and Choi Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:R116 doi:10.1186/ar2519 |
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