Table 1 Adolescent and adult characteristics by adolescent dietary patterns among 709 premenopausal women in NHS II
Dietary pattern | Pro-inflammatory dietary pattern | Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) dietary pattern | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 (n = 144) | Q2 (n = 159) | Q3 (n = 157) | Q4 (n = 142) | Q5 (n = 107) | Q1 (n = 122) | Q2 (n = 147) | Q3 (n = 148) | Q4 (n = 156) | Q5 (n = 136) | |
Adolescent characteristics | ||||||||||
 Caloric intake (kcal/day) | 2415 (695) | 2549 (698) | 2774 (681) | 2981 (740) | 3376 (805) | 2621 (733) | 2638 (815) | 2746 (724) | 2942 (727) | 2943 (864) |
 BMI (kg/m2) at age 18 | 20.5 (2.5) | 20.5 (2.5) | 21.1 (3.0) | 21.4 (3.0) | 22.1 (3.7) | 20.4 (2.6) | 21.0 (3.0) | 21.4 (3.0) | 21.2 (3.3) | 21.4 (2.8) |
 Adolescent activity (METs/week) | 49.6 (32.4) | 47.7 (29.2) | 49.7 (33.6) | 44.3 (28.5) | 48.5 (35.0) | 47.6 (32.4) | 44.0 (27.9) | 43.9 (30.6) | 51.1 (33.6) | 53.4 (32.7) |
 Adolescent alcohol intake (g/day) | 0.9 (3.3) | 1.0 (2.6) | 0.7 (2.2) | 1.1 (3.5) | 1.5 (7.6) | 0.9 (7.0) | 0.6 (2.1) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.9 (2.4) | 1.9 (4.8) |
 Age at menarche | 12.5 (1.5) | 12.5 (1.4) | 12.3 (1.5) | 12.3 (1.5) | 12.3 (1.5) | 12.7 (1.5) | 12.5 (1.4) | 12.3 (1.4) | 12.2 (1.6) | 12.2 (1.5) |
Adult characteristics at the time of mammogram | ||||||||||
 Age (years) | 44.7 (4.0) | 44.6 (4.0) | 44.6 (3.5) | 44.6 (4.2) | 44.1 (4.0) | 44.7 (4.4) | 44.7 (3.9) | 44.8 (3.8) | 44.4 (3.9) | 44.3 (3.6) |
 BMI (kg/m2) | 24.3 (4.6) | 24.8 (4.9) | 25.2 (5.9) | 26.3 (5.8) | 27.9 (7.1) | 25.2 (5.8) | 25.5 (5.7) | 26.1 (5.7) | 25.1 (5.4) | 25.8 (6.1) |
 Nulliparous (%) | 22 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 27 |
 Age at first birth* | 26.8 (4.2) | 27.0 (4.9) | 26.4 (4.2) | 26.3 (4.6) | 26.2 (5.1) | 26.0 (4.0) | 27.0 (4.9) | 26.0 (4.1) | 26.6 (4.6) | 27.3 (5.0) |
 Parity* | 2.5 (1.0) | 2.2 (0.9) | 2.3 (1.0) | 2.4 (1.0) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.2 (0.9) | 2.4 (1.0) | 2.4 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.8) |
 History of benign breast disease (%) | 15 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
 Family history of breast cancer (%) | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |