Association of education with dietary intake among young adults in the bi-ethnic Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort.
OBJECTIVE
To examine associations of changes in dietary intake with education in young black and white men and women.


METHODS
The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a multi-centre population-based prospective study. Dietary intake data at baseline and year 7 were obtained from an extensive nutritionist-administered diet history questionnaire with 700 items developed for CARDIA.


METHODS
Participants were recruited in 1985-1986 from four sites: Birmingham, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Oakland, California.


METHODS
Participants were from a general community sample of 703 black men (BM), 1006 black women (BW), 963 white men (WM) and 1054 white women (WW) who were aged 18-30 years at baseline. Analyses here include data for baseline (1985-1986) and year 7 (1992-1993).


RESULTS
Most changes in dietary intake were observed among those with high education (>or=12 years) at both examinations. There was a significant decrease in intake of energy from saturated fat and cholesterol and a significant increase in energy from starch for each race-gender group (P<0.001). Regardless of education, taste was considered an important influence on food choice.


CONCLUSIONS
The inverse relationship of education with changes in saturated fat and cholesterol intakes suggests that national public health campaigns may have a greater impact among those with more education.
Archer
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SL
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, #1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. s-archer@northwestern.edu
Hilner
J E
JE
Dyer
A R
AR
Greenlund
K J
KJ
Colangelo
L A
LA
Kiefe
C I
CI
Liu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013649:Taste; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American
D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004041:Dietary Fats