Prevalence of 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases and Associated Risks in Canadian Adults: The Contribution of Cardiometabolic Risk Assessment Introduction

Table 2

Dietary consumption among Canadians aged from 30 to 74 years at different level of 10-year risk of CVD, Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 1, 2007–2009 (𝑛 = 1,293).

Food and beverages times/day^1	Low 10-year CVD risk (𝑛=1190)	Medium 10-year CVD risk (𝑛=84)	High 10-year CVD risk (𝑛=19)
		Mean of intake (SE^2) CIs^3
Meat and fish
Red meat, organs, hotdogs, sausage or bacon, seas foods, eggs,  beans, and nuts	1.81 (0.13)	1.31 (0.08)	1.95 (0.42)
	1.50–2.11	1.12–1.49	1.01–2.89
Grains, fruit, and vegetable
Hot/cold cereal, white bread, brown bread, rice, and pasta (grains)	2.87 (0.13)	3.76 (1.24)	3.35 (1.84)
	2.56–3.18	1.02–6.50	−0.71–7.41
Fruit and vegetable	3.78 (0.08)	3.65 (0.18)	3.95 (0.45)
	3.59–3.98	3.25–4.05	2.94–4.96
Milk and dairy products
Milk, cottage cheese, and yoghurt or ice cream	1.52 (0.05)	1.59 (0.18)	1.44 (0.22)
	1.41–1.63	1.17–2.00	0.94–1.95
Dietary fat
Regular-fat salad dressing or mayonnaise and regular-fat potato  chips, tortilla chips, or corn chips	0.42 (0.02)	0.37 (0.07)	0.37 (0.08)
	0.38–0.47	0.21–0.53	0.18–0.55
Water and soft drinks
Regular soft drink, sport drink, and fruit drink (sugar-sweetened  beverages)	0.39 (0.05)	0.22 (0.05)	0.15 (0.06)
	0.28–0.50	0.11–0.34	0.01–0.29
Diet soft drink	0.16 (0.01)	0.31 (0.11)	0.39 (0.17)
	0.12–0.20	0.06–0.55	0.01–0.77
Fruit and vegetable juice*	0.71 (0.03)	0.43 (0.09)	1.46 (0.78)
	0.64–0.79	0.23–0.63	−0.26–3.19

1Frequency of consumption.
²SE: standard error.
³Confidence intervals.
*Significant (𝑃<0.05), based on 95% confidence interval between low risk versus medium risk.