Baseline characteristics for the study participants in the ENRICA cohort study (2008–2010) according to categories of chocolate consumption.

<p>SD: Standard Deviation; MET: Metabolic Equivalents; TV: television;</p><p>* Trichopoulou score.</p><p>** Hypertension was defined as systolic pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic pressure ≥90mmHg, or use of antihypertensive drugs.</p><p>†Diabetes mellitus was defined as serum glucose ≥126 mg/dl or use of antidiabetic drugs.</p><p>‡Hypercholesterolemia was defined as total serum cholesterol ≥200 mg/dl or use of hypolipidemic drugs.</p><p>║Adjusted for sex, age (18–44,45–64,65 and over), educational level (no formal or primary education; secondary education; university), tobacco consumption (never smokers, former smokers, current smokers), alcohol consumption g/day (quartiles), body mass index kg/m² (quartiles), abdominal obesity (yes/no), leisure time physical activity METs-h/week (quartiles), time spent watching television h/week (quartiles), adherence to the Mediterranean diet (low adherence 0–2 points, medium adherence 3–5 points, high adherence 6–8 points), total energy kcal/day (quartiles) and prevalent diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and depression).</p><p>Baseline characteristics for the study participants in the ENRICA cohort study (2008–2010) according to categories of chocolate consumption.