Baseline characteristics of participants included into the analyses¹.

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<p>SU.VI.MAX Study, France, 1994–1996.</p><p>PNNS-GS: Programme National Nutrition Santé Guideline Score. Categories of the PNNS-GS: Low: <6 points; medium: ≥6 and <9 points; high: ≥9 points.</p><p>BMI: body mass index. WC: waist circumference.</p>1<p>Values are medians (quartile 1; quartile 3) or frequencies.</p>2<p>Kruskal-Wallis-test for continuous variables and Chi²-test for categorical variables.</p>3<p>On at least five days of the week.</p>4<p>Data on WC was only available for 878 men and 391 women.</p>5<p>Word Health Organization cut-off for a substantially increased risk of metabolic Complications (for Caucasians): >102 cm (men); >88 cm (women) <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0087083#pone.0087083-Alberti1" target="_blank">[53]</a>.</p