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Institutionalised people, military personnel, Buddhist monks and nuns were not invited. Physically and mentally ill people were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mean intake of fruit was 0.8 (SE 0.1) and 0.6 (0.0) servings\/day and of vegetables 2.2 (0.1) and 1.2 (0.1) servings\/day, in urban and rural areas, respectively. Adjusted for included confounders (age, sex, location, income, education, smoking and low physical activity), men and women eating \u22652 servings of fruits and vegetables\/day had lower odds than others of hypertriglyceridaemia (OR 0.72 (95% CI 0.56 to 0.94)). On average, women eating at least 2 servings of fruits and vegetables per day had cholesterol levels 0.28\u2005mmol\/L lower than the levels of other women. 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