Baseline characteristics of 25,623 study participants and 851 incident cancer cases, by gender, from the Greek component of the EPIC study
| Baseline characteristics . | Study population . | . | Cancer cases . | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Men (n = 10,582) . | Women (n = 15,041) . | Men (n = 421) . | Women (n = 430) . | ||||
| Median (25th, 75th centiles) | ||||||||
| Age (y) | 52.2 (42.3, 64.3) | 53.8 (43.3, 63.9) | 64.6 (56.6, 69.8) | 59.6 (48.5, 67.1) | ||||
| Formal education (y) | 6 (6, 12) | 6 (3, 12) | 6 (6, 12) | 6 (3, 12) | ||||
| Height (cm) | 170.0 (165.0, 174.8) | 156.0 (152.0, 160.5) | 168.0 (164.0, 173.0) | 156.0 (151.0, 160.0) | ||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.9 (25.6, 30.4) | 28.6 (25.2, 32.1) | 27.4 (25.1, 30.3) | 29.2 (25.7, 32.7) | ||||
| Physical activity (MET-h/d) | 34.1 (31.2, 38.5) | 35.1 (32.7, 37.7) | 32.8 (30.1, 36.3) | 34.8 (32.7, 37.6) | ||||
| n (%) | ||||||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never | 2,691 (25) | 11,232 (75) | 77 (18) | 334 (78) | ||||
| Former | 3,667 (35) | 1,171 (8) | 166 (40) | 32 (7) | ||||
| Current | 4,224 (40) | 2,638 (17) | 178 (42) | 64 (15) | ||||
| Ethanol intake (g/d) | ||||||||
| <10 | 5,232 (49) | 13,775 (92) | 236 (56) | 394 (92) | ||||
| 10-<30 | 3,383 (32) | 1,132 (7) | 109 (26) | 32 (7) | ||||
| ≥30 | 1,967 (19) | 134 (1) | 76 (18) | 4 (1) | ||||
| Supplement intake | ||||||||
| No | 10,031 (95) | 12,231 (81) | 393 (93) | 342 (79) | ||||
| Yes | 551 (5) | 2,810 (19) | 28 (7) | 88 (21) | ||||
| Baseline characteristics . | Study population . | . | Cancer cases . | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Men (n = 10,582) . | Women (n = 15,041) . | Men (n = 421) . | Women (n = 430) . | ||||
| Median (25th, 75th centiles) | ||||||||
| Age (y) | 52.2 (42.3, 64.3) | 53.8 (43.3, 63.9) | 64.6 (56.6, 69.8) | 59.6 (48.5, 67.1) | ||||
| Formal education (y) | 6 (6, 12) | 6 (3, 12) | 6 (6, 12) | 6 (3, 12) | ||||
| Height (cm) | 170.0 (165.0, 174.8) | 156.0 (152.0, 160.5) | 168.0 (164.0, 173.0) | 156.0 (151.0, 160.0) | ||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.9 (25.6, 30.4) | 28.6 (25.2, 32.1) | 27.4 (25.1, 30.3) | 29.2 (25.7, 32.7) | ||||
| Physical activity (MET-h/d) | 34.1 (31.2, 38.5) | 35.1 (32.7, 37.7) | 32.8 (30.1, 36.3) | 34.8 (32.7, 37.6) | ||||
| n (%) | ||||||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never | 2,691 (25) | 11,232 (75) | 77 (18) | 334 (78) | ||||
| Former | 3,667 (35) | 1,171 (8) | 166 (40) | 32 (7) | ||||
| Current | 4,224 (40) | 2,638 (17) | 178 (42) | 64 (15) | ||||
| Ethanol intake (g/d) | ||||||||
| <10 | 5,232 (49) | 13,775 (92) | 236 (56) | 394 (92) | ||||
| 10-<30 | 3,383 (32) | 1,132 (7) | 109 (26) | 32 (7) | ||||
| ≥30 | 1,967 (19) | 134 (1) | 76 (18) | 4 (1) | ||||
| Supplement intake | ||||||||
| No | 10,031 (95) | 12,231 (81) | 393 (93) | 342 (79) | ||||
| Yes | 551 (5) | 2,810 (19) | 28 (7) | 88 (21) | ||||