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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of male participants according to body mass index (BMI) categories in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

From: Tall height and obesity are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the EPIC cohort study

 

BMI (kg/m2)

Characteristic

<25

25–29.9

≥30

Number of men

50,678

68,736

21,698

Age at baseline,a years

50.0 (11.2)

52.5 (9.4)

53.3 (8.9)

Age at diagnosis,a years

67.7 (6.9)

68.0 (6.5)

67.7 (6.3)

Smoking status, N (%)

 Never smoker

19,156 (37.8)

21,354 (31.1)

5914 (27.3)

 Former smoker

15,113 (29.8)

26,916 (39.2)

9162 (42.2)

 Current smoker

15,749 (31.1)

19,480 (28.3)

6327 (29.2)

 Unknown

660 (1.3)

986 (1.4)

295 (1.4)

Physical activity, N (%)

 Inactive

8141 (16.1)

12,998 (18.9)

5309 (24.5)

 Moderately inactive

15,452 (30.5)

21,203 (30.8)

6506 (30.0)

 Moderately active

12,597 (24.9)

16,636 (24.2)

5046 (23.3)

 Active

13,135 (25.9)

16,487 (24.0)

4539 (20.9)

 Unknown

1353 (2.7)

1412 (2.1)

298 (1.4)

Diabetes at baseline, N (%)

 No

48,380 (95.5)

64,886 (94.4)

19,692 (90.8)

 Yes

1088 (2.1)

2424 (3.5)

1542 (7.1)

 Unknown

1210 (2.4)

1426 (2.1)

464 (2.1)

Education, N (%)

 Below degree level

32,488 (64.1)

50,091 (72.9)

17,485 (80.6)

 Degree level

16,644 (32.8)

16,919 (24.6)

3730 (17.2)

 Unknown

1546 (3.1)

1726 (2.5)

483 (2.2)

Marital status, N (%)

 Married

29,318 (57.9)

38,540 (56.1)

11,029 (50.8)

 Not married

9154 (18.1)

7209 (10.5)

2099 (9.7)

 Unknown

12,206 (24.1)

22,987 (33.4)

8570 (39.5)

Height,a cm

176.2 (7.2)

174.3 (7.2)

172.6 (7.6)

BMI,a kg/m2

23.0 (1.6)

27.2 (1.4)

32.6 (2.7)

Weight,a kg

71.3 (7.3)

82.7 (7.7)

97.3 (11.4)

Waist circumference,a cm

85.8 (6.2)

96.2 (6.2)

109.0 (8.2)

Hip circumference,a cm

95.6 (4.6)

101.6 (4.7)

109.7 (6.6)

Waist to hip ratioa

0.899 (0.056)

0.948 (0.054)

0.995 (0.057)

  1. aValues are means (SD)