Table 2.
Number and proportion of participants (%) consuming at or above the EPIC mean for the seven predefined ‘Nordic’ food items, by gender and country; men and women aged 35–74 years, constituting a random sample of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
| Males | Females | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of dietary items | Number of dietary items | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total |
| Norway | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 130 | 449 | 583 | 411 | 183 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1798 |
| % | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7·2 | 25·0 | 32·4 | 22·9 | 10·2 | 2·2 | 0·1 | 0·0 | ||
| Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 746 | 1029 | 701 | 247 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2797 | 759 | 1183 | 859 | 385 | 125 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3335 |
| % | 26·7 | 36·8 | 25·1 | 8·8 | 2·3 | 0·3 | 0·04 | 0·0 | 22·8 | 35·5 | 25·8 | 11·5 | 3·8 | 0·6 | 0·1 | 0·0 | ||
| Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 203 | 579 | 605 | 372 | 138 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1923 | 173 | 532 | 687 | 413 | 150 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1995 |
| % | 10·6 | 30·1 | 31·5 | 19·3 | 7·2 | 1·4 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 8·7 | 26·7 | 34·4 | 20·7 | 7·5 | 1·8 | 0·3 | 0·0 | ||
| Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 85 | 180 | 146 | 89 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 528 | 109 | 242 | 236 | 146 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 785 |
| % | 16·1 | 34·1 | 27·7 | 16·9 | 5·1 | 0·2 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 13·9 | 30·8 | 30·1 | 18·6 | 5·4 | 1·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 45 | 99 | 71 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 43 | 114 | 81 | 70 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 330 |
| % | 17·1 | 37·6 | 27·0 | 13·7 | 4·2 | 0·4 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 13·0 | 34·6 | 24·6 | 21·2 | 4·9 | 1·8 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| Oxford, general population | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 27 | 46 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 41 | 69 | 89 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 249 |
| % | 17·9 | 30·5 | 27·8 | 17·2 | 6·6 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 16·5 | 27·7 | 35·7 | 15·3 | 3·6 | 1·2 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| Oxford, health conscious | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 13 | 35 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 25 | 59 | 66 | 38 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| % | 11·4 | 30·7 | 29·0 | 23·7 | 5·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 12·1 | 28·6 | 32·0 | 18·5 | 8·3 | 0·5 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| The Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 270 | 496 | 350 | 125 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1270 | 429 | 1170 | 1099 | 488 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3275 |
| % | 21·3 | 39·1 | 27·6 | 9·8 | 2·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 13·1 | 35·7 | 33·6 | 14·9 | 2·6 | 0·2 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 367 | 867 | 683 | 296 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2268 | 358 | 771 | 682 | 281 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2150 |
| % | 16·2 | 38·2 | 30·1 | 13·1 | 2·1 | 0·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 16·7 | 35·9 | 31·7 | 13·1 | 2·6 | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·0 | ||
| France | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 827 | 1693 | 1416 | 628 | 152 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4735 |
| % | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17·5 | 35·8 | 29·9 | 13·3 | 3·2 | 0·4 | 0·04 | 0·0 | ||
| Greece | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 214 | 541 | 481 | 185 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1469 | 316 | 576 | 369 | 157 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1461 |
| % | 14·6 | 36·8 | 32·7 | 12·6 | 3·0 | 0·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 21·6 | 39·4 | 25·3 | 10·8 | 2·7 | 0·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 360 | 586 | 363 | 112 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1444 | 730 | 1105 | 536 | 124 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2517 |
| % | 24·9 | 40·6 | 25·1 | 7·8 | 1·5 | 0·0 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 29·0 | 43·9 | 21·3 | 4·9 | 0·8 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 333 | 684 | 524 | 198 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1777 | 316 | 555 | 394 | 149 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1443 |
| % | 18·7 | 38·5 | 29·5 | 11·1 | 1·7 | 0·5 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 21·9 | 38·5 | 27·3 | 10·3 | 1·9 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·0 | ||
| All countries | ||||||||||||||||||
| n | 2578 | 4962 | 3853 | 1624 | 403 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 13 476 | 4147 | 8276 | 6861 | 3182 | 876 | 139 | 13 | 0 | 23 494 |
N/A, not applicable.