Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of males (n = 44,655), overall and by DP quintile.
| Characteristic | Total | Quintile 1 | Quintile 2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants | N = 44,655 | N = 8931 | N = 8931 | N = 8931 | N = 8931 | N = 8931 | |
| Age at recruitment (years), mean (SD) | 56.58 (7.92) | 58.11 (7.46) | 57.74 (7.63) | 56.88 (7.77) | 55.98 (7.93) | 54.22 (8.16) | < 0.001 |
| Height (metres), mean (SD) | 176.89 (6.62) | 176.71 (6.56) | 176.76 (6.61) | 176.72 (6.57) | 177.04 (6.57) | 177.24 (6.75) | < 0.001 |
| Dietary pattern z_score, mean (SD) | 0.42 (1.49) | -1.64 (0.85) | -0.30 (0.23) | 0.42 (0.20) | 1.15 (0.24) | 2.49 (0.82) | < 0.001 |
| aSMM (kg), mean (SD) | 27.00 (3.50) | 26.60 (3.44) | 26.69 (3.41) | 26.91 (3.37) | 27.17 (3.45) | 27.61 (3.73) | < 0.001 |
| FM (kg), mean (SD) | 20.90 (7.42) | 19.87 (7.28) | 20.46 (7.19) | 20.96 (7.11) | 21.25 (7.30) | 21.96 (7.98) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27.00 (3.73) | 26.53 (3.61) | 26.73 (3.62) | 27.01 (3.60) | 27.16 (3.69) | 27.56 (4.03) | < 0.001 |
| WC (cm), mean (SD) | 94.92 (10.34) | 93.28 (10.22) | 94.25 (10.12) | 94.96 (10.03) | 95.47 (10.19) | 96.66 (10.79) | < 0.001 |
| WHR, mean (SD) | 0.92 (0.06) | 0.91 (0.06) | 0.92 (0.06) | 0.92 (0.06) | 0.93 (0.06) | 0.93 (0.06) | < 0.001 |
| Townsend Deprivation Index, n(%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 9722 (21.77 %) | 1963 (21.98 %) | 2049 (22.94 %) | 2042 (22.86 %) | 1924 (21.54 %) | 1744 (19.53 %) | |
| 2 | 9432 (21.12 %) | 1955 (21.89 %) | 1893 (21.20 %) | 1947 (21.80 %) | 1910 (21.39 %) | 1727 (19.34 %) | |
| 3 | 8928 (19.99 %) | 1812 (20.29 %) | 1807 (20.23 %) | 1738 (19.46 %) | 1774 (19.86 %) | 1797 (20.12 %) | |
| 4 | 8624 (19.31 %) | 1657 (18.55 %) | 1721 (19.27 %) | 1692 (18.95 %) | 1736 (19.44 %) | 1818 (20.36 %) | |
| 5 (most deprived) | 7949 (17.80 %) | 1544 (17.29 %) | 1461 (16.36 %) | 1512 (16.93 %) | 1587 (17.77 %) | 1845 (20.66 %) | |
| Education, n(%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Higher degree | 22,798 (51.05 %) | 4871 (54.54 %) | 4833 (54.11 %) | 4680 (52.40 %) | 4515 (50.55 %) | 3899 (43.66 %) | |
| Any school degree | 12,098 (27.09 %) | 2221 (24.87 %) | 2285 (25.59 %) | 2370 (26.54 %) | 2522 (28.24 %) | 2700 (30.23 %) | |
| Vocational qualification | 7044 (15.77 %) | 1287 (14.41 %) | 1289 (14.43 %) | 1394 (15.61 %) | 1371 (15.35 %) | 1703 (19.07 %) | |
| None of the above | 2715 (6.08 %) | 552 (6.18 %) | 524 (5.87 %) | 487 (5.45 %) | 523 (5.86 %) | 629 (7.04 %) | |
| Smoking status, n(%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Never | 24,052 (53.86 %) | 5027 (56.29 %) | 5018 (56.19 %) | 4825 (54.03 %) | 4704 (52.67 %) | 4478 (50.14 %) | |
| Previous | 17,071 (38.23 %) | 3515 (39.36 %) | 3417 (38.26 %) | 3480 (38.97 %) | 3475 (38.91 %) | 3184 (35.65 %) | |
| Current | 3532 (7.91 %) | 389 (4.36 %) | 496 (5.55 %) | 626 (7.01 %) | 752 (8.42 %) | 1269 (14.21 %) | |
| Physical activity, n(%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Low | 8840 (19.80 %) | 1229 (13.76 %) | 1600 (17.92 %) | 1846 (20.67 %) | 2022 (22.64 %) | 2143 (24.00 %) | |
| Moderate | 23,520 (52.67 %) | 4743 (53.11 %) | 4908 (54.95 %) | 4738 (53.05 %) | 4715 (52.79 %) | 4416 (49.45 %) | |
| High | 12,295 (27.53 %) | 2959 (33.13 %) | 2423 (27.13 %) | 2347 (26.28 %) | 2194 (24.57 %) | 2372 (26.56 %) | |
| Cancer history (yes), n(%) | 1267 (2.84 %) | 249 (2.79 %) | 256 (2.87 %) | 268 (3.00 %) | 270 (3.02 %) | 224 (2.51 %) | 0.23 |
DP – Dietary Pattern; FM – Fat Mass; aSMM – Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass; BMI – Body Mass Index; WC – Waist Circumference; WHR – Waist-to-Hip Ratio; *Pearson’s chi-squared tests were used to compare the distribution between z-score for categorical variables, and ANOVA was used to compare the z-score for continuous variables.