Table 1. Descriptive information of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition participant countries.

	Number of participants		Total person-years		Number of colorectalcancer cases		Total dietary fibre intake(g/day) *
Country	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
France	–	67,385	–	699,360	–	423	–	20.0 (8.7)
Italy	14,029	30,512	158,917	341,489	173	245	25.5 (10.7)	19.6 (8.9)
Spain	15,148	24,854	182,965	299,617	185	144	26.1 (12.7)	20.7 (11.1)
United Kingdom	22,852	52,543	252,096	586,301	324	404	23.3 (10.3)	19.4 (9.3)
The Netherlands	9,639	26,866	115,570	315,683	82	305	25.1 (11.5)	21.3 (8.7)
Greece	10,807	15,225	99,108	148,604	61	44	23.9 (14.8)	17.6 (10.4)
Germany	21,172	27,411	208,509	272,105	265	172	23.0 (10.2)	20.4 (8.8)
Sweden	22,309	26,375	289,623	349,308	339	313	19.3 (8.5)	16.7 (6.9)
Denmark	26,294	28,722	284,721	316,745	475	353	26.0 (11.0)	23.1 (9.8)
Norway	–	35,169	–	342,279	–	210	–	19.1 (8.3)
All EPIC	142,250	335,062	1,591,508	3,671,490	1,904	2,613	23.7 (11.4)	19.8 (9.1)

^*Data are mean and (SD) of dietary fibre intake information collected from 24-hour dietary recalls (n = 34,436 participants).