Table 1. Demographic characteristics and comparison of health behaviours within groups at baseline and follow-up according to cancer status among 20 914 Danish men in the Diet, Cancer and Health Study.
| Men with cancer | Men with cancer other than PC | Men with PC | Cancer-free men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N
=426
|
N
=297
|
N
=129
|
N
=20 488
|
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| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |
| Age at baseline | ||||||||
| Range | 50.3–65.4 | 53.6–71.1 | 50.3–65.4 | 55.5–71.1 | 50.5–65.2 | 53.6–69.9 | 50.1–65.6 | 54.3–72.5 |
| Mean (s.d.) | 58.6 (4.3) | 63.4 (4.2) | 58.2 (4.3) | 63.5 (4.3) | 59.6 (4.1) | 63.0 (4.1) | 56.5 (4.3) | 61.9 (4.3) |
| Education (N (%)) | ||||||||
| Basic or high school | 161 (38) | 112 (38) | 49 (38) | 6788 (33) | ||||
| Vocational training | 176 (41) | 124 (42) | 52 (40) | 8623 (42) | ||||
| Higher education | 89 (21) | 61 (21) | 28 (22) | 5077 (25) | ||||
| Marital status (N (%)) | ||||||||
| Never married | 19 (4) | 15 (5) | 4 (3) | 1104 (5) | ||||
| Divorced/widowed | 59 (14) | 46 (15) | 13 (10) | 3012 (15) | ||||
| Married/registered partner | 348 (82) | 236 (79) | 112 (86) | 16 372 (80) | ||||
| Health behaviour | ||||||||
| Tobacco g/day (N (%)) | ||||||||
| Mean | 9.1 | 5.3a | 9.3 | 5.5b | 7.8 | 5.0c | 7.3d | 5.3e |
| 0 | 248 (58) | 299 (73) | 167 (56) | 204 (72) | 81 (63) | 95 (77) | 12 954 (63) | 14 074 (72) |
| 1–10 | 35 (8) | 21 (5) | 22 (7) | 16 (6) | 13 (10) | 5 (4) | 1628 (8) | 1357 (7) |
| 11–20 | 77 (18) | 45 (11) | 55 (18) | 32 (11) | 22 (17) | 13 (10) | 3320 (16) | 2373 (12) |
| ⩾20 | 66 (15) | 40 (10) | 53 (18) | 30 (11) | 13 (10) | 10 (8) | 2567 (13) | 1715 (9) |
| P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | |||||
| Alcohol g/day (%) | ||||||||
| Mean | 30.1 | 28.1 | 32.1 | 30.1 | 25.6 | 23.4 | 27.0 f | 27.2 |
| 0 | 14 (3) | 16 (4) | 9 (3) | 9 (3) | 5 (4) | 7 (5) | 459 (2) | 503 (2) |
| 1–36 | 269 (63) | 269 (63) | 180 (61) | 177 (60) | 89 (69) | 92 (71) | 14 147 (69) | 14 153 (69) |
| >36 | 143 (34) | 141 (33) | 108 (36) | 111 (37) | 35 (27) | 30 (23) | 5872 (29) | 5832 (28) |
| P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | ||||||
| BMI (%) | ||||||||
| Mean | 26.4g | 26.0h | 26.5i | 25.8j | 26.1 | 26.3k | 26.5l | 26.4m |
| <18.5 | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 38 (0) | 50 (0) |
| 18.5–24.9 | 157 (37) | 175 (41) | 115 (39) | 136 (46) | 42 (33) | 39 (30) | 7029 (34) | 7121 (35) |
| 25–29.9 | 202 (48) | 184 (43) | 132 (45) | 112 (38) | 70 (54) | 72 (56) | 10 461 (51) | 10 360 (51) |
| ⩾30 | 66 (15) | 63 (15) | 49 (17) | 46 (16) | 17 (13) | 17 (13) | 2949 (14) | 2903 (14) |
| P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | P-value <0.001 | |||||
Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index; PC=prostate cancer.
a
Information missing for 21.
b
Information missing for 15.
c
Information missing for 6.
d
Information missing for 19.
e
Information missing for 969.
f
Information missing for 10.
g
Information missing for 1.
h
Information missing for 2.
i
Information missing for 1.
j
Information missing for 2.
k
Information missing for 1.
l
Information missing for 11.
m
Information missing for 54. All numbers, proportions and means for baseline and follow-up are based on people with no missing information at either time.