TABLE 2.

Anthropometric, lifestyle, and demographic characteristics of the EPIC cohort across levels of physical activity, by sex¹

	Men					Women
	Total N	Inactive, %	Moderately inactive, %	Moderately active, %	Active, %	Total N	Inactive, %	Moderately inactive, %	Moderately active, %	Active, %
BMI
18.5–24.9 kg/m2	40,006	28.7	34.4	35.1	37.1	113,216	37.5	54.1	59.5	59.9
25–29.9 kg/m2	58,005	50.2	49.9	49.6	49.1	69,981	36.8	32.0	29.2	29.8
30–34.9 kg/m2	16,290	17.7	13.6	13.4	12.1	25,196	18.2	10.5	8.7	8.0
>35 kg/m2	2,629	3.4	2.2	2.0	1.8	8,788	7.5	3.4	2.6	2.2
Waist circumference (cm)
<88 (F)/<102 (M)	89,938	68.0	76.6	78.7	81.7	164,928	63.3	78.1	81.9	82.1
≥88 (F)/≥102 (M)	27,042	32.0	23.4	21.3	18.3	52,253	36.8	21.9	18.1	17.8
Alcohol
0 g/d	7646	10.9	5.7	5.6	5.3	37,317	30.5	15.2	11.4	9.4
>0–6 g/d	23,823	24.0	20.0	18.9	19.7	87,963	38.2	41.0	41.4	41.6
>6–12 g/d	18,952	15.6	16.5	16.2	16.2	39,013	13.3	18.3	20.1	21.3
>12–24 g/d	26,002	19.5	23.2	22.9	22.3	32,427	11.1	15.6	16.8	16.8
>24–60 g/d	31,802	23.2	27.7	28.7	28.0	19,064	6.4	9.3	9.7	10.1
>60 g/d	8755	6.9	6.9	7.7	8.5	1,397	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8
Smoking
Never	36,836	28.1	32.1	32.3	32.3	124,251	63.4	57.1	55.6	50.7
Former	43,575	38.0	37.6	36.9	36.7	48,851	16.5	22.8	25.1	27.4
Smoker	36,569	33.9	30.3	30.7	31.1	44,079	20.2	20.2	19.4	21.9
Education
None/primary school	41,129	39.9	29.4	35.6	38.4	76,142	54.7	31.9	25.6	25.2
Technical/professional	28,908	21.4	22.6	24.8	29.6	54,216	17.2	25.3	26.6	33.5
Secondary	13,702	12.0	13.6	11.0	9.9	38,295	13.9	18.6	19.8	18.4
Longer education	33,241	26.8	34.4	28.7	22.1	48,528	14.2	24.2	28.0	23.0

¹EPIC, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.