Table 2.

Sex-specific baseline information by EPIC-wide quintiles of total fish consumption in the EPIC study

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5
Men
Age at recruitment (years, mean/median)	47.8/49.4	51.4/51.6	54.1/54.2	54.5/54.7	53.9/53.9
BMI (kg/m2, mean/median)	25.6/25.3	26.4/26.0	26.6/26.3	26.7/26.3	27.3/26.9
Alcohol intake (g/day, mean/median)	15.7/8.5	19.2/11.5	21.8/14.3	23.3/16.1	26.1/18.3
Vegetable intake (g/day, mean/median)	145.6/113.0	175.7/124.9	194.9/153.4	211.6/173.1	248.2/214.4
Fruit intake (g/day, mean/median)	166.7/124.0	198.1/145.5	199.6/154.3	210.6/163.2	266.1/216.9
Total meat intake(g/day, mean/median)	83.6/75.2	92.7/82.8	99.0/91.7	105.3/98.8	107.9/99.8
Total energy intake (kcal, mean/median)	2,274.5/2,202.3	2,319.2/2,246.5	2,369.5/2,298.6	2,478.5/2,415.6	2,632.9/2,572.3
Never smoker (%)	39.8	33.8	31.1	29.8	29.2
Former smoker (%)	33.3	35.0	39.6	39.3	37.2
Current smoker (%)	26.3	29.9	28.2	30.1	33.1
University degree (%)	28.9	25.8	27.6	27.7	23.8
Physical activity, intense (%)	30.2	31.5	32.5	34.4	36.0
Women
Age at recruitment (years, mean/median)	47.8/49.7	51.6/51.7	52.1/52.0	52.1/51.9	51.2/50.8
BMI (kg/m2,mean/median)	24.5/23.7	25.2/24.3	24.9/24.1	25.0/24.1	25.1/24.3
Alcohol intake (g/day, mean/median)	7.3/3.0	8.3/3.6	9.4/5.2	9.4/5.2	8.0/3.6
Vegetable intake (g/day, mean/median)	181.7/142.3	201.8/161.5	225.0/195.0	241.5/216.2	251.8/223.3
Fruit intake (g/day, mean/median)	221.1/184.1	238.6/205.5	245.8/212.7	255.8/223.9	261.9/225.1
Total meat intake(g/day, mean/median)	53.7/46.9	65.3/59.6	68.5/64.0	71.3/66.4	67.4/62.1
Total energy intake (kcal, mean)	1,794.3/1,745.0	1,868.3/1,813.5	1,952.5/1,897.1	2,037.3/1,982.6	2,025.4/1,954.0
Never smoker (%)	52.9	57.7	57.9	57.7	52.0
Former smoker (%)	25.0	20.9	22.2	22.4	24.2
Current smoker (%)	21.5	19.8	17.8	17.5	20.5
University degree (%)	26.0	22.4	24.1	23.5	21.7
Physical activity, intense (%)	30.0	31.8	33.0	34.7	35.7