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. 2015 Jun 6;44(2):673–681. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv059

Table 1.

Description of study population by sex and smoking status at baseline

Smoking status at baseline
Men
Women
Never (%) Former (%) Current (%) Unknown (%) Never (%) Former (%) Current (%) Unknown (%)
Total N 265608 363394 146421 16304 661046 322700 148446 17381
Age at baseline (years) <40 4.8 1.1 3.8 2.8 9.2 6.8 12.2 5.7
40–<50 12.3 6.8 24.4 6.7 21.6 15.9 20.1 15.1
50–<60 35.5 33.4 39.6 32.0 32.0 35.5 37.9 33.4
60–<70 39.3 50.2 27.6 52.0 30.7 35.1 26.6 38.9
70+ 8.0 8.5 4.7 6.5 6.5 6.6 3.2 7.0
Genetic ancestry European 87.8 93.1 76.3 86.3 83.5 94.7 94.0 81.7
African 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.0 2.3 2.6 2.7 4.5
Asian 8.8 3.2 20.4 1.0 12.2 0.9 1.8 1.0
Other/ unknown 1.9 2.0 1.4 9.7 2.0 1.8 1.5 12.9
Educational attainment <High school graduate 14.1 15.6 31.8 12.7 21.5 12.0 24.4 11.0
High school graduate 14.8 16.3 20.1 15.1 20.1 17.7 20.8 19.7
Some college 20.9 28.1 24.2 22.6 23.2 30.1 29.7 19.6
College graduate or higher 48.3 37.7 22.0 31.0 32.8 37.0 22.3 27.5
Unknown 1.9 2.2 1.9 18.6 2.5 3.2 2.8 22.1
Alcohol intake Unknown 12.2 10.0 7.1 10.3 5.7 6.4 4.9 17.5
No use 23.5 15.7 22.1 19.0 39.0 19.3 21.7 24.8
<1 drink/ day 44.4 42.6 32.9 45.0 47.9 58.1 54.0 47.3
1–<2 drinks/ day 11.2 15.0 14.9 11.8 5.3 10.4 10.7 6.4
2+ drinks/ day 8.7 16.7 23.1 13.8 2.2 5.8 8.6 4.0
Height (cm) M < 170, W < 160 15.3 12.5 21.8 14.1 32.8 23.2 27.3 29.3
M 170–<175, W 160–<165 20.5 19.9 23.8 20.7 28.6 28.7 28.9 29.4
M 175–<180, W 165–<170 26.5 27.5 24.7 27.0 23.2 27.5 25.9 24.6
M 180+, W 170+ 37.7 40.1 29.6 38.2 15.4 20.6 17.9 16.7
Body mass index (kg/m2) 15.0–18.4 0.6 0.4 1.7 0.5 1.8 1.3 2.8 1.7
18.5–<25 37.5 28.7 43.8 29.5 49.7 49.9 55.3 49.6
25–<30 46.7 50.3 41.9 49.3 31.1 30.6 29.1 30.3
30+ 15.3 20.6 12.6 20.7 17.4 18.1 12.7 18.4
Waist circumference (cm) Unknown 47.0 46.7 33.3 49.9 33.6 41.3 35.7 39.2
M < 90, W < 70 18.5 13.0 28.0 13.1 11.7 9.4 12.1 11.8
M 90–<100, W 70–<80 20.7 21.1 22.7 20.1 22.5 20.0 22.3 20.2
M 100–<110, W 80–<90 9.9 13.1 11.4 11.6 17.9 15.4 17.0 15.3
M 110+, W 90+ 4.0 6.1 4.6 5.3 14.2 13.9 12.8 13.5
Hip circumference (cm) Unknown 55.8 56.6 38.5 55.3 39.2 48.1 39.6 44.0
M < 95, W < 90 9.5 6.7 19.7 7.3 8.1 4.9 9.3 6.7
M 95–<105, W 90–<100 23.3 22.2 29.8 22.9 23.6 20.1 24.6 20.3
M 105–<115, W 100–<110 9.4 11.6 10.0 11.4 19.3 17.4 18.5 18.1
M 115+, W 110+ 2.0 2.9 2.0 3.1 9.9 9.5 8.0 10.9
Waist-to-hip ratio Unknown 55.9 56.7 38.7 55.5 39.3 48.2 39.7 44.2
M < 0.90, W < 0.75 13.9 10.0 18.9 11.1 14.1 13.4 12.8 16.4
M 0.90–<0.95, W 0.75–<0.8 15.1 14.1 19.3 14.4 17.5 15.0 17.2 16.0
M 0.95–<1.00, W 0.80–<0.8 9.3 10.6 13.2 10.2 15.3 11.7 14.8 11.8
M 1.00+, W 0.85+ 5.9 8.6 9.9 8.8 13.8 11.6 15.4 11.7

M, men; W, women.