Table 1.
Baseline descriptive statistics and number of deaths by gender and population
| Baseline characteristics | Czech towns | Novosibirsk | Krakow | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men n = 3793 | Women n = 4366 | Men n = 4074 | Women n = 4946 | Men n = 4775 | Women n = 5039 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 58.6 (7.2) | 57.9 (7.1) | 58.4 (7.0) | 58.1 (7.1) | 57.9 (7.0) | 57.4 (7.0) |
| Education (%) | ||||||
| Primary/vocational | 49.8 | 48.8 | 33.3 | 40.3 | 36.6 | 28.6 |
| Secondary | 31.8 | 41.1 | 34.7 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 44.4 |
| University | 18.4 | 10.1 | 32.0 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 27.1 |
| Current smokers (%) | 26.7 | 20.7 | 48.8 | 9.2 | 33.8 | 26.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 28.3 (4.0) | 28.1 (5.0) | 26.6 (4.4) | 30.2 (5.7) | 28.0 (4.0) | 28.4 (5.1) |
| Alcohol (g/day), median (q1–q3) | 8.5 (1.4–27.3) | 0.8 (0.1–3.9) | 6.6 (1.2–21.0) | 0.7 (0.1–1.1) | 2.2 (0.1–8.6) | 0.7 (0.1–1.1) |
| Hypertension (%) | 72.9 | 58.3 | 63.2 | 67.0 | 66.3 | 55.9 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l), mean (SD) | 5.6 (1.0) | 5.8 (1.0) | 6.0 (1.2) | 6.5 (1.3) | 5.7 (1.1) | 5.9 (1.1) |
| Diabetes (%) | 13.3 | 10.2 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 10.1 |
| History of MI or stroke (%) | 10.6 | 4.6 | 14.7 | 8.6 | 13.0 | 6.1 |
| History of cancer (%) | 4.2 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 6.2 |
| Total energy intake (kcal/day), mean (SD) | 2081.3 (670.8) | 1940.4 (662.2) | 2742.8 (772.7) | 2335.0 (688.8) | 2259.9 (680.9) | 2046.8 (611.5) |
| Use of supplements with vitamin C (%) | 14.1 | 23.0 | 5.9 | 14.4 | 9.9 | 16.8 |
| Vitamin C (mg/day), median (q1–q3) | 134.4 (90.7–196.6) | 189.0 (123.4–273.4) | 71.2 (52.5–102.4) | 89.7 (62.9–136.9) | 123.9 (89.9–174.1) | 144.0 (101.1–204.1) |
| Vitamin E (mg/day), median (q1–q3) | 8.3 (6.9–10.0) | 9.9 (8.2–11.8) | 9.8 (8.2–11.7) | 11.4 (9.6–13.6) | 7.7 (6.5–9.0) | 8.1 (6.9–9.4) |
| Beta-carotene (ug/day), median (q1–q3) | 4528.5 (3295.7–6358.9) | 5560.3 (3965.3–8969.4) | 8662.3 (5770.5–11,545.9) | 10,824.7 (7459.1–13,684.2) | 6918 (4515.9–9330.3) | 8037.5 (5308.9–10,908.8) |
| Follow-up time (years), mean (SD) | 7.9 (1.6) | 8.1 (1.2) | 6.0 (1.6) | 6.5 (1.1) | 6.9 (1.3) | 7.1 (1.0) |
| Number of deaths (%) | 447 (11.8) | 243 (5.6) | 615 (15.1) | 255 (5.2) | 528 (11.1) | 283 (5.6) |
| Number of CVD deaths (%) | 166 (4.4) | 83 (1.9) | 333 (8.2) | 135 (2.7) | 185 (3.9) | 95 (1.9) |
| Number of cancer deaths (%) | 186 (4.9) | 115 (2.6) | 145 (3.6) | 74 (1.5) | 196 (4.1) | 114 (2.3) |