Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants
| Characteristic | Height quartile, cm |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 166.3 (n = 340) | 166.4–170 (n = 336) | 170.1–173.9 (n = 327) | ≥ 174 (n = 344) | ||
| Age, yr | 59.9 (40-83) | 58.5 (39-78) | 58.5 (38–84) | 58.0 (29-80) | 0.033 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.8 (15.6–35.7) | 24.6 (15.4–32.4) | 24.4 (16.8-32.3) | 24.4 (16.7–43.6) | 0.099 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 66 (19.4) | 73 (21.7) | 65 (19.9) | 91 (26.5) | 0.103 |
| Alcohol intake | 283 (83.2) | 291 (86.6) | 282 (86.2) | 302 (87.8) | 0.364 |
| Smoking habit | 0.658 | ||||
| Never | 87 (26.1) | 71 (20.6) | 68 (20.2) | 81 (23.2) | |
| Past | 161 (47.5) | 157 (48.0) | 155 (48.7) | 162 (47.1) | |
| Current | 92 (26.4) | 108 (31.3) | 104 (31.0) | 101 (29.6) | |
| Family history of CRC | 18 (5.3) | 13 (3.9) | 11 (3.4) | 17 (4.9) | 0.582 |
| Regular use of aspirin | 73 (21.7) | 54 (16.2) | 63 (18.0) | 65 (18.5) | 0.356 |
Values are presented as median (range) or number (%).
BMI, body mass index; CRC, colorectal cancer.