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. 2017 Mar 3;12(3):e0173117. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173117

Table 1. Baseline characteristics according to height.

Characteristic Height
<168cm (n = 24,624) 168-172cm (n = 32,317) 173-175cm (n = 23,126) 176-180cm (n = 35,141) ≧181cm (n = 29,754)
% Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%)
MEN
  Age at recruitment (years) 55.8 (42.9–67.5) 54.0 (41.1–64.9) 53.3 (40.1–64.2) 52.3 (39.1–63.3) 50.7 (32.7–61.6)
  Weight (g) 73.0 (61.4–87.0) 77.0 (65.5–91.2) 79.4 (67.9–94.3) 81.8 (70.0–97.2) 86.5 (73.6–103.5)
  Education
    None 13 5 2 1 0.3
    Primary school completed 43 35 31 25 18
    Technical/professional school completed 18 23 25 27 26
    Secondary school completed 9 12 13 14 17
    University 14 22 26 31 37
    Missing 3 3 3 3 2
  Smoking status
    Never smokers 30 31 32 34 37
    Former smokers 37 38 38 37 34
      Time since stopped smoking (years) 13.0 (2.5–31.0) 14.5 (3.0–31.0) 14.5 (2.5–31.0) 15.0 (2.5–30.5) 14.0 (2.5–29.0)
      Duration of smoking (years) 23 (8–40) 21 (7–38) 20 (6–37) 20 (6–36) 18 (5–34)
    Current smokers 32 30 30 28 28
      No. of cifarettes/day 18 (4–31) 18 (4–30) 17 (5–30) 17 (4–30) 15 (4–30)
      Duration of smoking (years) 34.5 (22.5–48) 34.5 (21–46) 34 (20.5–45.5) 33.5 (19.5–45) 32 (14.5–43.5)
    Missing 2 2 1 1 1
  Alcohol consumption (g/day) 12.3 (0–5.19) 12.6 (0.4–51.0) 12.6 (0.6–50.9) 12.5 (0.8–48.6) 12.3 (0.9–48.1)
    Non-consumers 11 7 6 5 4
  Physical activity
    Active 21 24 25 25 26
  Total energy intake (kcal/day) 2,262 (1,543–3,201) 2,315 (1,599–3,248) 2,337 (1,612–3,262) 2,351 (1,627–3,298) 2,439 (1,687–3,394)
<156cm (n = 48,547) 156-159cm (n = 51,049) 160-162cm (n = 47,088) 163-167cm (n = 66,397) ≧168cm (n = 51,705)
% Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%) % Median (10–90%)
WOMEN
  Age at recruitment (years) 54.6 (40.8–66.8) 52.7 (38.6–64.6) 51.7 (37.5–63.8) 51.3 (36.4–63.1) 50.0 (30.4–60.9)
  Weight (g) 61.7 (50.1–78.1) 62.5 (51.6–79.8) 63.8 (53.1–81.0) 65.5 (55.0–82.8) 68.7 (58.2–86.0)
  Education
    None 18 7 3 2 0.4
    Primary school completed 40 32 27 22 15
    Technical/professional school completed 13 21 25 28 30
    Secondary school completed 13 16 18 19 21
    University 11 18 22 24 31
    Missing 4 6 5 5 3.6
  Smoking status
    Never smokers 67 59 55 52 50
    Former smokers 16 21 24 25 27
      Time since stopped smoking (years) 14.0 (2.5–31.0) 14.0 (2.5–30.0) 14.0 (2.5–29.5) 14.0 (2.5–29.0) 13.0 (2.0–27.5)
      Duration of smoking (years) 17.0 (4.0–34.0) 16.0 (4.0–33.0) 16.0 (4.0–32.0) 15.0 (4.0–32.0) 14.0 (4.0–31.0)
    Current smokers 16 19 20 21 23
      No. of cifarettes/day 11.0 (3.0–21.0) 11.0 (3.0–21.0) 11.0 (3.0–21.0) 12.0 (3.0–21.0) 12.0 (3.0–21.0)
      Duration of smoking (years) 27.0 (10.5–42.0) 28.5 (15.5–42.5) 29.5 (16.0–42.5) 30.0 (15.5–42.0) 29.0 (12.5–40.5)
    Missing 1 1 1 1 1
  Alcohol consumption (g/day) 1.3 (0–17.7) 2.8 (0–20.7) 3.8 (0–22.7) 4.5 (0–23.8) 5.6 (0.2–25.6)
    Non-consumers 20 19 14 11 8
  Physical activity
    Active 9 14 17 19 23
  Total energy intake (kcal/day) 1,808 (1,231–2,586) 1,852 (1,282–2,618) 1,873 (1,303–2,637) 1,886 (1,317–2,642) 1,923 (1,349–2,678)
  Menopausal status
    Premenopausal 28 33 35 36 44
    Postmenopausal 55 49 46 44 37
    Perimenopausal 12 14 15 17 17
    Surgical postmenopausal 5 4 4 3 2
  Use of menopausal hormone
    yes 18 22 24 25 23
    Missing 5 8 9 11 11