Skip to main content
. 2017 May 3;7:1436. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01553-2

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics by glioma grade.

Variable AMORIS1 cohort Me-Can2 cohort
High Grade Glioma3 (n = 476) Total Glioma (n = 604) No Glioma (n = 527,976) High Grade Glioma3 (n = 164) Total Glioma (n = 208) No Glioma (n = 269,157)
Gender (n, %)
Men 301 (63%) 390 (65%) 283,150 (54%) 90 (55%) 108 (52%) 132,767 (49%)
Women 175 (37%) 214 (35%) 244,826 (46%) 74 (45%) 100 (48%) 136,390 (51%)
Fasting Status (n, %)
Fasting 296 (62%) 366 (61%) 296,850 (56%) 164 (100%) 208 (100%) 269,157 (100%)
Non-Fasting 180 (38%) 238 (39%) 231,126 (44%)
Demographic (years)
Median age at  lab test (IQR4) 51 (43; 58) 50 (40; 57) 44 (33; 54) 50 (46; 59) 50 (45; 59) 44 (34; 53)
Median age at event or censoring5 (IQR4) 59 (50; 65) 57 (48; 64) 58 (48; 68) 58 (53; 65) 58 (51; 65) 55 (44; 64)
Median time in study (IQR4) 7 (4; 11) 7 (3; 11) 15 (15; 15) 7 (4; 10) 7 (4; 10) 12 (7; 15)
Median year lab test (IQR4) 1988 (1986; 1992) 1988 (1986; 1992) 1989 (1986; 1992) 1990 (1987; 1993) 1990 (1988; 1993) 1992 (1989; 1997)
Serum Glucose (mmol/L)
Median blood glucose (IQR4) 5.0 (4.9; 5.1) 5.0 (4.9; 5.1) 5.0 (5.0; 5.0) 4.9 (4.4; 5.4) 4.9 (4.4; 5.4) 4.9 (4.4; 5.5)

1Apolipoprotein MOrtality RISk (AMORIS).

2Metabolic syndrome and Cancer project (Me-Can).

3Anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma.

4IQR: interquartile range.

5Age at glioma diagnosis (event), death, emigration, or end of follow-up (censored); in the Me-Can cohort observations are also censored at the time of diagnosis of any cancer.