Table 1.
Distribution of 74 607 participants in EPIC-elderly cohort, by country, sex, and age at enrolment. Values are numbers (percentages)
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Age of men
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Age of women
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | 60-64 | 65-69 | ≥70* | Total | 60-64 | 65-69 | ≥70* | Total |
| France† | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6070 (19.4) | 3403 (24.5) | 57 (1.2) | 9530 (19.1) |
| Italy | 1235 (7.7) | 195 (3.6) | 4 (0.2) | 1434 (5.8) | 3018 (9.7) | 740 (5.3) | 201 (4.1) | 3959 (7.9) |
| Spain | 1399 (8.8) | 187 (3.4) | 0 | 1586 (6.5) | 1949 (6.2) | 318 (2.3) | 0 | 2267 (4.5) |
| UK | 1457 (9.1) | 1472 (27.1) | 1445 (46.1) | 4374 (17.8) | 2294 (7.3) | 2086 (15.0) | 2000 (40.7) | 6380 (12.7) |
| Netherlands | 149 (0.9) | 24 (0.4) | 0 | 173 (0.7) | 2824 (9.0) | 2492 (17.9) | 111 (2.3) | 5427 (10.8) |
| Greece | 862 (5.4) | 1012 (18.6) | 889 (28.3) | 2763 (11.3) | 1653 (5.3) | 1682 (12.1) | 1281 (26.0) | 4616 (9.2) |
| Germany | 3132 (19.6) | 520 (9.6) | 0 | 3652 (14.9) | 3373 (10.8) | 530 (3.8) | 0 | 3903 (7.8) |
| Sweden | 3070 (19.2) | 1317 (24.2) | 799 (25.4) | 5186 (21.1) | 3746 (12.0) | 1656 (11.9) | 1266 (25.8) | 6668 (13.3) |
| Denmark | 4663 (29.2) | 714 (13.1) | 0 | 5377 (21.9) | 6323 (20.2) | 989 (7.1) | 0 | 7312 (14.6) |
| Total | 15 967 (100.0) | 5441 (100.0) | 3137 (100.0) | 24 545 (100.0) | 31 250 (100.0) | 13 896 (100.0) | 4916 (100.0) | 50 062 (100.0) |
EPIC=European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. NA=not applicable.
*
In statistical models, ≥70 age group was categorised as 70-74 and ≥75.
†
No men were included in French EPIC cohort.