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. 2017 Aug 25;16:51. doi: 10.1186/s12937-017-0274-1

Table 1.

Information on alcohol intake, anthropometric measurements, genetic predisposition scores and covariates1

MONICA1 DCH Inter99
N 1257 2165 3606
Follow-up time (years) 5.0 (4.9; 5.3) 5.3 (5.0; 5.8) 5.4 (5.1; 5.7)
Dietary variables
 Alcohol intake (drinks/day) 1.0 (0.0; 5.0) 1.0 (0.0; 5.4) 0.8 (0.0; 4.3)
 Energy (MJ/d) 9.0 (5.1; 14.9) 8.8 (5.3; 14.3) 9.4 (5.2; 15.8)
BW (kg)
 Baseline (kg) 69.0 (52.0; 93.0) 77.1 (56.8; 104.4) 75.2 (54.9; 102.4)
 Follow-up (kg) 69.9 (51.4; 94.7) 82.0 (58.0; 110.0) 76.0 (55.5; 103.5)
 ΔBW (kg/year) 0.2 (−1.0; 1.6) 1.0 (−1.1; 2.4) 0.2 (−1.4; 1.7)
WC (cm)
 Baseline (cm) - 90.0 (70.0; 112.0) 84.0 (67.0; 105.0)
 Follow-up (cm) - 98.0 (76.0; 121.0) 87.0 (69.0; 109.0)
 ΔWC (cm/year) - 1.4 (−0.8; 4.4) 0.5 (−1.3; 2.5)
WC BMI (cm)
 Baseline (cm) - −0.3 (−7.9; 9.1) −0.2 (−7.7; 8.5)
 Follow-up (cm) - −0.2 (−11.5; 12.6) −0.2 (−8.2; 9.1)
 ΔWCBMI (cm/year) - −0.0 (−2.0; 2.2) 0.0 (−1.4; 1.2)
SNP-based variables 2
 BMI score 29 (23;35) 28 (23; 35) 29 (23; 34)
 WC score 3 (1; 6) 3 (1; 6) 3 (1; 6)
 WHRBMI score 14 (10; 18) 14 (10; 18) 14 (10; 18)
 Complete score 44 (37; 52) 44 (37; 51) 44 (36; 51)
Covariates
 Age, baseline (years) 41.4 (30.6; 61.1) 53.0 (50.0; 58.0) 45.0 (34.7; 59.8)
 Height (cm) 169.0 (156.0; 184.0) 171.0 (157.5; 186.0) 172.0 (158.0; 187.5)
 Gender, female (%) 52.1 49.4 51.4
 Smoking, never smokers (%) 30.1 41.4 40.8
 Education, ≤primary school (%) 34.5 30.2 24.9
 Physical activity, most sedentary group (%) 21.6 9.5 11.2
 Menopausal status, post-menopausal (%) 41.7 55.6 25.9

Abbreviation: Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Weight (BW), Waist Circumference (WC), Waist-Hip-Ratio (WHR)

1Results presented as median (5–95 percentiles) unless otherwise stated

1Information on WC was not available in the MONICA cohort

2Sum of BMI, WC or WHR associated risk alleles. In MONICA: n = 941 on BMI score, n = 1185 on WC score, n = 1121 on WHR-score, n = 836 on complete score. In DCH: n = 1438 on BMI score, n = 1805 on WC score, n = 1624 on WHR-score, n = 1247 on complete score. In Inter99: n = 2211 on BMI-score, n = 2995 on WC score, n = 2903 on WHR score, n = 1837 on complete score