Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of CHANCES participants
| Baseline variables | CHANCES cohort | |||||
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| NIH-AARP | EPIC Elderly All |
EPIC Elderly Spain |
EPIC Elderly Greece |
EPIC Elderly The Netherlands |
EPIC Elderly Sweden |
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| Total N | 401909 | 20629 | 4309 | 7567 | 5786 | 2967 |
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| Mean follow up time of study (years) | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 13.3 |
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| Age at baseline1 | 62 ± 5 | 64 ± 4 | 63 ± 2 | 67 ± 5 | 64 ± 3 | 60 ± 1 |
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| BMI (Kg/m2)2 | ||||||
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| Underweight | 4,343 (1) | 134 (0.65) | 4 (0.09) | 29 90.380 | 69 (1) | 32 (1) |
| Normal | 145,197 (37) | 5,650 (27) | 496(12) | 1,292 (170 | 2,518 (44) | 1,344 (45) |
| Overweight | 166,893 (43) | ,850 (43) | 2,041 (47) | 3,184 (42) | 2,412 (42) | 1,213 (41) |
| Modestly obese | 56,134 (14) | 4,531 (22) | 1,367 (32) | 2,257 (30) | 639 (11) | 268 (9) |
| Severely obese | 20,096 (5) | 1,464 (7) | 401 (9) | 805 (11) | 148 (3) | 110 (4) |
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| Vigorous Physical activity2 | 186,334 (46) | 5,080 (29) | 222 (5) | 1,603 (22) | 3,255 (58) | na |
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| Energy intake in Kcal1 | 1,822 ± 651 | 1,835 ± 583 | 2,036 ± 674 | 1,842 ± 586 | 1,772 ± 429 | 1,647 ± 600 |
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| Alcohol consumption/day2 | ||||||
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| 0 | 88,022 (22) | 5,771 (28) | 1,722 (40) | 2,479 (33) | 1,197 (21) | 373 (13) |
| 1 | 274,779 (68) | 13,031 (63) | 1,987 (46) | 4,690 (62) | 3,701 (65) | 2,593 (87) |
| 2 | 19,638 (5) | 1,257 (6) | 344 (8) | 243 (3) | 669 (12) | 1 (0.03) |
| 3 | 19,470 (5) | 570 (3) | 256 (6) | 155 (2) | 159 (30) | - |
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| Sex 2 | ||||||
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| Male | 231,259 (58) | 6,394 (31) | 1,858 (43) | 2,873 (38) | 263 (5) | 1,400 (47) |
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| Education2 | ||||||
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| Primary or less | 2,592 (0.6) | 14,071 (68) | 3,674 (85) | 6,883 (91) | 1,896 (33) | 1,618 (55) |
| More than primary | 95,522 (24) | 4,927 (24) | 308 (7) | 417 (6) | 3,228 (56) | 974 (33) |
| College or University | 293,119 (73) | 1,523 (7) | 277 (6) | 238 (3) | 655 (11) | 353 (12) |
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| Smoking status2 | ||||||
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| Never | 147,429 (37) | 12,745 (62) | 2,896 (67) | 5,269 (70) | 2,778 (48) | 1,802 (61) |
| Former | 190,969 (48) | 4,475 (22) | 676 (16) | 1,230 (16) | 1,960 (34) | 609 (21) |
| Current | 48,597 (12) | 3,126 (15) | 734 (17) | 857 (11) | 1,047 (18) | 488 (16) |
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| Fruits and Vegetables 3 | ||||||
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| Fruits p/day | 3.7 (2.1–5.9) | 3.2 (1.9–4.7) | 3.6 (2.3–5.7) | 4.0 (2.9–5.3) | 2.9 (1.6–3.9) | 1.7 (0.9–2.9) |
| Vegetables p/day | 3.2 (2.1–4.6) | 2.4 (1.4–4.5) | 2.5 (1.6–3.8) | 4.8 (3.7–6.2) | 1.6 (1.2–2.0) | 0.7 (0.4–1.4) |
| Green leafy vegetables p/w | 2.3 (0.9–4.8) | 2.7 (1.2–5.0) | 3.9 (1.7–7.7) | 4.1 (2.5–6.2) | 2.4 (1.4–3.5) | 0.03 (0.01–0.3) |
| Cabbage p/w | 0.3 (0.08–0.6) | 1.2 (0.3–2.4) | 0.1 (0.0–0.8) | 1.9 (0.9–2.8) | 1.7 (1.0–2.7) | 0.2 (0.02–0.37) |
Abbreviations: N: number, BMI: body mass index, kcal: kilocalorie, na: not available, p: portion, w: week. Exclusions: Age<50, History of Coronary Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes. Alcohol consumption/day= 0:non-drinker, 1: Light = men (>0g & <40g daily), women (>0g & <20g daily); 2: Moderate = men (≥40g & <60g daily), women (≥20g & <40g daily); 3: Heavy = men (≥60g daily), women (≥40g daily).
1
Mean and standard deviation
2
Number and percentage
3
Median and Interquartile range