Table 5.
The Genomes for Life (GCAT) Study: summary of baseline characteristics
| Characteristics | Values |
| Continuous variables | Mean (SD) |
| Age | 51.03 (7.05) |
| Heart rate | 74.47 (11.12) |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 78.56 (9.71) |
| Systolic blood pressure | 123.54 (15.28) |
| Age at menarche (among women) | 12.38 (1.55) |
| Age at menopause (among women) | 48.56 (4.74) |
| Age at voice change (among men) | 14.7 (2.1) |
| Age at beard change (among men) | 16.0 (2.6) |
| Categorical variables | n (%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 7471 (40.5) |
| Female | 10 918 (59.2) |
| Missing | 62 (0.3) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 10 703 (58.0) |
| Divorced/separated | 2159 (11.7) |
| Domestic partner | 1142 (6.2) |
| Single | 1887 (10.2) |
| Widow/widower | 521 (2.8) |
| Missing | 2039 (11.1) |
| Education level | |
| Without studies | 73 (0.4) |
| Elementary education | 2104 (11.4) |
| Secondary education | 4519 (24.5) |
| Professional higher education | 2037 (11.0) |
| Secondary postdegree professional programme | 2594 (14.1) |
| College | 6772 (36.7) |
| Missing | 352 (1.9) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White, Caucasian | 15 363 (83.3) |
| Hispanic, Latin | 2803 (15.2) |
| Black | 14 (0.1) |
| Maghrebin | 14 (0.1) |
| Gipsy | 10 (0.1) |
| Asian | 1 (0.0) |
| Other | 18 (0.1) |
| Missing | 230 (1.2) |
| Working status | |
| Employed | 13 327 (72.2) |
| Not working/employed | 1796 (9.7) |
| Retired | 1255 (6.8) |
| Home maker | 1110 (6.0) |
| Student | 52 (0.3) |
| Laboral impairment | 376 (2.0) |
| Volunteer or unpaid work | 126 (0.7) |
| Other | 206 (1.1) |
| Missing | 203 (1.1) |
| Smoking status | |
| current, <=15 cig/day | 2469 (13.4) |
| current, 26+cig/day | 148 (0.8) |
| current, unknown | 318 (1.7) |
| current, 16–25 cig/day | 752 (4.1) |
| former, quit<=10 years | 2196 (11.9) |
| former, unknown | 153 (0.8) |
| former, quit 11–20 years | 2392 (13.0) |
| former, quit 20+ years | 1973 (10.7) |
| missing | 853 (4.6) |
| never | 7197 (39.0) |
| Alcohol consumption | |
| never or less than once a month | 4402 (23.9) |
| once per month | 1048 (5.7) |
| from 2 to 3 times per month | 2202 (11.9) |
| once per week | 3061 (16.6) |
| from 2 to 3 times per week | 3454 (18.7) |
| from 4 to 6 times per week | 1059 (5.7) |
| once per day | 1963 (10.6) |
| two or more times per day | 1036 (5.6) |
| missing | 226 (1.2) |
| Mediterranean Diet Adherence (PrediMed Score) | |
| Low | 2159 (11.7) |
| Medium | 12 904 (70) |
| High | 2893 (15.7) |
| Missing | 495 (2.7) |
| Health status | |
| Very good | 3124 (16.9) |
| Good | 13 080 (70.9) |
| Regular | 1960 (10.6) |
| Bad | 126 (0.7) |
| Very bad | 20 (0.1) |
| Missing | 141 (0.8) |
| Adopted | |
| Yes | 60 (0.3) |
| No | 18 243 (98.9) |
| Missing | 148 (0.8) |
| Body mass index | |
| Underweight | 47 (0.2) |
| Normal weight | 6083 (33) |
| Overweight | 7761 (42.1) |
| Obese | 4562 (24.7) |
| Missing | 89 (0.5) |
| Women related health | |
| Oral contraceptive use | |
| Never | 2351 (21.5) |
| Ever | 8404 (77) |
| Missing | 163 (1.5) |
| Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use | |
| Never | 9280 (85) |
| Ever | 1317 (12.1) |
| Missing | 321 (2.9) |
| Men related health | |
| Prostate diseases | 660 (8.8) |
Two types of variables, continuous (presented in mean (SD)) and categorical (which are presented in n(%)) are shown in bold.