Table 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics of EPIC-Italy and NSHDS.

		All individuals (n = 663)		EPIC-Italy (n = 261)		NSHDS (n = 402)		P-values
		N	% or mean(sd)	N	% or mean(sd)	N	% or mean(sd)
Gender	Male	244	36,8%	67	25,7%	177	44,0%	<0.001
	Female	419	63,2%	194	74,3%	225	56,0%
Type	Case	338	51,0%	133	51,0%	205	51,0%	—
	Control	325	49,0%	128	49,0%	197	49,0%
Disease	Breast cancer (cases)	167 (90)	25,2%	94 (49)	36,0%	73 (41)	18,2%	<0.001
	NHL (cases)	496 (248)	74,8%	167 (84)	64,0%	329 (164)	81,8%
Age	Global	663	52.8(7.7)	261	53.5(8.1)	402	52.4(7.5)	0.430
BMI (kg/m2)	Global	663	26.0(3.9)	261	25.8(3.6)	402	26.2(4.1)	0.329
Phase	1	355	53,5%	194	74,3%	161	40,1%	<0.001
	2	308	46,5%	67	25,7%	241	59,9%
Center	Central	116	17,5%	116	44,4%	0	0,0%	—
	North	104	15,7%	104	39,9%	0	0,0%
	South	41	6,2%	41	15,7%	0	0,0%
	Umea	402	60,6%	0	0,0%	402	100,0%
Smoking status	Never	326	49,2%	127	48,7%	199	49,5%	0.807
	Former	183	27,6%	70	26,8%	113	28,1%
	Current	154	23,2%	64	24,5%	90	22,4%
Alcohol (g/day)	Global	663	7.1(12.5)	261	12.5(17.6)	402	3.6(5.0)	<0.001
Physical activity	Inactive	179	27,1%	70	26,8%	109	27,1%	0.007
	Moderately inactive	266	40,1%	106	40,6%	160	39,8%
	Moderately active	166	25,0%	54	20,7%	112	27,9%
	Active	52	7,8%	31	11,9%	21	5,2%
Education	None/primary	270	40,7%	146	55,9%	124	30,8%	<0.001
	Professional/technical	132	19,9%	30	11,5%	102	25,4%
	Secondary	147	22,2%	55	21,1%	92	22,9%
	University/college	114	17,2%	30	11,5%	84	20,9%
Inflammatory score	Global	663	7.0(5.9)	261	6.8(6.1)	402	7.0(5.7)	0.244
PC1	Global	663	−0.01(3.0)	261	−0.003(3.0)	402	−0.02(3.1)	0.807

P-values are estimated with Ӽ2 tests, Student T-tests or Wilcoxon rank sum tests.