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. 2019 Jan 3;364:k4981. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4981

Table 1.

Distribution of participant characteristics, overall and by region. Values are numbers (percentages)

Characteristic Overall Asia Europe and Australia US
Control Case Control Case Control Case Control Case
Total 5299 (100) 5299 (100) 1757 (100) 1757 (100) 1159 (100) 1159 (100) 2383 (100) 2383 (100)
Sex:
 Men 2873 (54) 2873 (54) 1218 (69) 1218 (69) 671 (58) 671 (58) 984 (41) 984 (41)
 Women 2426 (46) 2426 (46) 539 (31) 539 (31) 488 (42) 488 (42) 1399 (59) 1399 (59)
Smoking status:
 Never 1305 (25) 1305 (25) 592 (34) 592 (34) 147 (13) 147 (13) 566 (24) 566 (24)
 Former 1498 (28) 1498 (28) 175 (10) 175 (10) 325 (28) 325 (28) 998 (42) 998 (42)
 Current 2496 (47) 2496 (47) 990 (56) 990 (56) 687 (59) 687 (59) 819 (34) 819 (34)
Age (years) at baseline:
 17-54 1539 (29) 1519 (29) 432 (25) 428 (24) 331 (29) 334 (29) 776 (33) 757 (32)
 55-59 997 (19) 991 (19) 377 (21) 365 (21) 251 (22) 251 (22) 369 (15) 375 (16)
 60-64 1238 (23) 1256 (24) 436 (25) 464 (26) 336 (29) 327 (28) 466 (20) 465 (20)
 65-86 1525 (29) 1533 (29) 512 (29) 500 (28) 241 (21) 247 (21) 772 (32) 786 (33)
Education:
 Less than high school 1670 (32) 1773 (33) 877 (50) 893 (51) 578 (50) 643 (55) 215 (9) 237 (10)
 Completed high school 774 (15) 753 (14) 228 (13) 242 (14) 175 (15) 155 (13) 371 (16) 356 (15)
 Vocational school 904 (17) 878 (17) 274 (16) 285 (16) 198 (17) 177 (15) 432 (18) 416 (17)
 Some college 707 (13) 670 (13) 192 (11) 168 (10) 127 (11) 105 (9) 388 (16) 397 (17)
 College graduate 492 (9) 518 (10) 113 (6) 102 (6) 63 (5) 61 (5) 316 (13) 355 (15)
 Graduate studies 707 (13) 640 (12) 64 (4) 59 (3) 8 (1) 10 (1) 635 (27) 571 (24)
 Missing 45 (1) 67 (1) 9 (1) 8 (0) 10 (1) 8 (1) 26 (1) 51 (2)
Body mass index (kg/m2):
 14.1-24.9 2769 (52) 2973 (56) 1291 (73) 1347 (77) 434 (37) 519 (45) 1044 (44) 1107 (46)
 25.0-29.9 1795 (34) 1658 (31) 420 (24) 364 (21) 524 (45) 457 (39) 851 (36) 837 (35)
 30.0-59.5 673 (13) 604 (11) 46 (3) 46 (3) 199 (17) 182 (16) 428 (18) 376 (16)
 Missing 62 (1) 64 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 60 (3) 63 (3)
hsCRP (µg/mL):
 0.00388-0.731 1325 (25) 1180 (22) 610 (35) 540 (31) 275 (24) 243 (21) 440 (18) 397 (17)
 0.732-1.76 1320 (25) 1242 (23) 468 (27) 455 (26) 312 (27) 280 (24) 540 (23) 507 (21)
 1.77-4.13 1326 (25) 1384 (26) 372 (21) 390 (22) 304 (26) 314 (27) 650 (27) 680 (29)
 4.14-87.9 1328 (25) 1493 (28) 307 (17) 372 (21) 268 (23) 322 (28) 753 (32) 799 (34)