Table 1.
Characteristics of 64,961 women attending mammography units in the KARMA study.
| Characteristics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of women, n (%) | 64,961 (100.0) | ||
| Age at recruitment in years, mean (SD) | 54.8 (10.0) | ||
| Education level, n (%) | |||
| Elementary | 7,793 (12.0) | ||
| Intermediate | 17,721 (27.3) | ||
| University | 29,400 (45.3) | ||
| Self-reported BMI at recruitment, n (%) | |||
| <25 kg/m2 | 35,700 (55.0) | ||
| ≥25 kg/m2 | 28,800 (44.3) | ||
| Smoking, n (%) | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 34,274 (52.8) | ||
| No, n (%) | 30,380 (46.8) | ||
| Prevalence of medical conditions, n (%) | Self-reported | NPR | Difference in prevalence (Self-reported – NPR) |
| Hypertension | 12,880 (19.8) | 5,582 (8.6) | 11.2 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 7,033 (10.8) | 819 (1.3) | 9.6 |
| Heart failure | 373 (0.6) | 287 (0.4) | 0.1* |
| Myocardial infarction | 482 (0.7) | 426 (0.7) | 0.1* |
| Angina | 585 (0.9) | 7,611 (11.7) | −10.8 |
| Stroke | 696 (1.1) | 942 (1.5) | −0.4 |
| Polycystic ovaries or ovarian cysts | 5,980 (9.2) | 3,317 (5.1) | 4.1 |
| Preeclampsiaa | 2,930 (5.0) | 3,456 (5.9) | −0.9 |
| Diabetes | 1,719 (2.6) | 1,380 (2.1) | 0.5 |
BMI: Body mass index; NPR: National patient register; SD: Standard deviation.
aIncludes women who had at least 1 pregnancy (n = 58,936).
*Discrepancy due to rounding errors.