Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants, stratified by gender and cancer status, Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (1999–2014)
| Variables | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-cancer n = 3797 |
Cancer n = 132 |
P value | Non-cancer n = 4531 |
Cancer n = 133 |
*P value | |
| Age (years) | 47.8(13.0) | 59.4(11.5) | < 0.001 | 46.3(11.6) | 52.1(12.0) | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/ m2) | 26.2(3.9) | 25.9(3.9) | 0.451 | 28.6(4.7) | 28.6(5.1) | 0.935 |
| FPG (mmol/L) | 5.5(1.7) | 5.8(2.0) | 0.167 | 5.6(2.1) | 5.7(1.9) | 0.668 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 5.3(1.1) | 5.3(1.1) | 0.698 | 5.6(1.2) | 5.8(1.1) | 0.063 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 121.4(19.1) | 131.9(19.8) | < 0.001 | 121.4(20.4) | 126.8(22.1) | 0.003 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 78.2(11.2) | 79.9(11.6) | 0.083 | 78.8(10.8) | 79.6(12.0) | 0.390 |
| Education | ||||||
| Level 1 (0–8 years) | 29.4(76.5) | 99(75.0) | < 0.001 | 3477(76.7) | 91(68.4) | 0.010 |
| Level 2 (9–11 years) | 672(17.7) | 12(9.1) | 340(7.5) | 8(6.0) | ||
| Level 3 (> 12 years) | 221(5.8) | 21(15.9) | 714(15.8) | 34(25.6) | ||
| Low physical activity | 2758(72.6) | 92(69.7) | 0.257 | 3220(71.1) | 93(69.9) | 0.420 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Never | 1460(38.5) | 58(43.9) | 0.063 | 3377(74.5) | 100(75.2) | 0.224 |
| Past | 622(16.4) | 29(22.0) | 107(2.4) | 6(4.5) | ||
| Passive | 487(12.8) | 15(11.4) | 824(18.2) | 24(18.0) | ||
| Current | 1228(32.3) | 30(22.7) | 223(4.9) | 3(2.3) | ||