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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2019 Oct 2;80(1):116–125. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-1847

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by recreational physical activity in the Prospective Family Study Cohort (N=15,550)

Quintiles of Age-Adjusted Baseline Recreational Physical Activity
Baseline characteristic Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Age, years, mean (sd) 47.8 (15.3) 42.9 (14.3) 43.8 (14.2) 45.7 (14.7) 51.1 (14.7)
Premenopausal, n (%) 1,704 (54.7) 2,084 (67.1) 2,099 (67.4) 1,829 (58.9) 1,458 (47.0)
Race and ethnicity, n (%)
 non-Hispanic white 2,350 (75.4) 2,451 (78.9) 2,506 (80.5) 2,426 (78.1) 2,418 (77.9)
 other 745 (23.9) 626 (20.2) 582 (18.7) 652 (21.0) 662 (21.3)
 missing 23 (0.7) 30 (1.0) 27 (0.9) 29 (0.9) 23 (0.7)
Education, n (%)
 high school/GED or less 1,392 (44.6) 904 (29.1) 865 (27.8) 847 (27.3) 968 (31.2)
 College or more 1,708 (54.8) 2,193 (70.6) 2,245 (72.1) 2,246 (72.3) 2,123 (68.4)
 Missing 18 (0.6) 10 (0.3) 5 (0.2) 14 (0.5) 12 (0.4)
Parity/breastfeeding, n (%)
 nulliparous 568 (18.2) 850 (27.4) 877 (28.2) 854 (27.5) 685 (22.1)
 parous 1–2/No BF 454 (14.6) 383 (12.3) 338 (10.9) 367 (11.8) 359 (11.6)
 parous 1–2/BF 813 (26.1) 853 (27.5) 878 (28.2) 861 (27.7) 836 (26.9)
 parous 3+/No BF 330 (10.6) 219 (7.1) 188 (6.0) 213 (6.9) 288 (9.3)
 parous 3+/BF 953 (30.6) 802 (25.8) 834 (26.8) 812 (26.1) 935 (30.1)
Cigarette use, n (%)
 never 1,694 (54.3) 1,830 (58.9) 1,856 (59.6) 1,820 (58.6) 1,802 (58.1)
 former 790 (25.3) 750 (24.1) 816 (26.2) 874 (28.1) 950 (30.6)
 current 606 (19.4) 495 (15.9) 403 (12.9) 384 (12.4) 324 (10.4)
 missing 28 (0.9) 32 (1.0) 40 (1.3) 29 (0.9) 27 (0.9)
Alcohol use, n (%)
 never 1,760 (56.5) 1,625 (52.3) 1,462 (46.9) 1,510 (48.6) 1,461 (47.1)
 former 525 (16.8) 477 (15.4) 490 (15.7) 450 (14.5) 409 (13.2)
 current 818 (26.2) 974 (31.4) 1,130 (36.3) 1,116 (35.9) 1,208 (38.9)
 missing 15 (0.5) 31 (1.0) 33 (1.1) 31 (1.0) 25 (0.8)
Menopausal hormone therapy, n (%)
 never 2,325 (74.6) 2,482 (79.9) 2,473 (79.4) 2,321 (74.7) 2,128 (68.6)
 former 389 (12.5) 280 (9.0) 314 (10.1) 381 (12.3) 458 (14.8)
 current 366 (11.7) 316 (10.2) 289 (9.3) 370 (11.9) 487 (15.7)
 missing 38 (1.2) 29 (0.9) 39 (1.3) 35 (1.1) 30 (1.0)
Hormonal birth control, n (%)
 never 777 (24.9) 705 (22.7) 611 (19.6) 660 (21.2) 846 (27.3)
 former 1,955 (62.7) 1,878 (60.4) 1,963 (63.0) 1,980 (63.7) 1,939 (62.5)
 current 357 (11.5) 509 (16.4) 519 (16.7) 453 (14.6) 302 (9.7)
 missing 29 (0.9) 15 (0.5) 22 (0.7) 14 (0.5) 16 (0.5)
Body mass index, n (%)
 <25 kg/m2 1,342 (43.0) 1,577 (50.8) 1,675 (53.8) 1,722 (55.4) 1,796 (57.9)
 25–<30 kg/m2 832 (26.7) 799 (25.7) 807 (25.9) 826 (26.6) 863 (27.8)
 ≥30 kg/m2 858 (27.5) 653 (21.0) 586 (18.8) 514 (16.5) 393 (12.7)
 missing  86 (2.8) 78 (2.5) 47 (1.5) 45 (1.5) 51 (1.64)
Lifetime familial BC risk, mean (sd) 23.8 (16.9) 24.6 (17.6) 24.1 (16.7) 24.4 (17.0) 23.6 (16.1)
Adolescent RPA, n (%)
 none 528 (16.9) 97 (3.1) 117 (3.8) 111 (3.6) 88 (2.8)
 any 2,449 (78.5) 2,828 (91.0) 2,820 (90.5) 2,839 (91.4) 2,742 (88.4)
 missing 141 (4.5) 182 (5.9) 178 (5.7) 157 (5.1) 273 (8.08)

Notes: BC=breast cancer, sd=standard deviation; GED=general education degree; BF=breast feeding; BOADICEA=Breast Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm; RPA=recreational physical activity. Refer to eTable 1 in the supplemental materials for the minimum number of metabolic equivalents (METs) required to be classified as active for a given age at baseline.