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. 2020 Jun 1;128(6):067003. doi: 10.1289/EHP6174

Table 1.

Summary of the included SAPALDIA sample.

SAPALDIA2a SAPALDIA3a
Categorical variables [n (%)] 1,170 (100) 1,372 (100)
Women 623 (53) 737 (54)
Formal education (y)
9 56 (5) 62 (4)
 10–12 759 (65) 887 (65)
>12 355 (30) 423 (31)
Smoking status
 Never 539 (46) 659 (48)
 Former 355 (30) 496 (36)
 Current 276 (24) 217 (16)
Passive smoke exposure 289 (25) 159 (12)
Alcohol intake >1 glass/d 456 (39) 529 (38)
Fruit intake 3d/wk 326 (28) 280 (20)
Vegetable intake 3d/wk 86 (7) 100 (7)
Urban area 689 (59) 897 (60)
Prevalent asthma 161 (14) 398 (21)
MVPA<150 min/wk 330 (28) 354 (26)
Regular nighttime opening of windows 971 (83) 1,131 (82)
Nested study
 ALEC 972 (83) 970 (71)
 EXPOsOMICS 198 (17) 402 (29)
Continuous variables [median (IQR)]
 Age 50 (18) 58 (18)
 Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.9 (5) 25.8 (6)
 Smoking pack-years 0.4 (15) 0 (14)
 Neighborhood index of socioeconomic position (%) 64.6 (13) 64.8 (13)
 Greenness index within 1-km buffer 0.61 (0.2) 0.62 (0.2)
 Aircraft Lnight (dB) 20 (2) 20.1 (5)
 Railway Lnight (dB) 22.9 (14) 20 (10)
 Road traffic Lnight (dB) 44.9 (111) 45.1 (11)
 Aircraft Lden (dB) 30 (9) 32.7 (8)
 Railway Lden (dB) 30 (11) 30 (7)
 Road traffic Lden (dB) 53.7 (11) 53.9 (11)
NO2 (μg/m3) 20.2 (14) 16.7 (10)
PM2.5 (μg/m3) 14.3 (5) 12.9 (2)

Note: ALEC and EXPOsOMICS are European cohort consortia in which SAPALDIA participates. ALEC, Aging Lungs in European Cohorts; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; PM2.5, particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <2.5μm; NO2, nitrogen dioxide; SAPALDIA, Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults.

a

Population included in the analysis was limited to participants with complete methylome, exposure, and covariate data.