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. 2021 Oct 15;21:1106. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08820-6

Table 1.

Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of study participants according to ABSI-by-HI body-shape phenotypes

MEN WOMEN
Overall Pear Slim Wide Apple P Overall Pear Slim Wide Apple P
Cancer risk dataset
 Cohort size: n (%) 200,289 47,515 (23.7) 56,606 (28.3) 58,621 (29.3) 37,547 (18.7) 230,326 55,366 (24.0) 49,149 (21.3) 70,934 (30.8) 54,877 (23.8)
 Colon cancer cases: n (%) 1029 171 (16.6) 238 (23.1) 362 (35.2) 258 (25.1) 889 174 (19.6) 164 (18.4) 303 (34.1) 248 (27.9)
 Follow-up time (years) 6.9 (1.4) 7.0 (1.3) 6.9 (1.3) 6.9 (1.5) 6.8 (1.5) < 0.001 7.0 (1.3) 7.1 (1.2) 7.0 (1.2) 7.0 (1.3) 6.9 (1.3) < 0.001
 Age at enrolment (years) 57.2 (8.1) 55.6 (8.4) 55.5 (8.1) 59.2 (7.6) 58.8 (7.5) < 0.001 56.8 (8.0) 55.5 (8.1) 55.2 (8.0) 58.2 (7.7) 57.8 (7.7) < 0.001
 A Body Shape Index (ABSI) 79.8 (4.1) 77.1 (2.3) 76.3 (2.7) 83.3 (2.5) 83.0 (2.4) < 0.001 73.8 (5.0) 69.7 (2.4) 69.3 (2.8) 77.4 (3.5) 77.3 (3.3) < 0.001
 Hip Index (HI) 49.1 (1.7) 50.2 (1.0) 47.6 (1.1) 50.4 (1.2) 47.9 (1.0) < 0.001 64.2 (2.5) 65.9 (1.5) 62.1 (1.7) 66.0 (1.6) 62.2 (1.5) < 0.001
 Waist-to-Hip Index (WHI) 4.08 (0.22) 3.85 (0.14) 4.02 (0.16) 4.15 (0.15) 4.35 (0.16) < 0.001 3.59 (0.27) 3.31 (0.14) 3.50 (0.16) 3.66 (0.18) 3.87 (0.20) < 0.001
 Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2) 27.8 (4.0) 27.4 (4.2) 27.7 (3.7) 27.9 (4.4) 28.3 (3.9) < 0.001 26.9 (4.8) 26.2 (4.8) 26.3 (4.4) 27.5 (5.2) 27.5 (4.4) < 0.001
 NW: ≥18.5 to < 25 kg/m2: n (%) 49,992 (25.0) 14,286 (30.1) 13,219 (23.4) 15,222 (26.0) 7265 (19.3) < 0.001 92,272 (40.1) 26,765 (48.3) 22,218 (45.2) 26,258 (37.0) 17,031 (31.0) < 0.001
 OW: ≥25 to < 30 kg/m2: n (%) 99,591 (49.7) 22,667 (47.7) 29,911 (52.8) 27,650 (47.2) 19,363 (51.6) 85,748 (37.2) 18,461 (33.3) 18,380 (37.4) 24,930 (35.1) 23,977 (43.7)
 OB: ≥30 to < 45 kg/m2: n (%) 50,706 (25.3) 10,562 (22.2) 13,476 (23.8) 15,749 (26.9) 10,919 (29.1) 52,306 (22.7) 10,140 (18.3) 8551 (17.4) 19,746 (27.8) 13,869 (25.3)
DXA dataset
 Cohort size: n (%) 15,520 2515 (16.2) 6951 (44.8) 3060 (19.7) 2994 (19.3) 16,548 3175 (19.2) 4408 (26.6) 4590 (27.7) 4375 (26.4)
 Time from enrolment (years) 8.7 (1.8) 8.4 (1.8) 8.6 (1.8) 8.8 (1.7) 9.2 (1.6) < 0.001 8.7 (1.7) 8.4 (1.8) 8.6 (1.8) 8.9 (1.6) 8.8 (1.8) < 0.001
 Age at imaging (years) 63.9 (7.1) 63.1 (7.3) 62.6 (7.1) 66.1 (6.5) 65.4 (6.7) < 0.001 62.9 (7.0) 62.3 (7.0) 61.5 (7.1) 64.3 (6.8) 63.4 (6.8) < 0.001
 A Body Shape Index (ABSI) 78.9 (4.2) 76.9 (2.4) 76.0 (2.8) 83.3 (2.6) 82.7 (2.3) < 0.001 73.8 (5.2) 69.6 (2.6) 69.1 (2.8) 77.9 (3.9) 77.3 (3.3) < 0.001
 Hip Index (HI) 48.3 (1.9) 50.1 (0.9) 47.1 (1.3) 50.4 (1.3) 47.6 (1.1) < 0.001 63.8 (2.6) 65.8 (1.5) 61.7 (1.7) 66.1 (1.6) 62.0 (1.6) < 0.001
 Waist-to-Hip Index (WHI) 4.09 (0.22) 3.85 (0.14) 4.04 (0.17) 4.14 (0.15) 4.36 (0.16) < 0.001 3.62 (0.27) 3.31 (0.15) 3.51 (0.16) 3.69 (0.20) 3.90 (0.20) < 0.001
 Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2) 27.1 (3.9) 27.0 (4.2) 27.0 (3.6) 27.2 (4.3) 27.4 (3.9) < 0.001 26.2 (4.5) 25.9 (4.7) 25.5 (4.1) 26.6 (4.9) 26.5 (4.2) < 0.001
 NW: ≥18.5 to < 25 kg/m2: n (%) 4958 (31.9) 872 (34.7) 2206 (31.7) 1031 (33.7) 849 (28.4) < 0.001 7759 (46.9) 1662 (52.3) 2311 (52.4) 2024 (44.1) 1762 (40.3) < 0.001
 OW: ≥25 to < 30 kg/m2: n (%) 7501 (48.3) 1163 (46.2) 3467 (49.9) 1369 (44.7) 1502 (50.2) 5824 (35.2) 956 (30.1) 1495 (33.9) 1549 (33.7) 1824 (41.7)
 OB: ≥30 to < 45 kg/m2: n (%) 3061 (19.7) 480 (19.1) 1278 (18.4) 660 (21.6) 643 (21.5) 2965 (17.9) 557 (17.5) 602 (13.7) 1017 (22.2) 789 (18.0)
MRI dataset
 Cohort size: n (%) 3997 886 (22.2) 1857 (46.5) 780 (19.5) 474 (11.9) 4402 1077 (24.5) 1253 (28.5) 1007 (22.9) 1065 (24.2)
 Time from enrolment (years) 6.6 (1.0) 6.6 (1.1) 6.6 (1.0) 6.7 (1.0) 6.6 (1.0) 0.058 6.7 (1.0) 6.7 (1.0) 6.6 (1.0) 6.7 (1.0) 6.7 (1.1) 0.012
 Age at imaging (years) 62.8 (7.4) 62.2 (7.5) 61.4 (7.5) 65.7 (6.5) 64.9 (6.3) < 0.001 61.7 (7.2) 61.3 (7.1) 60.4 (7.4) 63.3 (6.9) 62.1 (7.0) < 0.001
 A Body Shape Index (ABSI) 78.1 (3.9) 76.8 (2.4) 75.8 (2.8) 82.6 (2.2) 82.2 (2.1) < 0.001 72.9 (4.6) 69.5 (2.6) 69.5 (2.5) 76.7 (3.0) 76.7 (3.1) < 0.001
 Hip Index (HI) 48.6 (1.7) 50.1 (1.0) 47.4 (1.1) 50.4 (1.1) 47.8 (1.0) < 0.001 63.8 (2.4) 65.9 (1.5) 61.9 (1.6) 65.8 (1.4) 62.1 (1.5) < 0.001
 Waist-to-Hip Index (WHI) 4.03 (0.2) 3.85 (0.14) 4.01 (0.16) 4.11 (0.12) 4.31 (0.14) < 0.001 3.58 (0.26) 3.31 (0.15) 3.51 (0.15) 3.64 (0.16) 3.86 (0.18) < 0.001
 Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2) 27.1 (3.8) 27.1 (4.0) 27.3 (3.6) 26.8 (4.1) 27.0 (3.6) 0.013 26.2 (4.5) 25.7 (4.6) 25.8 (4.2) 26.8 (5.0) 26.5 (4.0) < 0.001
 NW: ≥18.5 to < 25 kg/m2: n (%) 1235 (30.9) 297 (33.5) 503 (27.1) 289 (37.1) 146 (30.8) < 0.001 2055 (46.7) 563 (52.3) 635 (50.7) 422 (41.9) 435 (40.8) < 0.001
 OW: ≥25 to < 30 kg/m2: n (%) 1975 (49.4) 405 (45.7) 986 (53.1) 341 (43.7) 243 (51.3) 1555 (35.3) 335 (31.1) 427 (34.1) 343 (34.1) 450 (42.3)
 OB: ≥30 to < 45 kg/m2: n (%) 787 (19.7) 184 (20.8) 368 (19.8) 150 (19.2) 85 (17.9) 792 (18.0) 179 (16.6) 191 (15.2) 242 (24.0) 180 (16.9)

ABSI a body shape index (cut-offs: ≥80 for men; ≥73 for women); Apple large-ABSI-small-HI; DXA dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry; HI hip index (cut-offs: ≥49 for men; ≥64 for women); MRI magnetic resonance imaging; n (%) number of participants (percentage from the total per column or, for cohort size and cancer cases, percentage from total per sex); NW normal weight; OB obese; OW overweight; P p-values from one-way ANOVA (continuous variables) or chi-squared test (categorical variables) comparing the four body-shape phenotypes per sex; Pear small-ABSI-large-HI; Slim small-ABSI-small-HI; Wide large-ABSI-large-HI. Continuous variables are summarised with mean (standard deviation)