Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of cancer patients
| Characteristics | Total cohort (n = 6271) | Lung cancer + colorectal cancer (n = 186, 3.7%) | Sex-specific cancers (n = 250, 4.0%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 154, 100%) | Women (n = 93, 100%) | |||
| Age, mean ± SD (years) | 61.7 ± 10.2 | 66.2 ± 9.9 | 65.1 ± 9.1 | 64.3 ± 10.0 |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 47.3 | 51.6 | 100 | |
| Women | 52.7 | 48.4 | 100 | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White-Caucasian | 36.5 | 37.1 | 40.3 | 37.6 |
| Chinese-American | 12.5 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 8.6 |
| African-American | 28.3 | 35.5 | 35.1 | 37.6 |
| Hispanic | 22.7 | 17.8 | 20.1 | 16.1 |
| High school education | 81.4 | 78.0 | 85.7 | 80.7 |
| Hypertension | 44.3 | 47.3 | 49.3 | 49.5 |
| Antihypertensive medication | 36.6 | 37.1 | 44.8 | 37.6 |
| Lipid lowering medication | 15.8 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 18.2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 12.8 | 15.1 | 11.0 | 12.9 |
| Body mass index, mean ± SD | 28.4 ± 5.5 | 27.9 ± 5.0 | 28.1 ± 4.7 | 30.1 ± 6.8 |
| Healthy diet | 46.6 | 43.3 | 46.3 | 40.0 |
| Family history of heart attack | 42.0 | 42.6 | 39.9 | 47.2 |
| Cigarette smoking, pack-years ± SD | 11.0 ± 20.6 | 26.0 ± 31.8 | 30.8 ± 36.3 | 21.1 ± 25.7 |
| Mean CAC | 137.7 ± 402.0 | 310.5 ± 659.6 | 271.4 ± 558.3 | 91.7 ± 308.3 |
| CAC = 0 | 51.1 | 34.4 | 29.2 | 61.3 |
| CAC 1–99 | 26.1 | 24.2 | 35.1 | 21.5 |
| CAC 100–399 | 13.4 | 22.0 | 18.9 | 8.6 |
| CAC ≥400 | 9.3 | 19.4 | 16.9 | 8.6 |
Values are column percentages (%) or as indicated. Sex-specific cancers = prostate (men); ovarian, endometrial, and breast cancer (women).
CAC, coronary artery calcium score.