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. 2023 Jan 31;12(2):338. doi: 10.3390/antiox12020338

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of 98,451 participants from PLCO Cancer Screening Trial by fCDAI Quartiles.

Title 1 1
(n = 24,613)
2
(n = 24,613)
3
(n = 24,613)
4
(n = 24,612)
Overall
(n = 98,451)
p-Value
Age
Mean (SD) 62.7 (5.34) 62.5 (5.28) 62.4 (5.27) 62.0 (5.20) 62.4 (5.28) <0.001
Median [Min, Max] 62.0 [53.0, 75.0] 62.0 [54.0, 74.0] 62.0 [54.0, 78.0] 61.0 [54.0, 75.0] 62.0 [53.0, 78.0]
Sex
Male 8861 (36.0%) 10,742 (43.6%) 12,585 (51.1%) 15,474 (62.9%) 47,662 (48.4%) <0.001
Female 15,752 (64.0%) 13,871 (56.4%) 12,028 (48.9%) 9138 (37.1%) 50,789 (51.6%)
Race
White, Non-Hispanic 21,868 (88.8%) 22,605 (91.8%) 22,806 (92.7%) 22,299 (90.6%) 89,578 (91.0%) <0.001
Black, Non-Hispanic 992 (4.0%) 730 (3.0%) 645 (2.6%) 844 (3.4%) 3211 (3.3%)
Hispanic 394 (1.6%) 316 (1.3%) 344 (1.4%) 386 (1.6%) 1440 (1.5%)
Asian 1182 (4.8%) 817 (3.3%) 664 (2.7%) 874 (3.6%) 3537 (3.6%)
Pacific Islander 111 (0.5%) 103 (0.4%) 102 (0.4%) 139 (0.6%) 455 (0.5%)
American Indian 58 (0.2%) 31 (0.1%) 45 (0.2%) 62 (0.3%) 196 (0.2%)
Missing 8 (0.0%) 11 (0.0%) 7 (0.0%) 8 (0.0%) 34 (0.0%)
Study arm
Intervention 12,422 (50.5%) 12,468 (50.7%) 12,722 (51.7%) 12,795 (52.0%) 50,407 (51.2%) 0.00229
Control 12,191 (49.5%) 12,145 (49.3%) 11,891 (48.3%) 11,817 (48.0%) 48,044 (48.8%)
Education
Less Than 8 Years 177 (0.7%) 115 (0.5%) 138 (0.6%) 167 (0.7%) 597 (0.6%) <0.001
8–11 Years 1539 (6.3%) 1307 (5.3%) 1203 (4.9%) 1216 (4.9%) 5265 (5.3%)
12 Years or Completed High School 6938 (28.2%) 5883 (23.9%) 5284 (21.5%) 4815 (19.6%) 22,920 (23.3%)
Post High School Training Other than College 3251 (13.2%) 3204 (13.0%) 3238 (13.2%) 3036 (12.3%) 12,729 (12.9%)
Some College 5515 (22.4%) 5218 (21.2%) 5213 (21.2%) 5210 (21.2%) 21,156 (21.5%)
College Graduate 3686 (15.0%) 4440 (18.0%) 4605 (18.7%) 4607 (18.7%) 17,338 (17.6%)
Postgraduate 3507 (14.2%) 4446 (18.1%) 4932 (20.0%) 5561 (22.6%) 18,446 (18.7%)
BMI
0–18.5 186 (0.8%) 186 (0.8%) 156 (0.6%) 136 (0.6%) 664 (0.7%) <0.001
18.5–25 8780 (35.7%) 8610 (35.0%) 8338 (33.9%) 7449 (30.3%) 33,177 (33.7%)
25–30 10,041 (40.8%) 10,373 (42.1%) 10,595 (43.0%) 10,940 (44.4%) 41,949 (42.6%)
30+ 5606 (22.8%) 5444 (22.1%) 5524 (22.4%) 6087 (24.7%) 22,661 (23.0%)
Marital status
Married Or Living As Married 18,461 (75.0%) 19,464 (79.1%) 19,755 (80.3%) 19,575 (79.5%) 77,255 (78.5%) <0.001
Widowed 2545 (10.3%) 2024 (8.2%) 1812 (7.4%) 1571 (6.4%) 7952 (8.1%)
Divorced 2647 (10.8%) 2199 (8.9%) 2150 (8.7%) 2385 (9.7%) 9381 (9.5%)
Separated 196 (0.8%) 162 (0.7%) 172 (0.7%) 228 (0.9%) 758 (0.8%)
Never Married 764 (3.1%) 764 (3.1%) 724 (2.9%) 853 (3.5%) 3105 (3.2%)
Family history of any cancer
No 10,701 (43.5%) 10,811 (43.9%) 10,854 (44.1%) 11,075 (45.0%) 43,441 (44.1%) 0.0158
Yes, Immediate Family Member 2665 (10.8%) 2573 (10.5%) 2556 (10.4%) 2504 (10.2%) 10,298 (10.5%)
Possibly Relative or Cancer Type Not Clear 632 (2.6%) 559 (2.3%) 581 (2.4%) 591 (2.4%) 2363 (2.4%)
Smoking status
Never Smoked Cigarettes 12,318 (50.0%) 12,152 (49.4%) 11,757 (47.8%) 11,310 (46.0%) 47,537 (48.3%) <0.001
Current Cigarette Smoker 2579 (10.5%) 2204 (9.0%) 2135 (8.7%) 2189 (8.9%) 9107 (9.3%)
Former Cigarette Smoker 9716 (39.5%) 10,257 (41.7%) 10,721 (43.6%) 11,113 (45.2%) 41,807 (42.5%)
Alcohol drinking status
Never 3008 (12.2%) 2593 (10.5%) 2236 (9.1%) 2103 (8.5%) 9940 (10.1%) <0.001
Former 3759 (15.3%) 3494 (14.2%) 3446 (14.0%) 3570 (14.5%) 14,269 (14.5%)
Current 17,001 (69.1%) 17,838 (72.5%) 18,323 (74.4%) 18,308 (74.4%) 71,470 (72.6%)
Unknown 845 (3.4%) 688 (2.8%) 608 (2.5%) 631 (2.6%) 2772 (2.8%)
Total energy
Mean (SD) 1050 (300) 1480 (325) 1850 (411) 2570 (740) 1740 (735) <0.001
Median [Min, Max] 1030 [466, 4970] 1450 [550, 5390] 1810 [622, 5540] 2450 [644, 5620] 1610 [466, 5620]
fCADI
Mean (SD) −5.07 (1.23) −2.07 (0.727) 0.682 (0.928) 6.46 (3.93) −0.0000000675 (4.76) <0.001
Median [Min, Max] −4.85 [−10.1, −3.34] −2.08 [−3.34, −0.805] 0.618 [−0.805, 2.43] 5.29 [2.43, 42.0] −0.805 [−10.1, 42.0]