TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics by fifths of total protein intake in 131,425 male EPIC participants

	Total protein intake, g/1000 kcal
	Bottom fifth	Middle fifth	Top fifth	Total sample
	≤34.5	38.3–41.9	≥46.5	10.6–98.9
Number of men	N = 26,285	N = 26,285	N = 26,285	N = 131,425
Age at recruitment, years, mean (SD)	51.0 (11.0)	52.2 (9.9)	53.4 (8.6)	52.2 (9.9)
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD)	25.5 (3.5)	26.3 (3.5)	27.5 (3.7)	26.4 (3.6)
Height, cm, mean (SD)	176.3 (6.9)	175.4 (7.2)	173.3 (7.4)	175.1 (7.2)
Energy intake, kcal/day, mean (SD)	2473 (709)	2447 (650)	2277 (619)	2417 (662)
Smoking status, n (%)
Never	9946 (37.8%)	8788 (33.4%)	7827 (29.8%)	44,210 (33.6%)
Former	9140 (34.8%)	9817 (37.3%)	9857 (37.5%)	48,280 (36.7%)
Current	6927 (26.4%)	7399 (28.1%)	8324 (31.7%)	37,562 (28.6%)
Unknown	272 (1.0%)	281 (1.1%)	277 (1.1%)	1373 (1.0%)
Physical activity, n (%)
Inactive	4763 (18.1%)	4324 (16.5%)	5330 (20.3%)	23,075 (17.6%)
Moderately inactive	8306 (31.6%)	8172 (31.1%)	7879 (30.0%)	40,646 (30.9%)
Moderately active	6514 (24.8%)	6345 (24.1%)	6142 (23.4%)	31,679 (24.1%)
Active	6254 (23.8%)	6728 (25.6%)	6399 (24.3%)	32,952 (25.1%)
Unknown	448 (1.7%)	716 (2.7%)	535 (2.0%)	3073 (2.3%)
Level of education, n (%)
No degree	17,090 (65.0%)	18,463 (70.2%)	19,557 (74.4%)	92,073 (70.1%)
Degree	8277 (31.5%)	7142 (27.2%)	5859 (22.3%)	35,522 (27.0%)
Unknown	918 (3.5%)	680 (2.6%)	869 (3.3%)	3830 (2.9%)
Marital status, n (%)
Married	17,818 (67.8%)	14,662 (55.8%)	8639 (32.9%)	69,819 (53.1%)
Not married	5474 (20.8%)	3446 (13.1%)	1938 (7.4%)	17,649 (13.4%)
Unknown	2993 (11.4%)	8177 (31.1%)	15,708 (59.8%)	43,957 (33.4%)
Diabetes, n (%)
No	25,209 (95.9%)	24,971 (95.0%)	23,926 (91.0%)	123,987 (94.3%)
Yes	406 (1.5%)	683 (2.6%)	1816 (6.9%)	4332 (3.3%)
Unknown	670 (2.5%)	631 (2.4%)	543 (2.1%)	3106 (2.4%)