Table 1.
Summary of patient characteristics
| Variables | Selection sample set A | Selection sample set B | Application sample set | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE | (B)NE | BE | NE | BE | Controls | BE Cases | |
| Numbers | 26 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 95 | 87 |
| Age (years) - median (IQR) | 56 (44-72) | 66 (62-73) | 63 (57-72) | 60.5 (55-64) | 63 (54-70) | 55 (43-68) | 66 (54-72) |
| Male:female ratio | 0.73 | 3.6 | 4.67 | 1.86 | 9.5 | 0.98 | 4.8 |
| Ethnicity: White | NA | NA | NA | 20 | 19 | 89 | 84 |
| Ethnicity: Other | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| BMI - median (IQR) | NA | 26.8 (25.0-28.7) | 25.6 (22.9-27.5) | 28.2 (25.0-33.2) | 28.0 (26.2-30.4) | 27.3 (24.1-31.6) | 28.4 (26.2-31.3) |
| Wait-to-hip ratio - median (IQR) | NA | NA | NA | 0.89 (0.82-0.93) | 0.95 (0.88-0.99) | 0.88 (0.83-0.95) | 0.95 (0.91-0.99) |
| Maximum M length of BE (cm) -median (IQR) | NA | 2 (1-2) | 4 (4-6) | NA | 6 (4-9) | NA | 4 (3-7.5) |
| Smoking (no) | 17 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 46 |
| Smoking (ex) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 28 |
| Smoking (active) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| Smoking (NA) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |