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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants selected from the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health prospective cohort study.

From: Polymorphisms in NFkB, PXR, LXR and risk of colorectal cancer in a prospective study of Danes

 

Cases

Sub-cohort

 

No. (%)

Median (5-95%)

No. (%)

Median (5-95%)

Total

378 (100)

 

756 (100)

 

Gender

    

   Men

207 (55)

 

409 (54)

 

   Women

171 (45)

 

347 (46)

 

Age at inclusion

 

58 (51-64)

 

56 (50-64)

Topology

    

   Proximal segment of colon

42 (11)

   

   Distal segment of colon

148 (39)

   

   Rectal

136 (36)

   

   Not specified

52 (14)

   

BMI

 

26 (21-34)

 

26 (21-33)

Food intake

    

   Alcohol, g/day

 

14 (1-69)

 

13 (1-61)

   Red meat, g/day

 

82 (37-171)

 

82 (32-177)

   Processed meat, g/day

 

26 (6-79)

 

25 (4-76)

   Dietary fibres g/day

 

20 (10-32)

 

21 (11-34)

Smoking status at inclusion

    

   Never

116 (31)

 

250 (33)

 

   Former

113 (30)

 

238 (31)

 

   Present

149 (39)

 

268 (35)

 

NSAID use

    

   No

123 (33)

 

234 (31)

 

   Yes

255 (67)

 

522 (69)

 

HRT use among women

    

   Never

100 (58)

 

186 (54)

 

   Former

26 (15)

 

58 (17)

 

   Present

45 (26)

 

103 (30)

 
  1. Observed median values (5-95 percentiles) or percents of the distribution of baseline characteristics among cases and members of the comparison group.