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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population selected for the diet, cancer and health cohort

From: Interaction between interleukin-10 (IL-10) polymorphisms and dietary fibre in relation to risk of colorectal cancer in a Danish case-cohort study

 

Cases

Subcohort

P-value

No. (%)

Medians (5-95%)

No. (%)

Medians (5-95%)

Total

378 (100)

 

775 (100)

  

Sex

Men

211 (33)

 

422 (67)

  

Women

167 (32)

 

353 (68)

  

Age at inclusion (years)

 

58 (51–64)

 

56 (50–64)

<0.0001

BMI (kg/m 2)

 

26 (21–34)

 

26 (20–33)

0.06

Food intake (g/day)

Alcohol1

 

15 (1–68)

 

13 (1–63)

0.05

Dietary fibre

 

20 (10–31)

 

21 (11–35)

0.001

Red and processed meat

 

111 (50–240)

 

109 (40–239)

0.73

Smoking status

    

0.47

Never

118 (31)

 

261 (34)

  

Past

115 (30)

 

245 (32)

  

Current

145 (38)

 

269 (35)

  

NSAID use

    

0.53

No

255 (67)

 

537 (69)

  

Yes

123 (33)

 

238 (31)

  

HRT use among

    

0.71

women

97 (26)

 

187 (24)

  

Never

26 (7)

 

61 (8)

  

Past

44 (12)

 

105 (14)

  

Current

     
  1. 1 Among current drinkers.