Table 3 Demographic characteristics and lifestyle factors of cases (survival analysis)

Age at recruitment

60.4 (12.18)

59.8 (11.66)

0.66

Sex:

Men

56 (52.8)

103 (51.0)

Women

50 (47.2)

99 (49.0)

0.76

FH risk:

Low

78 (82.1)

148 (77.1)

Medium/High

17 (17.9)

44 (22.9)

0.33

Smoking status:

Never

31 (48.4)

71 (42.8)

Former

20 (31.3)

67 (40.4)

Current

13 (20.3)

28 (16.9)

0.44

Physical activity (cycling & other sport in hours/week) ‡

0

37 (62.7)

88 (54.3)

0-3.5

6 (10.2)

50 (30.9)

3.5-7

6 (10.2)

11 (6.8)

>7

10 (17.0)

13 (8.0)

0.008

BMI‡:

<25

24 (36.4)

68 (41.7)

25-29.9

31 (47.0)

71 (43.6)

≥30

11 (16.7)

24 (14.7)

0.75

Alcohol intake (g/day)‡

13.1

12.6

0.29

(16.0)

(14.2)

Energy intake (kJ/day)‡

11222.2

10939.5

0.54

(3886.9)

(3909.0)

DEPCAT^††

1

11 (10.4)

22 (10.9)

2

23 (21.7)

53 (26.2)

3

25 (23.6)

52 (25.7)

4

29 (27.4)

40 (19.8)

5

9 (8.5)

15 (7.4)

6

9 (8.5)

18 (8.9)

7

0 (0)

2 (1.0)

0.72

PMH Bowel disease (incl. IBS)

6 (9.1)

12 (7.3)

0.65

PMH Cancer

6 (9.1)

17 (10.3)

0.78

Statin use: at least 1 prescription dispensed 2/12 pre-recruitment

8 (7.6)

16 (7.9)

0.91

Statin use: at least 1 prescription dispensed 7/12 pre-recruitment

8 (7.6)

15 (7.4)

0.97

Statin use: 2+ prescriptions dispensed. First being at least 2/12 pre-recruitment

8 (7.6)

15 (7.4)

0.97

Statin use: 2+ prescriptions dispensed. First prescription at least 7/12 pre-recruitement

8 (7.6)

14 (6.9)

0.84

Regular use of NSAIDs**:

Yes

47 (73.4)

127 (78.4)

No

17 (26.6)

35 (21.6)

0.43

HRT use:

Yes

7 (26.9)

23 (28.8)

No

19 (73.1)

57 (71.3)

0.86

Hormonal contraception use:

Yes

6 (23.1)

30 (37.5)

No

20 (76.9)

50 (62.5)

0.18