Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the cancer group and comparison group in the two cohorts – percentage ( n ), mean (SD)
| Â | ELSA cohort | HRS cohort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Cancer group | Comparison group | p | Cancer group | Comparison group | p |
| Â | (n= 264) | (n= 1538) | (n= 2553) | (n= 4946) | ||
Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Age (years) | 66.33 (8.36) | 63.47 (7.95) | <.001 | 67.24 (9.31) | 64.08 (7.69) | <.001 |
  Sex |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Male | 51.1% (135) | 38.6% (594) | <.001 | 54.2% (1385) | 36.8% (1819) | <.001 |
   Female | 48.9% (129) | 61.4% (944) | - | 45.8% (1168) | 59.6% (2949) | - |
  Wealth quintile |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   1 (lowest) | 14.3% (37) | 12.7% (194) | .768 | 16.1% (412) | 13.8% (660) | .070 |
   2 | 17.8% (46) | 18.8% (288) | - | 18.3% (467) | 19.3% (918) | - |
   3 | 21.3% (55) | 20.3% (311) | - | 21.8% (557) | 21.2% (1009) | - |
   4 | 19.4% (50) | 22.5% (344) | - | 21.2% (542) | 22.4% (1070) | - |
   5 (highest) | 27.1% (70) | 25.7% (394) | - | 22.5% (575) | 23.3% (1111) | - |
Anthropometric characteristics* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Weight (kg) | 77.23 (14.64) | 72.98 (15.04) | <.001 | 79.86 (17.06) | 77.73 (16.40) | <.001 |
  Height (cm) | 166.44 (8.96) | 165.17 (9.08) | .035 | 170.71 (10.00) | 168.15 (9.70) | <.001 |
  BMI (kg/m2) | 27.87 (4.86) | 26.71 (4.97) | <.001 | 27.34 (5.16) | 27.39 (4.84) | .654 |
  Weight status |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Underweight | 0.8% (2) | 1.0% (15) | <.001 | 1.6% (42) | 0.5% (24) | <.001 |
   Normal weight | 28.4% (75) | 45.6% (702) | - | 32.6% (832) | 33.5% (1658) | - |
   Overweight | 42.0% (111) | 31.3% (481) | - | 40.7% (1038) | 40.7% (2015) | - |
   Obese | 28.8% (76) | 22.1% (340) | - | 25.1% (641) | 25.3% (1249) | - |