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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of participants in the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk. Factor Study (KIHD) in Eastern Finland by incident cancer status

From: Inflammatory biomarker score and cancer: A population-based prospective cohort study

Characteristics

No Cancer N =1,917

Cancer N = 653

P-value

Age, years

52.71(5.27)

53.91(4.53)

<0.01

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 <25

599 (31.25 %)

202 (30.93 %)

 

 25-29.99

984 (51.33 %)

345 (52.83 %)

 

 30-34.99

277 (14.45 %)

87 (13.32 %)

 

 ≥35

57 (2.97 %)

19 (2.91 %)

 

Smoking history

  

<0.01

 Non-smoker

1380 (71.99 %)

407 (62.33 %)

 

 Smoker

537 (28.01 %)

246 (37.67 %)

 

Pack-years

  

<0.01

  <10 Pack-years

96 (5.01 %)

48 (7.35 %)

 

  10-20 Pack-years

121 (6.31 %)

43 (6.58 %)

 

  >20 Pack-years

320 (16.69 %)

155 (23.74 %)

 

Alcohol consumption, g/week

73.68 (134.18)

81.20 (145.21)

0.03

Energy intake, KJ, (4 day mean)

9912.31 (2599.35)

9674.02 (2536.23)

0.03

Vegetable intake, g (4 day mean)

286.21 (126.58)

287.53 (122.45)

0.75

Fruit and berry intake, g (4 day mean)

161.30 (146.76)

157.69 (138.80)

0.81

Cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2 max)

30.61 (7.63)

30.06 (7.52)

0.05

Family history of any cancer

  

0.21

 No

1465 (76.42 %)

483 (73.97 %)

 

 Yes

452 (23.58 %)

170 (26.03 %)

 

Leukocyte count, 1,000/μl

5.66 (1.56)

5.84 (1.67)

<0.01

C-reactive protein, mg/l

2.43 (4.22)

2.44 (3.83)

0.23

  1. Continuous values are presented as mean (standard deviation) and categorical values as number (%)