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Table 3 Characteristics of CRC cases by pre-diagnostic weight change, n = 1894

From: Pre-diagnostic body mass index and weight change in relation to colorectal cancer survival among incident cases from a population-based cohort study

 

MEN

WOMEN

 

Weight change (kg)

Weight change (kg)

 

≤−2

−1.9–1.9

2.0–7.9

≥8.0

≤−2

−1.9–1.9

2.0–7.9

≥8.0

Number of cases

155

295

418

131

194

256

323

122

Follow-up (years), mean

5.4

6.3

5.4

5.3

5.4

6.1

6.3

5.3

Initial BMI (kg/m2), mean

26.5

25.1

24.8

25.8

27.3

24.5

24.3

25.3

University level education (%)

7.1

9.2

12.0

8.4

5.2

7.4

10.5

10.7

Current smokers (%)a

61.9

47.8

34.0

25.2

46.9

39.5

33.1

34.4

Sedentary (%)a

20.0

20.7

26.6

39.7

31.4

21.9

28.5

37.7

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)a, mean

137

137

138

143

133

134

134

141

Exposure screening (%)

 Screening 2

31.6

42.7

31.3

14.5

39.2

44.5

30.7

8.2

 Screening 3

68.4

57.3

68.7

85.5

60.8

55.5

69.3

91.8

Age at exposure screening (years), mean

50.7

50.8

50.2

50.7

51.3

50.5

51.2

50.8

Time between exposure screening and diagnosis (years), mean

16.8

17.2

18.0

16.7

18.3

18.1

17.4

16.5

Age at diagnosis (years), mean

67.5

67.9

68.2

67.4

69.6

68.5

68.5

67.3

Stage at diagnosis (%)

 Localized

27.1

26.8

23.9

21.4

27.3

27.0

28.2

27.9

 Regional

45.8

51.2

52.2

51.9

45.4

48.4

48.6

50.8

 Distant

27.1

22.0

23.9

26.7

27.3

24.6

23.2

21.3

  1. a At exposure screening