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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Obesity as risk factor for subtypes of breast cancer: results from a prospective cohort study

N

27,012

Age at recruitmenta

48.4 (41.2, 57.0)

Anthropometric parametersa

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.7 (22.3, 28.0)

 Height (cm)

163.2 (159.0, 167.5)

Menopausal Status

 Pre- and perimenopausal (%)

59.2

 Postmenopausal (%)

40.8

Hormone therapy (%)b

 User at baseline (%)

46.0

 Non-user at baseline (%)

54.0

 Number of full-term pregnanciesc

1.7 (0, 8)

Smoking Status

 Never smokers (%)

55.7

 Former smokers (%)

25.6

 Current smokers (%)

18.7

Education Level

 University Degree (%)

34.4

 No University Degree (%)

65.6

  1. aMedian values (p25, 75) are shown for continuous variables
  2. bPostmenopausal women only
  3. cMean value (Minimum, Maximum)