Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population, total and by sex
From: Height as a risk factor in meningioma: a study of 2 million Israeli adolescents
Characteristics | Male | Female | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
Birth year | Total | 1,187,421 | 100.0 | 848,494 | 100.0 | 2,035,915 | 100.0 |
1948–59 | 117,428 | 9.9 | 69,703 | 8.2 | 187,131 | 9.2 | |
1960–69 | 256,934 | 21.6 | 166,744 | 19.7 | 423,678 | 20.8 | |
1970–79 | 358,090 | 30.2 | 260,927 | 30.8 | 619,017 | 30.4 | |
1980–91 | 454,969 | 38.3 | 351,120 | 41.4 | 806,089 | 39.6 | |
Socioeconomic status | Low | 312,671 | 26.5 | 174,640 | 20.7 | 487,311 | 24.1 |
Medium | 609,644 | 51.7 | 456,821 | 54.1 | 1,066,465 | 52.7 | |
High | 257,927 | 21.9 | 212,744 | 25.2 | 470,671 | 23.2 | |
Education | < 9 years | 91,259 | 7.7 | 13,631 | 1.6 | 104,890 | 5.2 |
10 years | 77,372 | 6.5 | 24,101 | 2.8 | 101,473 | 5.0 | |
11 years | 98,694 | 8.3 | 32,726 | 3.9 | 131,420 | 6.5 | |
12+ years | 919,004 | 77.5 | 777,786 | 91.7 | 1,696,790 | 83.4 | |
Cognitive indexa | 10–30 | 193,358 | 16.4 | 94,431 | 11.2 | 287,789 | 14.2 |
40–70 | 794,680 | 67.5 | 625,924 | 74.1 | 1,420,604 | 70.2 | |
80–90 | 189,750 | 16.1 | 124,286 | 14.7 | 314,036 | 15.5 | |
BMI category (Kg/m2) | 18.5 | 161,774 | 13.6 | 118,713 | 14.0 | 280,487 | 13.8 |
18.5 - < 25 | 866,412 | 73.0 | 615,691 | 72.6 | 1,482,103 | 72.8 | |
25 - < 30 | 125,021 | 10.5 | 90,874 | 10.7 | 215,895 | 10.6 | |
> 30 | 33,942 | 2.9 | 22,947 | 2.7 | 56,889 | 2.8 | |
Height category (CDC) (percentile) | 25th percentile | 387,793 | 32.7 | 226,199 | 26.7 | 613,992 | 30.2 |
25th–50th percentile | 329,644 | 27.8 | 238,839 | 28.1 | 568,483 | 27.9 | |
50th–75th percentile | 285,662 | 24.1 | 218,594 | 25.8 | 504,256 | 24.8 | |
> 75th percentile | 184,322 | 15.5 | 164,862 | 19.4 | 349,184 | 17.2 | |
Country of birth | Europe | 155,845 | 13.1 | 100,030 | 11.8 | 255,875 | 12.6 |
Asia | 25,455 | 2.1 | 13,374 | 1.6 | 38,829 | 1.9 | |
Africa | 23,734 | 2.0 | 10,887 | 1.3 | 34,621 | 1.7 | |
Israel | 981,623 | 82.7 | 724,042 | 85.3 | 1,705,665 | 83.8 | |
Origin | Europe | 542,259 | 46.1 | 401,117 | 47.6 | 943,376 | 46.7 |
Asia | 283,819 | 24.1 | 199,373 | 23.7 | 483,192 | 23.9 | |
Africa | 279,824 | 23.8 | 190,046 | 22.5 | 469,870 | 23.3 | |
Israel | 69,762 | 5.9 | 52,322 | 6.2 | 122,084 | 6.0 | |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age at time of medical examination (years) | 17.4 | .5 | 17.3 | .4 | 17.4 | .4 | |
BMI | 22 | 3.4 | 22 | 3.4 | 22 | 3.4 | |
Height (meters) | 174.0 | 6.8 | 162.3 | 6.1 | 169.1 | 8.7 | |