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Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of study participants according to ABSI-by-HI body-shape phenotypes

From: Association of body-shape phenotypes with imaging measures of body composition in the UK Biobank cohort: relevance to colon cancer risk

 

MEN

WOMEN

 

Overall

Pear

Slim

Wide

Apple

P

Overall

Pear

Slim

Wide

Apple

P

Cancer risk dataset

 Cohort size: n (%)

200,289

47,515 (23.7)

56,606 (28.3)

58,621 (29.3)

37,547 (18.7)

 

230,326

55,366 (24.0)

49,149 (21.3)

70,934 (30.8)

54,877 (23.8)

 

 Colon cancer cases: n (%)

1029

171 (16.6)

238 (23.1)

362 (35.2)

258 (25.1)

 

889

174 (19.6)

164 (18.4)

303 (34.1)

248 (27.9)

 

 Follow-up time (years)

6.9 (1.4)

7.0 (1.3)

6.9 (1.3)

6.9 (1.5)

6.8 (1.5)

< 0.001

7.0 (1.3)

7.1 (1.2)

7.0 (1.2)

7.0 (1.3)

6.9 (1.3)

< 0.001

 Age at enrolment (years)

57.2 (8.1)

55.6 (8.4)

55.5 (8.1)

59.2 (7.6)

58.8 (7.5)

< 0.001

56.8 (8.0)

55.5 (8.1)

55.2 (8.0)

58.2 (7.7)

57.8 (7.7)

< 0.001

 A Body Shape Index (ABSI)

79.8 (4.1)

77.1 (2.3)

76.3 (2.7)

83.3 (2.5)

83.0 (2.4)

< 0.001

73.8 (5.0)

69.7 (2.4)

69.3 (2.8)

77.4 (3.5)

77.3 (3.3)

< 0.001

 Hip Index (HI)

49.1 (1.7)

50.2 (1.0)

47.6 (1.1)

50.4 (1.2)

47.9 (1.0)

< 0.001

64.2 (2.5)

65.9 (1.5)

62.1 (1.7)

66.0 (1.6)

62.2 (1.5)

< 0.001

 Waist-to-Hip Index (WHI)

4.08 (0.22)

3.85 (0.14)

4.02 (0.16)

4.15 (0.15)

4.35 (0.16)

< 0.001

3.59 (0.27)

3.31 (0.14)

3.50 (0.16)

3.66 (0.18)

3.87 (0.20)

< 0.001

 Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)

27.8 (4.0)

27.4 (4.2)

27.7 (3.7)

27.9 (4.4)

28.3 (3.9)

< 0.001

26.9 (4.8)

26.2 (4.8)

26.3 (4.4)

27.5 (5.2)

27.5 (4.4)

< 0.001

 NW: ≥18.5 to < 25 kg/m2: n (%)

49,992 (25.0)

14,286 (30.1)

13,219 (23.4)

15,222 (26.0)

7265 (19.3)

< 0.001

92,272 (40.1)

26,765 (48.3)

22,218 (45.2)

26,258 (37.0)

17,031 (31.0)

< 0.001

 OW: ≥25 to < 30 kg/m2: n (%)

99,591 (49.7)

22,667 (47.7)

29,911 (52.8)

27,650 (47.2)

19,363 (51.6)

 

85,748 (37.2)

18,461 (33.3)

18,380 (37.4)

24,930 (35.1)

23,977 (43.7)

 

 OB: ≥30 to < 45 kg/m2: n (%)

50,706 (25.3)

10,562 (22.2)

13,476 (23.8)

15,749 (26.9)

10,919 (29.1)

 

52,306 (22.7)

10,140 (18.3)

8551 (17.4)

19,746 (27.8)

13,869 (25.3)

 

DXA dataset

 Cohort size: n (%)

15,520

2515 (16.2)

6951 (44.8)

3060 (19.7)

2994 (19.3)

 

16,548

3175 (19.2)

4408 (26.6)

4590 (27.7)

4375 (26.4)

 

 Time from enrolment (years)

8.7 (1.8)

8.4 (1.8)

8.6 (1.8)

8.8 (1.7)

9.2 (1.6)

< 0.001

8.7 (1.7)

8.4 (1.8)

8.6 (1.8)

8.9 (1.6)

8.8 (1.8)

< 0.001

 Age at imaging (years)

63.9 (7.1)

63.1 (7.3)

62.6 (7.1)

66.1 (6.5)

65.4 (6.7)

< 0.001

62.9 (7.0)

62.3 (7.0)

61.5 (7.1)

64.3 (6.8)

63.4 (6.8)

< 0.001

 A Body Shape Index (ABSI)

78.9 (4.2)

76.9 (2.4)

76.0 (2.8)

83.3 (2.6)

82.7 (2.3)

< 0.001

73.8 (5.2)

69.6 (2.6)

69.1 (2.8)

77.9 (3.9)

77.3 (3.3)

< 0.001

 Hip Index (HI)

48.3 (1.9)

50.1 (0.9)

47.1 (1.3)

50.4 (1.3)

47.6 (1.1)

< 0.001

63.8 (2.6)

65.8 (1.5)

61.7 (1.7)

66.1 (1.6)

62.0 (1.6)

< 0.001

 Waist-to-Hip Index (WHI)

4.09 (0.22)

3.85 (0.14)

4.04 (0.17)

4.14 (0.15)

4.36 (0.16)

< 0.001

3.62 (0.27)

3.31 (0.15)

3.51 (0.16)

3.69 (0.20)

3.90 (0.20)

< 0.001

 Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)

27.1 (3.9)

27.0 (4.2)

27.0 (3.6)

27.2 (4.3)

27.4 (3.9)

< 0.001

26.2 (4.5)

25.9 (4.7)

25.5 (4.1)

26.6 (4.9)

26.5 (4.2)

< 0.001

 NW: ≥18.5 to < 25 kg/m2: n (%)

4958 (31.9)

872 (34.7)

2206 (31.7)

1031 (33.7)

849 (28.4)

< 0.001

7759 (46.9)

1662 (52.3)

2311 (52.4)

2024 (44.1)

1762 (40.3)

< 0.001

 OW: ≥25 to < 30 kg/m2: n (%)

7501 (48.3)

1163 (46.2)

3467 (49.9)

1369 (44.7)

1502 (50.2)

 

5824 (35.2)

956 (30.1)

1495 (33.9)

1549 (33.7)

1824 (41.7)

 

 OB: ≥30 to < 45 kg/m2: n (%)

3061 (19.7)

480 (19.1)

1278 (18.4)

660 (21.6)

643 (21.5)

 

2965 (17.9)

557 (17.5)

602 (13.7)

1017 (22.2)

789 (18.0)

 

MRI dataset

 Cohort size: n (%)

3997

886 (22.2)

1857 (46.5)

780 (19.5)

474 (11.9)

 

4402

1077 (24.5)

1253 (28.5)

1007 (22.9)

1065 (24.2)

 

 Time from enrolment (years)

6.6 (1.0)

6.6 (1.1)

6.6 (1.0)

6.7 (1.0)

6.6 (1.0)

0.058

6.7 (1.0)

6.7 (1.0)

6.6 (1.0)

6.7 (1.0)

6.7 (1.1)

0.012

 Age at imaging (years)

62.8 (7.4)

62.2 (7.5)

61.4 (7.5)

65.7 (6.5)

64.9 (6.3)

< 0.001

61.7 (7.2)

61.3 (7.1)

60.4 (7.4)

63.3 (6.9)

62.1 (7.0)

< 0.001

 A Body Shape Index (ABSI)

78.1 (3.9)

76.8 (2.4)

75.8 (2.8)

82.6 (2.2)

82.2 (2.1)

< 0.001

72.9 (4.6)

69.5 (2.6)

69.5 (2.5)

76.7 (3.0)

76.7 (3.1)

< 0.001

 Hip Index (HI)

48.6 (1.7)

50.1 (1.0)

47.4 (1.1)

50.4 (1.1)

47.8 (1.0)

< 0.001

63.8 (2.4)

65.9 (1.5)

61.9 (1.6)

65.8 (1.4)

62.1 (1.5)

< 0.001

 Waist-to-Hip Index (WHI)

4.03 (0.2)

3.85 (0.14)

4.01 (0.16)

4.11 (0.12)

4.31 (0.14)

< 0.001

3.58 (0.26)

3.31 (0.15)

3.51 (0.15)

3.64 (0.16)

3.86 (0.18)

< 0.001

 Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)

27.1 (3.8)

27.1 (4.0)

27.3 (3.6)

26.8 (4.1)

27.0 (3.6)

0.013

26.2 (4.5)

25.7 (4.6)

25.8 (4.2)

26.8 (5.0)

26.5 (4.0)

< 0.001

 NW: ≥18.5 to < 25 kg/m2: n (%)

1235 (30.9)

297 (33.5)

503 (27.1)

289 (37.1)

146 (30.8)

< 0.001

2055 (46.7)

563 (52.3)

635 (50.7)

422 (41.9)

435 (40.8)

< 0.001

 OW: ≥25 to < 30 kg/m2: n (%)

1975 (49.4)

405 (45.7)

986 (53.1)

341 (43.7)

243 (51.3)

 

1555 (35.3)

335 (31.1)

427 (34.1)

343 (34.1)

450 (42.3)

 

 OB: ≥30 to < 45 kg/m2: n (%)

787 (19.7)

184 (20.8)

368 (19.8)

150 (19.2)

85 (17.9)

 

792 (18.0)

179 (16.6)

191 (15.2)

242 (24.0)

180 (16.9)

 
  1. ABSI a body shape index (cut-offs: ≥80 for men; ≥73 for women); Apple large-ABSI-small-HI; DXA dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry; HI hip index (cut-offs: ≥49 for men; ≥64 for women); MRI magnetic resonance imaging; n (%) number of participants (percentage from the total per column or, for cohort size and cancer cases, percentage from total per sex); NW normal weight; OB obese; OW overweight; P p-values from one-way ANOVA (continuous variables) or chi-squared test (categorical variables) comparing the four body-shape phenotypes per sex; Pear small-ABSI-large-HI; Slim small-ABSI-small-HI; Wide large-ABSI-large-HI. Continuous variables are summarised with mean (standard deviation)