Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants.1
From: Association of past obesity and BMI trajectories with cancer mortality: a prospective cohort study
Variable | Total | Death status of malignant neoplasm | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (91.0%) | Yes (9.0%) | |||
Age (median (IQR)) | 66.0(55.0,75.0) | 65.0(54.0,75.0) | 70.0(62.0,78.0) | < 0.01 |
Sex (n, %) | < 0.01 | |||
Female | 2026, 55.4 | 1843, 56.6 | 183, 42.9 | |
Male | 2032, 44.6 | 1716, 43.4 | 316, 57.1 | |
Race (n, %) | < 0.01 | |||
Non-Hispanic Black | 560, 5.2 | 463, 4.8 | 97, 9.3 | |
Non-Hispanic White | 2888, 87.6 | 2541, 87.9 | 347, 84.5 | |
Mexican American | 242, 1.8 | 219, 1.8 | 23, 1.3 | |
Other Hispanic | 188, 2.0 | 173, 2.0 | 15, 1.6 | |
Other race | 180, 3.4 | 163, 3.4 | 17, 3.4 | |
Education (n, %) | < 0.01 | |||
Less Than 9th Grade | 379, 4.8 | 323, 4.6 | 56, 6.7 | |
9-11th Grade | 473, 8.6 | 388, 8.0 | 85, 14.5 | |
High School Grad/GED | 958, 22.6 | 830, 22.1 | 128, 27.5 | |
Some College or AA degree | 1174, 30.3 | 1044, 30.4 | 130, 29.4 | |
College Graduate or above | 1071, 33.6 | 972, 34.8 | 99, 21.9 | |
PIR(%) | < 0.01 | |||
<1.3 | 799, 13.7 | 671, 13.0 | 128, 20.9 | |
1.3–3.5 | 1542, 36.3 | 1340, 35.7 | 202, 42.1 | |
≥ 3.5 | 1382, 50.0 | 1241, 51.4 | 141, 37.0 | |
Smoking status (%) | < 0.01 | |||
Never | 1779, 44.6 | 1631, 46.2 | 148, 28.4 | |
Former | 1699, 40.2 | 1439, 39.0 | 260, 52.1 | |
Now | 578, 15.2 | 487, 14.8 | 91, 19.5 | |
Drinking status(%) | < 0.01 | |||
Never | 469, 10.2 | 420, 10.2 | 49, 10.2 | |
Former | 945, 20.8 | 775, 19.5 | 170, 34.3 | |
Mild | 1573, 45.3 | 1409, 46.2 | 164, 35.6 | |
Moderate | 398, 14.2 | 363, 14.6 | 35, 10.2 | |
Heavy | 297, 9.6 | 258, 9.6 | 39, 9.8 | |
Hypertension (%) | < 0.01 | |||
No | 1397, 40.6 | 1247, 41.3 | 150, 33.9 | |
Yes | 2660, 59.4 | 2312, 58.7 | 348, 66.1 | |
DM (%) | < 0.01 | |||
DM | 1023, 20.7 | 891, 20.6 | 132, 22.4 | |
IFG | 224, 5.8 | 197, 5.6 | 27, 7.6 | |
IGT | 141, 3.0 | 130, 3.1 | 11, 2.1 | |
No | 2667, 70.4 | 2339, 70.7 | 328, 68.0 | |
Past obesity (%) | < 0.01 | |||
No | 2145, 53.7 | 1865, 53.3 | 280, 57.5 | |
Yes | 1913, 46.3 | 1694, 46.7 | 219, 42.5 | |
Current obesity (%) | < 0.01 | |||
No | 2737, 67.3 | 2378, 67.0 | 359, 71.1 | |
Yes | 1321, 32.7 | 1181, 33.0 | 140, 28.9 | |