Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to categories of the Mediterranean score in the EPIC study by sex
From: Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in the EPIC cohort
Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score: 0–3 | Score: 4 | Score: 5 | Score: 6–9 | Score: 0–3 | Score: 4 | Score: 5 | Score: 6–9 | |
N (%) | 43 161 (30.3) | 30 770 (21.6) | 29 766 (20.9) | 38 908 (27.3) | 110 891 (33.0) | 75 166 (22.4) | 69 906 (20.8) | 79 910 (23.8) |
Age at recruitment (years; mean±s.d.) | 52.1 (10.4) | 52.1 (10.1) | 52.3 (10.0) | 52.2 (9.9) | 51.2 (9.6) | 50.9 (9.7) | 50.7 (9.8) | 50.2 (10.1) |
Height (cm; mean±s.d.) | 174.5 (7.4) | 174.6 (7.3) | 174.8 (7.3) | 175.0 (7.3) | 162.1 (6.7) | 162.3 (6.7) | 162.3 (6.7) | 162.5 (6.7) |
Body mass index (mean±s.d.) | 26.5 (3.7) | 26.5 (3.6) | 26.5 (3.6) | 26.4 (3.6) | 25.1 (4.5) | 25.0 (4.5) | 24.9 (4.4) | 24.7 (4.3) |
Total energy intake (kcal; mean±s.d.) | 2308.2 (669.2) | 2398.7 (671.2) | 2466.5 (681.2) | 2529.3 (654.4) | 1830.8 (510.7) | 1919.3 (542.7) | 1987.7 (550.5) | 2076.0 (537.8) |
Education (N, %) | ||||||||
None or primary | 15 966 (33.2) | 10 667 (22.2) | 9882 (20.6) | 11 500 (23.9) | 35 884 (32.4) | 21 914 (29.1) | 18 730 (26.8) | 18 685 (23.4) |
Technical/professional | 10 823 (31.5) | 7507 (21.8) | 7173 (20.9) | 8884 (25.8) | 25 099 (22.6) | 16 249 (21.6) | 14 910 (21.3) | 15 910 (19.9) |
Secondary or university | 14 993 (26.6) | 11 804 (20.9) | 12 002 (21.3) | 17 543 (31.1) | 45 291 (40.8) | 34 125 (45.4) | 33 711 (48.2) | 42 235 (52.8) |
Missing | 1379 (35.7) | 792 (20.5) | 709 (18.4) | 981 (25.4) | 4617 (4.2) | 2878 (3.8) | 2555 (3.6) | 3080 (3.8) |
Physical activity (N, %) | ||||||||
Inactive | 7706 (29.4) | 5825 (22.2) | 5532 (21.1) | 7165 (27.3) | 14 399 (31.4) | 10.338 (22.5) | 9715 (21.2) | 11 445 (24.9) |
Moderately inactive | 10 967 (29.3) | 8076 (21.6) | 7990 (21.3) | 10 427 (27.8) | 33 932 (31.9) | 23 341 (21.9) | 22 351 (21.0) | 26 800 (25.2) |
Moderately active | 13 058 (28.1) | 9777 (21.0) | 10 014 (21.6) | 13 589 (29.3) | 34 825 (31.5) | 24 227 (21.9) | 23 369 (21.2) | 27 987 (25.3) |
Active | 4735 (27.2) | 3611 (20.7) | 3789 (21.8) | 5264 (30.2) | 6437 (29.4) | 4689 (21.4) | 4689 (21.4) | 6096 (27.8) |
Missing | 6695 (44.4) | 3481 (23.1) | 2441 (16.2) | 2463 (16.3) | 21 298 (41.6) | 12 571 (24.5) | 9782 (19.1) | 7582 (14.8) |
Smoking status (N, %) | ||||||||
Never | 13 999 (29.8) | 10 023 (21.3) | 9751 (20.8) | 13 165 (28.0) | 60 345 (32.3) | 41 849 (22.4) | 39 108 (20.9) | 45 498 (24.4) |
Former | 13 920 (26.9) | 10 922 (21.1) | 11 240 (21.7) | 15 668 (30.3) | 22 719 (30.0) | 16 587 (21.9) | 16 458 (21.7) | 20 017 (26.4) |
Current | 14 476 (34.5) | 9402 (22.4) | 8426 (20.1) | 9632 (23.0) | 25 071 (38.2) | 14 873 (22.7) | 12 764 (19.5) | 12 749 (19.5) |
Missing | 766 (38.7) | 423 (21.3) | 349 (17.7) | 443 (22.4) | 2756 (35.2) | 1857 (23.7) | 1576 (20.1) | 1646 (21.0) |
Geographical region (N, %) | ||||||||
Southern countries | 11 741 (29.5) | 8661 (21.8) | 8489 (21.3) | 10 879 (27.3) | 44 648 (32.2) | 30 809 (22.3) | 29 167 (21.1) | 33 798 (24.4) |
Greece | 3172 (29.9) | 2268 (21.4) | 2228 (21.0) | 2933 (27.7) | 5250 (35.0) | 3327 (22.1) | 3068 (20.4) | 3374 (22.5) |
Spain | 4440 (29.3) | 3339 (22.0) | 3277 (21.6) | 4096 (27.0) | 8500 (34.2) | 5677 (22.8) | 5244 (21.1) | 5436 (21.9) |
Italy | 4129 (29.5) | 3054 (21.8) | 2984 (21.3) | 3850 (27.5) | 10 390 (34.1) | 6426 (21.1) | 6091 (20.0) | 7590 (24.9) |
France | 20 508 (30.1) | 15 379 (22.6) | 14 764 (21.7) | 17 398 (25.6) | ||||
Northern countries | 31 420 (30.5) | 22 109 (21.5) | 21 277 (20.7) | 28 029 (27.3) | 66 243 (33.5) | 44 357 (22.5) | 40 739 (20.6) | 46 112 (23.3) |
United Kingdom | 7632 (33.4) | 4484 (19.6) | 4306 (18.8) | 6454 (28.2) | 16 587 (31.5) | 10 466 (19.9) | 10 393 (19.7) | 15 218 (28.9) |
The Netherlands | 2633 (26.9) | 2348 (24.0) | 2285 (23.3) | 2518 (25.7) | 8210 (30.9) | 6288 (23.7) | 5785 (21.8) | 6246 (23.5) |
Germany | 5539 (26.7) | 4993 (23.1) | 4871 (22.6) | 6181 (28.6) | 7857 (28.1) | 6520 (23.4) | 6412 (23.0) | 7126 (25.5) |
Sweden | 7935 (35.6) | 5022 (22.5) | 4507 (20.2) | 6181 (28.6) | 8230 (31.2) | 6504 (24.7) | 5942 (22.5) | 5704 (21.6) |
Denmark | 7681 (29.2) | 5262 (20.0) | 5308 (20.2) | 8032 (30.6) | 9382 (32.6) | 6017 (20.9) | 5779 (20.1) | 7558 (26.3) |
Norway | 15.977 (45.3) | 8562 (24.3) | 6428 (18.2) | 4260 (12.1) | ||||
