Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants according to cohort.

From: Obesity during childhood is associated with higher cancer mortality rate during adulthood: the i3C Consortium

 

BHS (N = 4370)

CDAH (N = 3220)

MN (N = 1249)

MUSC (N = 7032)

NGHS (N = 515)

PLRS (N = 1033)

YFS (N = 3593)

Sex (% female)

54.6

54.4

49.6

51.1

100

55.9

51.0

 

Blacks (%)

43.9

0.7

16.7

0.6

45.8

23.2

0.0

 

Age at baseline, y

8.7

(3.2)

11.1

(2.6)

9.8

(3.4)

9.9

(3.6)

9.4

(0.5)

12.2

(3.4)

10.4

(5.0)

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.30

(0.75)

4.52

(0.76)

3.93

(0.70)

4.09

(0.72)

4.36

(0.79)

4.46

(0.82)

5.29

(0.92)

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.46

(0.67)

2.74

(0.70)

2.29

(0.62)

2.36

(0.62)

2.63

(0.74)

2.73

(0.74)

3.43

(0.84)

Triglycerides, mmol/L

0.77

(0.38)

0.74

(0.40)

1.07

(0.63)

0.87

(0.44)

0.90

(0.37)

0.90

(0.46)

0.66

(0.32)

BMI, kg/m2

17.7

(3.6)

18.2

(2.8)

19.0

(4.7)

18.4

(3.7)

18.3

(3.7)

19.7

(4.3)

17.8

(3.1)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

99

(10)

109

(13)

106

(11)

108

(15)

101

(8)

104

(13)

112

(12)

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

45

(13)

66

(11)

58

(13)

64

(12)

59

(10)

63

(11)

68

(10)

Fasting glucose, mmol/mol

4.67

(0.71)

N/A

4.93

(0.48)

N/A

4.81

(1.08)

4.77

(0.55)

4.73

(0.89)

Daily smoking (%)

41.3

33.9

39.0

33.6

41.3

30.0

41.5

 

Parental education (%)

< high school

11.8

27.6

8.3

11.2

7.6

20.4

52.23

 

= high school degree

38.8

11.2

35.4

44.6

25.8

34.0

12.41

 

> high school but no college degree

19.2

31.2

21.7

17.5

47.4

19.2

23.65

 

≥ college degree

30.3

30.0

34.6

26.8

19.2

26.5

11.7

 

No. of cancer deaths

100

19

7

175

4

30

19

 

Follow-up time, y, mean (range)

34.4

(1–47)

31.5

(1–35)

31.1

(0.3–42)

42.5

(1–50)

29.2

(13–33)

40.6

(3–46)

37.0

(1–38)

  1. Values are mean (SD) unless otherwise stated.
  2. BHS Bogalusa Heart Study, CDAH Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study, MN Minnesota Childhood Cardiovascular Cohorts, MUSC Muscatine Study, NGHS NHLBI Growth and Health Study, PLRS Princeton Lipid Research Study, YFS Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BMI body mass index.