Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants at the baseline health screening examination (N = 1,142,643).

From: Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in breast cancer survivors: a nationwide cohort study

Characteristics

No breast cancer (N = 1,057,674)

Incident breast cancer (N = 84,969)

Age at baseline, years

46 (40–54)

46 (40–53)

Age at menarche, years

<10

2660 (0.3)

394 (0.5)

10–13

73,185 (6.9)

7025 (8.3)

14–16

482,512 (45.6)

41,278 (48.6)

≥17

398,988 (37.7)

27,696 (32.6)

Unknown

100,329 (9.5)

8578 (10.1)

Menopause status

Pre-menopause

404,672 (38.3)

30,291 (35.7)

Post-menopause

556,829 (52.7)

46,501 (54.7)

Missing data

96,163 (9.1)

8177 (9.6)

BMI, kg/m2

Underweight (<18)

38,847 (3.7)

3035 (3.6)

Normal (18 to <23)

474,009 (44.8)

37,724 (44.4)

Overweight (23 to <25)

243,220 (23.0)

19,577 (23.0)

Obese (≥25)

301,127 (28.5)

24,604 (29.0)

Missing data

471 (0.0)

29 (0.0)

Alcohol consumption

None

713,524 (67.5)

58,034 (68.3)

Moderate (1–19 g/day)

275,882 (26.1)

21,469 (25.3)

Heavy (≥20 g/day)

20,848 (2.0)

1497 (1.8)

Missing

47,420 (4.5)

3978 (4.7)

Smoking status

Never smoker

946,369 (89.5)

75,647 (89.0)

Ever smoker

58,619 (5.5)

4767 (5.6)

Missing data

52,686 (5.0)

4555 (5.4)

Moderate–vigorous physical activity

None

610,131 (57.7)

48,480 (57.1)

1–2 times per week

204,126 (19.3)

16,719 (19.7)

≥3 times per week

195,661 (18.5)

15,701 (18.5)

Missing

47,756 (4.5)

4069 (4.8)

Income percentile

Medical Aid

19,753 (1.9)

1480 (1.7)

≤30th

304,541 (28.8)

23,692 (27.9)

31st–70th

357,873 (33.8)

28,465 (33.5)

>70th

375,507 (35.5)

31,332 (36.9)

  1. BMI body mass index.
  2. Values in the table are medians (interquartile range) or numbers (percentage).