Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the entire cohort and subjects with active cancer.

From: Association of smoking and cancer with the risk of venous thromboembolism: the Scandinavian Thrombosis and Cancer cohort

 

Entire cohort

Cancer

All

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

n

105 382

46,756

58,626

10,181

4782

5399

Age, (years, mean ± SD)

51 ± 14

50 ± 13

51 ± 14

58 ± 10

59 ± 10

58 ± 10

BMI, (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

25.8 ± 4.1

26.1 ± 3.5

25.6 ± 4.5

26.1 ± 4.3

26.2 ± 3.7

25.9 ± 4.7

Daily smoking, % (n)

45.9 (48 341)

50.9 (23 833)

41.8 (24 508)

55.0 (5 602)

63.3 (3 028)

47.7 (2 574)

Diabetes, % (n)

2.2 (2 323)

2.3 (1 086)

2.1 (1 237)

3.6 (361)

3.7 (187)

3.3 (183)

Use of antihypertensives, % (n)

9.7 (10 243)

8.2 (3 843)

10.9 (6 400)

14.5 (1 453)

12.9 (619)

15.4 (834)

Alcohol intake (units/week)

5.7 ± 9.8

7.9 ± 12

6.7 ± 7.0

7.4 ± 12

10.3 ± 15

4.9 ± 7.8

Education level

 Basic School, % (n)

27.1 (28 628)

22.1 (10 325)

31.4 (18 303)

34.6 (3 468)

29.9 (1 433)

37.7 (2 035)

 High School, % (n)

48.8 (51 450)

48.9 (22 855)

49.1 (28 595)

46.1 (4 624)

44.3 (2 120)

46.4 (2 504)

 Collage/University, % (n)

21.5 (22 729)

27.5 (12 573)

17.4 (10 153)

17.2 (1 731)

22.5 (1 079)

12.1 (652)

Physical activity > 1 h/week, % (n)

27.4 (28 897)

32.3 (15 229)

23.3 (13 668)

21.4 (2 145)

24.2 (1 160)

18.2 (985)

  1. Values are numbers or percentages with numbers or means ± SD in parenthesis.
  2. Active cancer: period from six months before a cancer diagnosis until two years after.
  3. BMI body mass index, Daily smoking indicates smoking at the time of enrollment; diabetes mellitus;
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