Table 1 Baseline characteristics and lifestyle variable in subjects.

From: Interaction between body mass index and family history of cancer on the risk of female breast cancer

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Total (N = 15,055)

BMI (China category, kg/m2)a

P valuesb

Underweight (N = 697)

Normal weight (N = 5420)

Overweight (N = 6255)

Obesity (N = 2683)

Age of screening

 Median, IQR

55.87 (48.38,62.31)

53.45 (41.39,61.26)

54.09 (44.91,60.98)

56.42 (49.96,62.37)

58.62 (52.28,64.60)

 < 0.001

Age groups, N (%)

 < 60

9936 (66.00)

506 (72.60)

3863 (71.27)

4057 (64.86)

1510 (56.28)

 < 0.001

 ≥ 60

5119 (34.00)

191 (27.4)

1557 (28.73)

2198 (35.14)

1173 (43.72)

Marriage status, N (%)

 Married/remarried

13,954 (92.69)

640 (91.82)

5079 (93.71)

5819 (93.03)

2416 (90.05)

 < 0.001

 Divorced/widowed/unmarried

1101 (7.31)

57 (8.18)

341 (6.29)

436 (6.97)

267 (9.95)

Educational levels, N (%)

 Primary

3516 (23.35)

88 (12.63)

866 (15.98)

1571 (25.12)

991 (36.94)

 < 0.001

 Secondary

9684 (64.32)

468 (67.14)

3659 (67.51)

4025 (64.35)

1532 (57.10)

 Tertiary

1855 (12.32)

141 (20.23)

895 (16.51)

659 (10.54)

160 (5.96)

Three-month income levels, N (%)

 < 2000¥

4392 (29.17)

159 (22.81)

1449 (26.73)

1852 (29.61)

932 (34.74)

 < 0.001

 2000–4000¥

6487 (43.09)

278 (39.89)

2340 (43.17)

2721 (43.50)

1148 (42.79)

 ≥ 4,000¥

4176 (27.74)

260 (37.3)

1631 (30.09)

1682 (26.89)

603 (22.47)

Diabetes, N(%)

 Yes

1525 (10.13)

32 (4.59)

364 (6.72)

690 (11.03)

439 (16.36)

 < 0.001

 No

13,530 (89.87)

665 (95.41)

5056 (93.28)

5565 (88.97)

2244 (83.64)

Family history of cancer

 Yes

4210 (27.96)

191 (27.40)

1479 (27.29)

1798 (28.75)

742 (27.66)

0.339

 No

10,845 (72.04)

506 (72.60)

3941 (72.71)

4457 (71.25)

1941 (72.34)

Smoking, N (%)

 Yes

160 (1.06)

13 (1.87)

43 (0.79)

75 (1.20)

29 (1.08)

0.184

 No

14,895 (98.94)

684 (98.13)

5377 (99.21)

6180 (98.99)

2654 (98.92)

Drinking, N (%)

 Yes

478(3.18)

20(2.87)

180(3.32)

210(3.36)

68(2.53)

0.165

 No

14,577(96.82)

677(97.13)

5240(96.68)

6045(96.64)

2615(97.47)

Daily Fruit and vegetable intake, N (%)

 < 300 g

2408 (15.99)

111 (15.93)

892 (16.46)

952 (15.22)

453 (16.88)

0.155

 ≥ 300 g

12,647 (84.01)

586 (84.07)

4528 (83.54)

5303 (84.78)

2230 (83.12)

Frequency of eating preserved food per week, N (%)

 At least once

5186 (34.45)

205 (29.41)

1895 (34.96)

2141 (34.23)

945 (35.22)

0.025

 Not even once

9869 (65.55)

492 (70.59)

3525 (65.04)

4114 (65.77)

1738 (64.78)

Frequency of eating fried and smoked food per week, N (%)

 At least once

3465 (23.02)

162 (23.24)

1251 (23.08)

1457 (23.29)

595 (22.18)

0.712

 Not even once

11,590 (76.98)

535 (76.76)

4169 (76.92)

4798 (76.71)

2088 (77.82)

Frequency of eating high-fat food per week, N (%)

 At least once

6564 (43.60)

261 (37.45)

2189 (40.39)

2847 (45.52)

1267 (47.22)

 < 0.001

 Not even once

8491 (56.40)

436 (62.55)

3231 (59.61)

3408 (54.48)

1416 (52.78)

  1. aChina category of BMI: underweight, < 18.5 kg/m2; normal weight, 18.5–23.9 kg/m2; overweight, 24–27.9 kg/m2; and obesity, ≥ 28 kg/m2.
  2. bP < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.