Table 1 Centre-specific characteristics of the study population.

From: Urinary excretions of 34 dietary polyphenols and their associations with lifestyle factors in the EPIC cohort study

Centre (Country)

n

Women

Age

Never smoking

Physically inactive

University studies

BMI

Energy intake

Alcohol intake

%

years*

%

%

%

kg/m2*

kcal/d*

g/d#

Ile-de-France (France)

67

100

53 (7)

67

19

43

23 (4)

2,082 (683)

9 (0–18)

Florence (Italy)

45

71

56 (6)

42

27

16

26 (4)

2,022 (546)

12 (0–21)

Varese (Italy)

51

37

57 (7)

45

8

6

25 (3)

2,525 (880)

12 (0–32)

Ragusa (Italy)

17

35

50 (7)

29

24

12

26 (4)

2,529 (999)

5 (0–25)

Turin (Italy)

42

48

53 (7)

52

36

29

25 (3)

2,439 (697)

22 (0–38)

Naples (Italy)

20

100

48 (6)

40

55

15

27 (5)

1,955 (545)

5 (0–12)

Greece

56

52

58 (11)

54

45

4

30 (4)

1,728 (659)

0 (0–8)

Heidelberg (Germany)

59

61

51 (9)

54

9

29

25 (5)

2,431 (995)

11 (1–38)

Potsdam (Germany)

118

41

54 (9)

48

31

41

27 (4)

2,212 (707)

1 (0–20)

TOTAL

475

58

54 (9)

51

26

26

26 (4)

2,200 (785)

8 (0–23)

  1. *mean (standard deviation).
  2. #median (25th–75th).