Table 1 Characteristics of study population.

From: Chinese visceral adiposity index outperforms other obesity indexes in association with increased overall cancer incidence: findings from prospective MJ cohort study

 

Male

Female

All

P value

(n = 160,275)

(n = 172,022)

(n = 332,297)

 

Age (yrs)

 Mean (SD)

40.3 (13.7)

40.2 (13.7)

40.3 (13.7)

0.026

Marital status

 Single

43,456 (27.1%)

43,157 (25.1%)

86,613 (26.1%)

<0.001

 Married

104,018 (64.9%)

103,780 (60.3%)

207,798 (62.5%)

 

 Separated/divorced/widowed

4549 (2.8%)

16,098 (9.4%)

20,647 (6.2%)

 

 Missing

8252 (5.1%)

8987 (5.2%)

17,239 (5.2%)

 

Education

 Middle school or lower

28,523 (17.8%)

49,268 (28.6%)

77,791 (23.4%)

<0.001

 High school

34,674 (21.6%)

41,420 (24.1%)

76,094 (22.9%)

 

 Junior school

36,376 (22.7%)

34,818 (20.2%)

71,194 (21.4%)

 

 College or higher

54,307 (33.9%)

39,881 (23.2%)

94,188 (28.3%)

 

 Missing

6395 (4.0%)

6635 (3.9%)

13,030 (3.9%)

 

Occupation

 White collar

14,437 (9.0%)

19,076 (11.1%)

33,513 (10.1%)

<0.001

 Blue collar

45,390 (28.3%)

14,472 (8.4%)

59,862 (18.0%)

 

 Self employed

64,916 (40.5%)

105,810 (61.5%)

170,726 (51.4%)

 

 Other

26,579 (16.6%)

22,787 (13.2%)

49,366 (14.9%)

 

 Missing

8953 (5.6%)

9877 (5.7%)

18,830 (5.7%)

 

Smoking status

 Never

75,564 (47.1%)

148,959 (86.6%)

224,523 (67.6%)

<0.001

 Former or current

77,408 (48.3%)

13,401 (7.8%)

90,809 (27.3%)

 

 Missing

7303 (4.6%)

9662 (5.6%)

16,965 (5.1%)

 

Drinking status

 Never

102,850 (64.2%)

145,567 (84.6%)

248,417 (74.8%)

<0.001

 Former or current

48,155 (30.0%)

11,038 (6.4%)

59,193 (17.8%)

 

 Missing

9270 (5.8%)

15417 (9.0%)

24687 (7.4%)

 

Physical activity (MET hours/week)

 <3.75

62,617 (39.1%)

91,261 (53.1%)

153,878 (46.3%)

<0.001

 3.75–7.5

38,982 (24.3%)

36,852 (21.4%)

75,834 (22.8%)

 

 7.5–16.5

28,675 (17.9%)

22,898 (13.3%)

51,573 (15.5%)

 

 ≥16.5

20,258 (12.6%)

10,815 (6.3%)

31,073 (9.4%)

 

 Missing

9743 (6.1%)

10,196 (5.9%)

19,939 (6.0%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

 18.5–24

80,577 (50.3%)

103,707 (60.3%)

184,284 (55.5%)

<0.001

 <18.5

6961 (4.3%)

23,348 (13.6%)

30,309 (9.1%)

 

 24–28

56,256 (35.1%)

33,123 (19.3%)

89,379 (26.9%)

 

 ≥28

16,449 (10.3%)

11,820 (6.9%)

28,269 (8.5%)

 

 Missing

32 (0.0%)

24 (0.0%)

56 (0.0%)

 

Family history of cancer

 No

119,864 (74.8%)

123,732 (71.9%)

243,596 (73.3%)

<0.001

 Yes

40,411 (25.2%)

48,290 (28.1%)

88,701 (26.7%)

 

Visceral adiposity index

 Median [Q1, Q3]

1.29 [0.801,2.11]

1.04 [0.690,1.71]

1.15 [0.735,1.91]

<0.001

 Missing

15,492 (9.7%)

12,247 (7.1%)

27,739 (8.3%)

 

Chinese visceral adiposity index

 Median [Q1, Q3]

70.8 [39.0,101]

32.3 [1.42,75.2]

53.2 [15.7,90.6]

<0.001

 Missing

15,492 (9.7%)

12,247 (7.1%)

27,739 (8.3%)

 

Lipid accumulation product

 Median [Q1, Q3]

20.6 [9.94,38.4]

10.4 [5.06,22.2]

14.7 [6.58,30.6]

<0.001

 Missing

167 (0.1%)

190 (0.1%)

357 (0.1%)

 

Waist circumstance (cm)

 Median [Q1, Q3]

82.0 [76.0,88.0]

70.0 [65.0,77.0]

76.0 [69.0,84.0]

<0.001

Waist-hip ratio

 Median [Q1, Q3]

0.860 [0.818,0.902]

0.758 [0.721,0.802]

0.809 [0.750,0.870]

<0.001

 Missing

3 (0.0%)

7 (0.0%)

10 (0.0%)

 
  1. P values for categorical variables were from Chi-square analysis, P value for continuous variables were from Student’s t test.
  2. n sample size, MET metabolic equivalent, BMI body mass index, SD Standardized deviation, Q1 the first quantile, Q3 the third quantile.