Table 1 Characterization of Southern Community Cohort Study African American cancer cases and controls included in the coffee consumption analysis.

From: Coffee consumption and cancer risk in African Americans from the Southern Community Cohort Study

 

Controls (n = 3,337)

Lung and bronchus cancer cases (n = 524)

p-value1

Prostate cancer cases (n = 503)2

p-value

Breast cancer cases (n = 458)3

p-value

Colorectal cancer cases (n = 316)

p-value

Age [mean (sd)]

55.6 (8.9)

55.3 (8.6)

0.454

57.9 (7.9)

9.6 × 10–7

54.1 (8.8)

0.015

55.4 (8.7)

0.689

Sex [n (%)]

  

1.7 × 10–5

 

 

 

0.007

Male

1633 (48.9)

310 (59.2)

 

503 (1)

 

0 (0)

 

129 (40.8)

 

Female

1704 (51.1)

214 (40.8)

 

0 (0)

 

458 (1)

 

187 (59.2)

 

Education [n (%)]

  

2.0 × 10–5

 

0.011

 

0.083

 

0.755

 < 12 years

1240 (37.2)

244 (46.6)

 

180 (35.8)

 

132 (28.8)

 

111 (35.1)

 

Graduated high school

1005 (30.1)

155 (29.6)

 

145 (28.8)

 

143 (31.2)

 

104 (32.9)

 

Some college

754 (22.6)

97 (18.5)

 

103 (20.5)

 

124 (27.1)

 

68 (21.5)

 

Graduated college or higher

335 (10.0)

28 (5.3)

 

75 (14.9)

 

59 (12.9)

 

32 (10.1)

 

Unknown4

3 (0.1)

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

 

1 (0.3)

 

Income, US dollar [n (%)]

  

7.8 × 10–6

 

1.2 × 10–4

 

0.578

 

0.810

 < 15,000

1993 (59.7)

366 (69.8)

 

252 (50.1)

 

265 (57.9)

 

191 (60.4)

 

15,000—24,999

691 (20.7)

104 (19.8)

 

113 (22.5)

 

104 (22.7)

 

60 (19.0)

 

24,999—49,999

427 (12.8)

41 (7.8)

 

81 (16.1)

 

57 (12.4)

 

45 (14.2)

 

 ≥ 50,000

178 (5.3)

11 (2.1)

 

52 (10.3)

 

26 (5.7)

 

16 (5.1)

 

Unknown

48 (1.4)

2 (0.4)

 

5 (1.0)

 

6 (1.3)

 

4 (1.3)

 

BMI [mean (sd)]

30.2 (7.3)

26.4 (6.1)

 < 2.2 × 10–16

28.3 (5.8)

0.261

33.2 (7.8)

0.040

30.3 (6.9)

0.911

Total energy intake, kcal/day [mean (sd)]

2624.9 (1502.3)

2978.9 (1665.9)

3.70 × 10–06

2842.6 (1432.7)

0.230

2267.9 (1277.3)

0.876

2584.1 (1538.2)

0.366

Total activity MET-hours [mean (sd)]

21.5 (19.1)

21.1 (19.0)

0.668

20.6 (19.1)

0.014

20.4 (16.3)

0.621

20.3 (17.0)

0.223

Smoking [n (%)]

  

 < 2.2 × 10–16

 

0.004

 

0.987

 

0.035

Never

1207 (36.2)

30 (5.7)

 

136 (27.0)

 

228 (49.8)

 

123 (38.9)

 

Former

795 (23.8)

96 (18.3)

 

153 (30.4)

 

97 (21.2)

 

89 (28.2)

 

Current

1317 (39.5)

396 (75.6)

 

211 (41.9)

 

131 (28.6)

 

102 (32.3)

 

Unknown

18 (0.5)

2 (0.4)

 

3 (0.6)

 

2 (0.4)

 

2 (0.6)

 

HRT [n (%)]5,6

  

0.377

 

 

0.359

 

0.940

Never (premenopause)

416 (24.4)

43 (20.1)

 

 

120 (26.2)

 

47 (25.1)

 

Ever (premenopause)

22 (1.3)

1 (0.5)

 

 

10 (2.2)

 

3 (1.6)

 

Never (postmenopause)

838 (49.2)

113 (52.8)

 

 

210 (45.9)

 

88 (47.1)

 

Ever (postmenopause)

420 (24.6)

55 (25.7)

 

 

116 (25.3)

 

48 (25.7)

 

Unknown

8 (0.5)

2 (0.9)

 

 

2 (0.4)

 

1 (0.5)

 

Vegetable consumption, times/day [n (%)]

  

0.260

 

0.176

 

0.848

 

1

 < 5

3252 (97.5)

514 (98.1)

 

498 (99.0)

 

442 (96.5)

 

308 (97.5)

 

 ≥ 5

58 (1.7)

5 (1.0)

 

4 (0.8)

 

9 (2.0)

 

6 (1.9)

 

Unknown

27 (0.8)

5 (1.0)

 

1 (0.2)

 

7 (1.5)

 

1 (0.6)

 

Current high cholesterol medication use [n (%)]7

  

0.685

 

0.477

 

0.543

 

0.962

No

455 (13.6)

61 (11.6)

 

64 (12.7)

 

81 (17.7)

 

42 (13.3)

 

Yes

661 (19.8)

81 (15.4)

 

110 (21.9)

 

103 (22.5)

 

59 (18.7)

 

Unknown

2 (0)

1 (0.2)

 

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

 

Daily low-dose aspirin use, years [n (%)]

  

0.162

 

0.074

 

0.640

 

1

 < 2

2833 (84.9)

460 (87.8)

 

413 (82.1)

 

382 (83.4)

 

271 (85.8)

 

 ≥ 2

430 (12.9)

56 (10.7)

 

78 (15.5)

 

66 (14.4)

 

41 (13.0)

 

Unknown

74 (2.2)

8 (1.5)

 

12 (2.4)

 

10 (2.2)

 

4 (1.3)

 

NSAID use, years [n (%)]8

  

0.345

 

0.540

 

1

 

0.503

 < 1

2549 (76.4)

408 (77.9)

 

400 (79.5)

 

340 (74.2)

 

238 (75.3)

 

 ≥ 1

725 (21.7)

103 (19.7)

 

90 (17.9)

 

110 (24.0)

 

75 (23.7)

 

Unknown

63 (1.9)

13 (2.5)

 

13 (2.6)

 

8 (1.7)

 

3 (0.9)

 

Alcohol consumption, times/day [n (%)]9

  

2.35 × 10–11

 

0.061

 

0.859

 

0.015

 < 1

2556 (76.6)

338 (64.5)

 

355 (70.6)

 

400 (87.3)

 

260 (82.3)

 

 ≥ 1 and < 2

195 (5.8)

29 (5.5)

 

36 (7.2)

 

16 (3.5)

 

20 (6.3)

 

 ≥ 2

532 (15.9)

149 (28.4)

 

104 (20.7)

 

34 (7.4)

 

31 (9.8)

 

Unknown

54 (1.6)

8 (1.5)

 

8 (1.6)

 

8 (1.7)

 

5 (1.6)

 

Sweet beverage consumption, times/day [n (%)]10

  

0.046

 

0.021

 

0.632

 

0.158

 < 1

997 (29.9)

132 (25.2)

 

168 (33.4)

 

150 (32.8)

 

79 (25.0)

 

 ≥ 1 and < 2

832 (24.9)

125 (23.9)

 

133 (26.4)

 

120 (26.2)

 

81 (25.6)

 

 ≥ 2

1476 (44.2)

258 (49.2)

 

201 (40.0)

 

180 (39.3)

 

154 (48.7)

 

Unknown

32 (1.0)

9 (1.7)

 

1 (0.2)

 

8 (1.7)

 

2 (0.6)

 

Daily tea intake, times/day [n (%)]

  

0.074

 

0.384

 

0.529

 

0.142

 < 1

2960 (88.7)

448 (85.5)

 

451 (89.7)

 

400 (87.3)

 

276 (87.3)

 

 ≥ 1 and < 2

228 (6.8)

50 (9.5)

 

35 (7.0)

 

38 (8.3)

 

30 (9.5)

 

 ≥ 2

108 (3.2)

18 (3.4)

 

12 (2.4)

 

11 (2.4)

 

7 (2.2)

 

Unknown

41 (1.2)

8 (1.5)

 

5 (1.0)

 

9 (2.0)

 

3 (0.9)

 

Daily regular coffee intake, times/day [n (%)]

  

1.4 × 10–4

 

0.891

 

0.052

 

0.998

 < 1

2456 (73.6)

337 (64.3)

 

360 (71.6)

 

346 (75.5)

 

231 (73.1)

 

 ≥ 1 and < 2

614 (18.4)

127 (24.2)

 

104 (20.7)

 

82 (17.9)

 

59 (18.7)

 

 ≥ 2

232 (7.0)

50 (9.5)

 

32 (6.4)

 

18 (3.9)

 

22 (7.0)

 

Unknown

35 (1.0)

10 (1.9)

 

7 (1.4)

 

12 (2.6)

 

4 (1.3)

 

Daily decaffeinated coffee intake, times/day [n (%)]

  

0.033

 

0.330

 

0.994

 

0.881

 < 1

2982 (89.4)

445 (84.9)

 

457 (90.9)

 

403 (88.0)

 

285 (90.2)

 

 ≥ 1 and < 2

238 (7.1)

52 (9.9)

 

28 (5.6)

 

32 (7.0)

 

23 (7.3)

 

 ≥ 2

71 (2.1)

15 (2.9)

 

12 (2.4)

 

11 (2.4)

 

5 (1.6)

 

Unknown

46 (1.4)

12 (2.3)

 

6 (1.2)

 

12 (2.6)

 

3 (0.9)

 
  1. 1Statistical significance for differences between cases and controls was tested using t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables.
  2. 2Comparisons are to male controls only.
  3. 3Comparisons are to female controls only.
  4. 4Unknown subjects were excluded from calculations.
  5. 5HRT = hormone replacement therapy.
  6. 6In females only.
  7. 7Among those self-reporting high cholesterol.
  8. 8NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) include any of the following drug classes: Aspirin, OTC, Rx; subjects with unknown information for all classes were recoded as unknown in the NSAID use variable.
  9. 9Including beer, wine and liquor.
  10. 10Including soft drinks, Kool-Aid or other sweetened drinks.