Table 1 Baseline characteristics of cancer survivors at enrollment according to body mass index (BMI) categories in the National Health Insurance-Health Screening cohort (NHIS-HEALS) database.

From: Risk of coronary heart disease among cancer survivors with different prediagnosis body mass index

 

Prediagnosis BMI (kg/m2)

< 18.5

(n = 621)

18.5–22.9

(n = 5305)

23.0–24.9

(n = 3392)

 ≥ 25.0

(n = 4182)

Total

(n = 13,500)

p valueg

Age, mean (SD)

67.5 (9.55)

63.1 (9.94)

61.9 (9.61)

60.7 (9.35)

62.3 (9.78)

< 0.001

Sex

Male

494 (79.6)

3872 (73.0)

2365 (69.7)

2696 (64.5)

9427 (69.8)

< 0.001

Female

127 (20.4)

1433 (27.0)

1027 (30.3)

1486 (35.5)

4073 (30.2)

 

Residential area

Capital

73 (11.8)

783 (14.8)

569 (16.8)

700 (16.7)

2125 (15.7)

< 0.001

Metropolitan

222 (35.8)

2143 (40.4)

1434 (42.3)

1812 (43.3)

5611 (41.6)

 

City/Town

326 (52.4)

2379 (44.8)

1389 (40.9)

1670 (40.0)

5764 (42.7)

 

Insurance premiuma

1Q

115 (18.5)

954 (17.9)

514 (15.2)

631 (15.1)

2214 (16.4)

< 0.001

2Q

176 (28.3)

1173 (22.1)

702 (20.7)

858 (20.5)

2909 (21.5)

 

3Q

175 (28.2)

1542 (29.1)

978 (28.8)

1267 (30.3)

3962 (29.4)

 

4Q

155 (25.0)

1636 (30.9)

1198 (35.3)

1426 (34.1)

4415 (32.7)

 

Cigarette smoking

Non-smoker

305 (49.1)

3004 (56.6)

2065 (60.9)

2780 (66.5)

8154 (60.4)

< 0.001

Past smoker

58 (9.3)

513 (9.7)

417 (12.3)

478 (11.4)

1466 (10.9)

 

Current smoker

258 (41.6)

1788 (33.7)

910 (26.8)

924 (22.1)

3880 (28.7)

 

Alcohol consumption

1–2 times/week

421 (67.8)

3564 (67.2)

2332 (68.8)

2945 (70.4)

9262 (68.6)

< 0.001

3–4 times/week

116 (18.7)

1197 (22.6)

803 (23.7)

998 (23.9)

3114 (23.1)

 

 ≥ 5 times/week

84 (7.5)

544 (10.2)

257 (7.5)

239 (5.7)

1124 (8.3)

 

Physical activity

1–2 times/week

526 (84.7)

4339 (81.8)

2661 (78.5)

3238 (77.4)

10,764 (79.7)

< 0.001

3–4 times/week

47 (7.6)

562 (10.6)

435 (12.8)

571 (13.7)

1615 (12.0)

 

 ≥ 5 times/week

48 (7.7)

404 (7.6)

296 (8.7)

373 (8.9)

1121 (8.3)

 

Fasting serum glucose, mg/dL, mean, mean (SD)

103.0 (51.3)

101.9 (38.3)

103.3 (36.1)

105.3 (37.4)

103.3 (38.2)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol, mg/dL,

mean, mean (SD)

174.3 (37.8)

186.8 (38.6)

195.3 (39.2)

199.1 (40.0)

192.2 (39.7)

< 0.001

Blood pressure, mmHg

mean, mean (SD)

SBP

123.1 (19.0)

126.6 (17.8)

129.7 (17.7)

131.7 (17.3)

128.8 (17.8)

< 0.001

DBP

75.8 (11.6)

77.9 (10.9)

80.1 (11.2)

81.5 (11.2)

79.5 (11.3)

< 0.001

Charlson comorbidity index

0

103 (16.6)

1014 (19.1)

649 (19.2)

801(19.2)

2567 (19.0)

0.479

1

205 (33.1)

1859 (35.1)

1176 (34.7)

1428 (34.2)

4668 (34.6)

 

 ≥ 2

311 (50.4)

2424 (45.8)

1563 (46.1)

1951 (46.6)

6249 (46.3)

 

ESC SCOREb

Very high (≥ 10%)

27 (4.3)

240 (4.5)

202 (5.9)

256 (6.1)

1328 (9.8)

< 0.001

High (5% ≤ SCORE < 10%)

418 (67.3)

2599 (49.0)

1481 (43.7)

1639 (39.2)

5310 (39.3)

 

Moderate (1% ≤ SCORE < 5%)

144 (23.2)

1917 (36.1)

1369 (40.4)

1880 (44.9)

6137 (45.5)

 

Low (SCORE < 1%)

32 (5.2)

549 (10.4)

340 (10.0)

407 (9.8)

725 (5.4)

 

Family history of CVDc

6 (1.1)

79 (1.6)

58 (1.9)

72 (1.9)

215 (1.8)

< 0.001

Presence of depressiond

40 (6.4)

301 (5.7)

198 (5.8)

192 (4.6)

731 (5.4)

< 0.001

Medication usee

Aspirin

147 (23.7)

1409 (26.6)

1166 (34.4)

1718 (41.1)

1052 (7.8)

< 0.001

Statin

37 (6.0)

432 (8.1)

384 (11.3)

612 (14.6)

1465 (10.9)

< 0.001

Anti-hypertensive drugs

17 (2.7)

286 (5.4)

278 (8.2)

471 (11.7)

4815 (35.7)

< 0.001

Anti-diabetic drugs

51 (8.2)

517 (9.8)

424 (12.5)

625 (15.0)

1617 (12.0)

< 0.001

NSAIDs

215 (34.6)

1839 (34.7)

1187 (35.0)

1574 (37.6)

4440 (32.9)

< 0.001

First site of cancer at enrollment

Lung cancer

152 (24.5)

987 (18.6)

483 (14.2)

505 (12.1)

2127 (15.8)

< 0.001

Stomach cancer

184 (29.6)

1334 (25.2)

813 (24.0)

1032 (24.7)

3363 (24.9)

< 0.001

Colorectal cancer

88 (14.2)

890 (16.8)

621 (18.3)

813 (19.4)

2412 (17.9)

< 0.001

Liver cancer

69 (11.1)

770 (14.5)

498 (14.7)

664 (15.9)

2001 (14.8)

< 0.001

Othersf

184 (29.6)

1818 (34.3)

1233 (36.4)

1469 (35.1)

4704 (34.8)

< 0.001

  1. Data above are presented in n(%) unless otherwise stated.
  2. Q quartile, sd standard deviation, ESC European Society of Cardiology, SCORE systematic coronary risk evaluation, CVD cardiovascular disease, NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ANOVA analysis of variance.
  3. aProxy for income status (does not necessary represent the exact economic status).
  4. bBased on the ESC SCORE chart for low risk countries.
  5. cFamily history of heart disease or stroke, based on a self-reported questionnaire.
  6. dBased on the outpatient visit or hospital admission records with claims code for major depressive disorder/major depressive disorder, recurrent (ICD-10 codes: F32 and F33).
  7. eBased on the prescription data for the patients in the NHIS-HealS database.
  8. fExcludes thyroid cancer and other first site cancers listed in the cateogry.
  9. gp-value from chi-square test for categorical variables and ANOVA for continuous variables for BMI groups.