Table 1 Distribution of EPIC participants by sex, country, and highest level of education attained
From: The association of education with body mass index and waist circumference in the EPIC-PANACEA study
Men | Women | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational Level | Educational Level | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | ||
France | n | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7944 | -- | 35437 | 25699 | 69080 |
% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11.5 | -- | 51.3 | 37.2 | ||
Italy | n | 2426 | 2130 | 7626 | 2041 | 14223 | 9270 | 3461 | 14317 | 4172 | 31220 |
% | 17.1 | 15.0 | 53.6 | 14.4 | 29.7 | 11.1 | 45.9 | 13.4 | |||
Spain | n | 9308 | 1952 | 1206 | 2232 | 14698 | 18651 | 1375 | 1390 | 2385 | 23801 |
% | 63.3 | 13.3 | 8.2 | 15.2 | 78.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 10.0 | |||
United Kingdom | n | 3214 | 6514 | 2514 | 7827 | 20069 | 5457 | 14471 | 7152 | 17699 | 44779 |
% | 16 | 32.5 | 12.5 | 39.0 | 12.2 | 32.3 | 16.0 | 39.5 | |||
The Netherlands | n | 1093 | 4136 | 2079 | 2681 | 9989 | 5213 | 9425 | 8797 | 5253 | 28688 |
% | 10.9 | 41.4 | 20.8 | 26.8 | 18.2 | 32.9 | 30.7 | 18.3 | |||
Greece | n | 5393 | 1962 | 1581 | 1718 | 10654 | 9557 | 1007 | 2891 | 1816 | 15271 |
% | 50.6 | 18.4 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 62.6 | 6.6 | 18.9 | 11.9 | |||
Germany | n | 5512 | 6137 | 1156 | 9446 | 22251 | 7017 | 12260 | 2316 | 7833 | 29426 |
% | 24.8 | 27.6 | 5.20 | 42.5 | 23.9 | 41.7 | 7.9 | 26.6 | |||
Sweden | n | 8460 | 4930 | 4790 | 4649 | 22829 | 10064 | 7715 | 4685 | 6982 | 29446 |
% | 37.1 | 21.6 | 20.98 | 20.4 | 34.2 | 26.2 | 15.9 | 23.7 | |||
Denmark | n | 9193 | 7769 | 2054 | 7501 | 26517 | 9128 | 13568 | 3455 | 2996 | 29147 |
% | 34.7 | 29.3 | 7.8 | 28.3 | 31.3 | 46.6 | 11.9 | 10.3 | |||
Norway | n | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8206 | 12800 | 10306 | 4467 | 35779 |
% | -- | 22.9 | 35.8 | 28.8 | 12.5 | ||||||
Total | n | 44599 | 35530 | 23006 | 38095 | 141230 | 90507 | 76082 | 90746 | 79302 | 336637 |