Table 2 Baseline Characteristics of EPIC participants by sex and highest level of education; 1992-2000
From: The association of education with body mass index and waist circumference in the EPIC-PANACEA study
Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary school or less | Vocational secondary education | Other secondary education | University | Primary school or less | Vocational secondary education | Other secondary education | University | |
n (%) | 44599 (31.6) | 35530 (25.2) | 23006 (16.3) | 38095 (27.0) | 90507 (26.9) | 76082 (22.6) | 90746 (27.0) | 79302 (23.6) |
Median (interquartile range) | ||||||||
Age at recruitment (years) | 56.7 (50.6-61.8) | 52.1 (45.5-58.5) | 48.7 (40.4-56.0) | 51.4 (43.5-57.7) | 54.7 (48.7-60.9) | 51.1 (44.4-56.7) | 50.2 (44.5-56.1) | 48.3 (42.9-54.3) |
Total energy intake (kcal/day) | 2381 (1954-2877) | 2341 (1938-2806) | 2439 (2008-2931) | 2304 (1927-2730) | 1823 (1498-2209) | 1807 (1508-2157) | 1958 (1620-2355) | 1935 (1608-2311) |
Alcohol consumption at baseline (g/d) | 12.6 (3.0-32.6) | 12.8 (4.2-29.4) | 12.1 (3.7-28.1) | 15.0 (6.1-30.9) | 1.5 (0.0-7.3) | 3.8 (1.0-10.6) | 4.0 (0.7-11.9) | 6.2 (1.6-13.8) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.2 (24.9-29.7) | 26.1 (24.1-28.4) | 25.7 (23.6-28.0) | 25.4 (23.4-27.6) | 26.3 (23.6-29.8) | 24.3 (22.1-27.2) | 23.3 (21.3-25.8) | 22.7 (20.9-25.1) |
WC (cm) | 97.0 (91.0-104.0) | 94.0 (87.5-100.0) | 92.3 (86.3-99.0) | 92.0 (86.0-98.0) | 85.0 (77.0-93.0) | 77.5 (71.2-85.3) | 77.0 (71.0-84.0) | 74.0 (69.0-80.8) |
Percent | ||||||||
Prevalence of overweight (%)a | 51.8 | 50.0 | 46.5 | 45.1 | 38.2 | 31.2 | 24.4 | 20.1 |
Prevalence of obesity (%)a | 22.5 | 14.2 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 23.9 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 5.4 |
Smoking status | ||||||||
Never | 27.4 | 30.2 | 34.8 | 40.8 | 60.9 | 46.5 | 56.4 | 56.3 |
Former | 37.0 | 37.9 | 34.6 | 35.7 | 16.3 | 26.8 | 22.5 | 26.2 |
Smoker | 34.6 | 31.1 | 29.5 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 25.4 | 18.2 | 15.2 |
Missing | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
Physical activity | ||||||||
Inactive | 20.5 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 33.6 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 14.1 |
Moderately inactive | 23.7 | 25.6 | 28.7 | 35.1 | 27.8 | 27.9 | 32.3 | 34.2 |
Moderately active | 22.4 | 22.0 | 19.4 | 23.0 | 14.4 | 18.5 | 22.3 | 27.0 |
Active | 24.8 | 26.8 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 10.7 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 14.5 |
Missing | 8.6 | 10.8 | 17.2 | 7.3 | 13.6 | 21.8 | 18.2 | 10.2 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 9.4 | 13.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 24.9 |
Married/living together | 48.3 | 58.4 | 65.8 | 58.3 | 54.5 | 61.5 | 74.8 | 66.5 |
Missing | 42.3 | 28.4 | 18.3 | 25.9 | 32.7 | 22.7 | 8.2 | 8.6 |