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Table 1 Summary of the distribution of risk factors among cases and non-cases

From: Pancreatic cancer risk in relation to sex, lifestyle factors, and pre-diagnostic anthropometry in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study

 

Entire cohort (n = 28,094)

Men (n = 11,063)

Women (n = 17,031)

Characteristics

Rest of cohort

PC cases

Rest of cohort

PC cases

Rest of cohort

PC cases

n (%)

27,931 (99.4)

163 (0.6)

11,002 (99.4)

61 (0.6)

16,929 (99.4)

102 (0.6)

Sex (%)

 Men

11,002 (39.4)

61 (37.4)

    

 Women

16,929 (60.6)

102 (62.6)

    

Age at baseline (years)

 Mean

58.1

60.0

59.2

59.3

57.4

60.5

 Median

57.8

59.9

59.1

58.6

56.7

61.1

Smoking (%)

 Regularly

6614 (23.7)

60 (36.8)

2602 (23.7)

25 (41.0)

4012 (23.7)

35 (34.3)

 Occasionally

1250 (4.5)

11 (6.7)

529 (4.8)

3 (4.9)

721 (4.3)

8 (7.8)

 Former smoker

9456 (33.9)

49 (30.1)

4758 (43.2)

23 (37.7)

4698 (27.8)

26 (25.5)

 Never smoker

10,599 (37.9)

43 (26.4)

3107 (28.2)

10 (16.4)

7492 (44.3)

33 (32.4)

 Missing

12 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

6 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Environmental smoking at work

 Never

12,171 (43.6)

54 (33.1)

3746 (34.0)

14 (23.0)

8425 (49.8)

40 (39.2)

 For <10 years

3277 (11.7)

20 (12.3)

1085 (9.9)

8 (13.1)

2192 (12.9)

12 (11.8)

 For 10–20 years

3351 (12.0)

20 (12.3)

1251 (11.4)

8 (13.1)

2100 (12.4)

12 (11.8)

 For >20 years

6208 (22.2)

51 (31.3)

3720 (33.8)

25 (41.0)

2488 (14.7)

26 (25.5)

 Missing

2924 (10.5)

18 (11.0)

1200 (10.9)

6 (9.8)

1724 (10.2)

12 (11.8)

Environmental smoking at home

 Never

13,899 (49.8)

74 (45.4)

6027 (54.8)

31 (50.8)

7872 (46.5)

43 (42.2)

 For <10 years

2821 (10.1)

11 (6.7)

974 (8.9)

4 (6.6)

1847 (10.9)

7 (6.9)

 For 10–20 years

2973 (10.6)

20 (12.3)

959 (8.7)

9 (14.8)

2014 (11.9)

11 (10.8)

 For >20 years

5242 (18.8)

40 (24.5)

1828 (16.6)

11 (18.0)

3414 (20.2)

29 (28.4)

 Missing

2996 (10.7)

18 (11.0)

1214 (11.0)

6 (9.8)

1782 (10.2)

12 (11.8)

Environmental smoking during childhood

 No

16,375 (58.6)

97 (59.5)

6495 (59.0)

37 (60.7)

9880 (58.4)

60 (58.8)

 Yes

8599 (30.8)

48 (29.4)

3293 (29.9)

18 (29.5)

5306 (31.3)

30 (33.3)

 Missing

2957 (10.6)

18 (11.0)

1214 (11.0)

6 (9.8)

1743 (10.3)

12 (11.8)

Alcohol (g/day)

 Mean

10.7

10.6

15.5

14.7

7.7

8.1

 Median

7.2

6.1

11.4

8.6

5.4

4.9

 Missing

0

0

0

0

0

0

DM >24 months prior ca/end

 Yes

4522 (16.2)

25 (15.3)

2276 (20.7)

14 (23.0)

2246 (13.3)

11 (10.8)

 No

23,409 (83.8)

138 (84.7)

8726 (79.3)

47 (77.0)

14,683 (86.7)

91 (89.2)

DM <24 months prior ca/end

 Yes

657 (2.4)

27 (16.6)

286 (2.6)

13 (21.3)

371 (2.2)

14 (13.7)

 No

27,274 (97.6)

136 (83.4)

10,716 (97.4)

48 (78.7)

16,558 (97.8)

88 (86.3)

Height (cm)

 Mean

168.7

168.3

176.4

177.2

163.6

162.9

 Median

168.0

168.0

176.0

177.0

164.0

163.0

 Missing

41

0

16

0

25

0

Weight (kg)

 Mean

73.4

73.9

81.7

83.2

68.0

68.4

 Median

72.0

72.0

81.0

80.0

66.0

66.0

 Missing

42

0

16

0

26

0

Body fat (%)

 Mean

26.8

27.1

20.8

19.9

30.8

31.5

 Median

27.0

29.0

20.0

19.0

31.0

32.0

 Missing

172

1

77

0

95

1

Hip (cm)

 Mean

98.4

99.3

99.3

99.6

97.9

99.1

 Median

98.0

98.0

99.0

98.0

97.0

97.5

 Missing

59

0

23

0

36

0

Waist (cm)

 Mean

84.1

85.4

93.7

94.7

77.9

79.9

 Median

83.0

84.0

93.0

93.0

76.0

78.5

 Missing

57

0

23

0

34

0

WHR (cm/cm)

 Mean

0.85

0.86

0.94

0.95

0.79

0.80

 Median

0.84

0.84

0.94

0.95

0.79

0.80

 Missing

62

0

24

0

38

0

BMI (kg/m2)

 Mean

25.7

26.0

26.3

26.4

25.4

25.8

 Median

25.3

25.3

26.0

25.7

24.7

25.1

 Missing

42

0

16

0

26

0