Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the clusters in male population, Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (1999–2014)

Age (years)

53.5(12.4)

52.3(13.1)

52.4(14.2)

51.0(13.4)

42.4(9.8)

40.8(9.3)

43.6(11.5)

< 0.001

 Level 1 (0–8 years)

520(77.2)

324(78.8)

373(74.9)

507(75.4)

354(77.6)

291(77.6)

634(75.2)

< 0.001

 Level 2 (9–12 years)

98(14.5)

54(13.1)

79(15.9)

113(16.8)

89(19.5)

78(20.8)

173(20.5)

 Level 3 (> 12 years)

56(8.3)

33(8.1)

46(9.2)

52(7.8)

13(2.9)

6(1.6)

36(4.3)

 Low physical activity

490(72.7)

287(69.8)

326(65.5)

498(74.1)

343(75.2)

279(74.4)

627(74.4)

0.005

 Never

291(43.2)

173(42.1)

207(41.6)

296(44.0)

161(35.3)

134(35.7)

256 (30.3)

< 0.001

 Past

133(19.7)

77(18.7)

89(17.9)

125(18.6)

68(14.9)

48(12.8)

111(13.2)

 Passive

73 (10.8)

50(12.2)

59(11.8)

102(15.2)

66(14.5)

57(15.2)

95 (11.3)

 Current

177(26.3)

111(27.0)

143(28.7)

149(22.2)

161(35.3)

136(36.3)

381(45.2)

BMI (kg/m²)

27.6(3.9)

26.7(4.1)

26.2(3.7)

27.1(3.8)

28.2(2.6)

27.9(2.2)

22.1(2.1)

< 0.001

FPG (mmol/L)

7.4(2.7)

7.1(2.3)

4.9(0.3)

4.9(0.3)

4.9(0.4)

4.9(0.3)

4.8(0.3)

< 0.001

TC (mmol/L)

6.2(0.8)

4.4(0.5)

4.4(0.5)

6.1(0.8)

6.0(0.8)

4.4(0.5)

4.9(1.0)

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

130.2(21.2)

127.8(20.7)

135.8(16.3)

134.0(14.7)

109.2(6.7)

108.5(7.5)

106.4(8.2)

< 0.001

Mean number of risk factors

3.4(0.7)

2.2(0.7)

1.6(0.5)

2.7(0.5)

2.0(0.0)

1.0(0.0)

0.4(0.4)

< 0.001

HBMI

511(75.8)

277(67.4)

302(60.6)

486(72.3)

456(100)

375(100)

0(0.0)

< 0.001

HSBP

450(66.8)

256(62.3)

498(100)

672(100)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

< 0.001

HTC

674(100)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

672 (100)

456 (100)

0(0.0)

351(41.6)

< 0.001

HFPG

674(100)

411(100)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

< 0.001

Number of events

29

16

30

27

4

8

18

Incident rate of cancers (CI), per 1000 person years

3.6(2.5–5.2)

3.4(2.0–5.5)

5.1(3.6–7.3)

3.2(2.2–4.7)

0.6(0.2–1.8)

1.7(0.8–3.5)

1.7(1.1–2.7)