Table 3 Baseline characteristics of the clusters in female population, Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (1999–2014)

Age (years)

42.4(12.1)

38.5(6.6)

43.3(9.8)

46.7(10.5)

52.0(10.9)

48.2(10.9)

53.6(10.4)

<0.001

 Level 1 (0–8 years)

724(76.5)

542(84.8)

637(83.4)

233(77.2)

580(72.1)

203(75.2)

649(69.1)

<0.001

 Level 2 (9–11 years)

128(13.6)

73(11.4)

66(8.6)

23(7.6)

24(3.0)

10(3.7)

24(2.6)

 Level 3 (> 12 years)

94(9.9)

24(3.8)

61(8.0)

46 (15.2)

200 (24.9)

57(21.1)

266(28.3)

 Low physical activity

681(72.0)

425(66.5)

536(70.2)

205(67.9)

580(72.1)

186(68.9)

700(74.5)

0.019

 Never

710(75.1)

468(73.2)

541(70.8)

228(75.5)

631(78.5)

177(65.6)

722(76.9)

<0.001

 Past

14(1.5)

7(1.1)

14(1.9)

2(0.7)

31(3.8)

13(4.8)

32(3.4)

 Passive

168(17.7)

119(18.7)

169(22.1)

58(19.2)

118(14.7)

63(23.3)

153(16.3)

 Current

54(5.7)

45(7.0)

40(5.2)

14(4.6)

24(3.0)

17(6.3)

32(3.4)

BMI (kg/m²)

22.6(1.8)

29.2(3.2)

29.6(3.4)

30.3(4.1)

30.6(3.8)

30.4(4.5)

30.4(4.7)

<0.001

FPG (mmol/L)

5.0(1.3)

4.8(0.3)

4.8(.3)

0.3(2.4)

4.9(0.4)

7.1(2.3)

7.9(3.2)

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.1(1.1)

4.4(0.5)

6.2(0.9)

4.6(0.4)

6.4(0.9)

4.6(0.4)

6.6(1.1)

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

111.2(16.5)

106.5(7.5)

108.1(7.7)

132.7(13.0)

137.1(16.5)

125.3(17.5)

135.1(22.5)

<0.001

Mean number of risk factors

0.8(0.7)

1.0(0.0)

2.0 (0.0)

2.0 (0.0)

3.0 (0.0)

2.5(0.5)

3.6(0.4)

<0.001

HBMI

(0.0)

639(100)

764(100)

302(100)

804(100)

250(92.6)

850(90.5)

<0.001

HSBP

210(22.2)

0(0.0)

0 (0.0)

302(100)

804(100)

161(59.6)

718(76.5)

<0.001

HTC

436(46.1)

0(0.0)

764(100)

0(0.0)

804(100)

0(0.0)

939(100)

<0.001

HFPG

73(7.7)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

270(100)

939(100)

<0.001

Number of events

31

7

20

8

27

16

24

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

2.6(1.8–3.7)

0.8(0.4–1.8)

2.1(1.3–3.2)

2.1(1.0–4.2)

2.6(1.8–3.8)

5.0 (3.0–8.2)

2.1(1.4–3.1)