| |
Colorectal cancer cases
|
Controls
|
p
|
|---|
| |
[n = 703]
|
[n = 853]
| |
|---|
|
Gender [n, (%)]
|
|
Males
|
398 (56.6%)
|
439 (51.5%)
|
df = 1
|
|
Females
|
305 (43.4%)
|
414 (48.5%)
|
pchi = 0.043
|
|
Age
|
|
Mean, (SD)
|
57.9 (9.1)
|
54.8 (11.5)
| |
|
Median (Q1-Q3)
|
59 (52–65)
|
56 (47–64)
|
pMW < 0.001
|
|
Education [n, (%)]
|
n = 701
|
n = 852
| |
|
Primary school or less
|
106 (15.1%)
|
126 (14.8%)
|
df = 3
|
|
Vocational school
|
185 (26.4%)
|
236 (27.7%)
|
pchi = 0.947
|
|
Secondary/high school
|
250 (35.7%)
|
296 (34.7%)
|
|
University or higher
|
160 (22.8%)
|
194 (22.8%)
|
|
Recreational physical activity* [METs-h/week]
|
|
Mean, (SD)
|
17.3 (16.0)
|
17.0 (15.4)
|
pMW = 0.968
|
|
Median (Q1-Q3)
|
12.9 (5.6-24.5)
|
13.0 (5.8-24.4)
|
|
BMI/body mass index [kg/m2]
|
n = 702
|
n = 846
| |
|
Mean, (SD)
|
27.3 (4.1)
|
27.2 (4.6)
|
pMW = 0.411
|
|
Median (Q1-Q3)
|
26.9 (24.4-29.7)
|
26.7 (24.1-29.8)
|
|
Smoking
| |
n = 852
| |
|
Current smoker
|
309 (43.9%)
|
379 (44.5%)
|
df = 2
|
|
Ex-smoker
|
179 (25.5%)
|
267 (31.3%)
|
pchi = 0.005
|
|
Non-smoker
|
215 (30.6%)
|
206 (24.2%)
| |
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chi-chi-square test; df degrees of freedom, MW Mann–Whitney test.
- * -adult lifetime recreational physical activity, i.e. the average for the period 18-current age (if current age <66) or for the period 18–65 (if current age >65).
