The Netherlands Cohort Study – Meat Investigation Cohort; a population-based cohort over-represented with vegetarians, pescetarians and low meat consumers

Table 1 Self-reported vegetarian status at baseline of members of the NLCS-Meat Investigation Cohort (NLCS-MIC) by meat consumption status ^a

		All confirmed vegetarians and low meat consumers from the total NLCS cohort			Random sample of meat consumers from the total NLCS cohort^b
		Vegetarians	Pescetarians	1 day/wk	2–5 day/wk	6–7 day/wk	Remainder^c	Total
Men	Self-reported vegetarians	194 (47%)^d	96 (23%)	71(17%)	5 (1%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (12%)	416
	Non self-reported vegetarians	23 (0.5%)	56 (1%)	411 (9%)	1321 (28%)	2972 (62%)	N/A
	Total	217	152	482	1326	2973	49
Women	Self-reported vegetarians	380 (52%)	151 (21%)	132 (18%)	7 (1%)	4 (0.6%)	60 (8%)	734
	Non self-reported vegetarians	105 (2%)	91 (2%)	782 (15%)	1632 (31%)	2672 (51%)	N/A
	Total	485	242	914	1639	2676	60
Total		702	394	1396	2965	5649	109

^aExcluding prevalent cancer cases at baseline.
^bSampling rate is 8.3%.
^cSelf-reported vegetarians eating meat >1 day/wk and outside random sample (see also step 6 Additional file 1: Figure S1).
^dPercentage of self-reported vegetarians, all such values.