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Table 1 Information on alcohol intake, anthropometric measurements, genetic predisposition scores and covariates1

From: Alcohol consumption and its interaction with adiposity-associated genetic variants in relation to subsequent changes in waist circumference and body weight

 

MONICA1

DCH

Inter99

N

1257

2165

3606

Follow-up time (years)

5.0 (4.9; 5.3)

5.3 (5.0; 5.8)

5.4 (5.1; 5.7)

Dietary variables

 Alcohol intake (drinks/day)

1.0 (0.0; 5.0)

1.0 (0.0; 5.4)

0.8 (0.0; 4.3)

 Energy (MJ/d)

9.0 (5.1; 14.9)

8.8 (5.3; 14.3)

9.4 (5.2; 15.8)

BW (kg)

 Baseline (kg)

69.0 (52.0; 93.0)

77.1 (56.8; 104.4)

75.2 (54.9; 102.4)

 Follow-up (kg)

69.9 (51.4; 94.7)

82.0 (58.0; 110.0)

76.0 (55.5; 103.5)

 ΔBW (kg/year)

0.2 (−1.0; 1.6)

1.0 (−1.1; 2.4)

0.2 (−1.4; 1.7)

WC (cm)

 Baseline (cm)

-

90.0 (70.0; 112.0)

84.0 (67.0; 105.0)

 Follow-up (cm)

-

98.0 (76.0; 121.0)

87.0 (69.0; 109.0)

 ΔWC (cm/year)

-

1.4 (−0.8; 4.4)

0.5 (−1.3; 2.5)

WC BMI (cm)

   

 Baseline (cm)

-

−0.3 (−7.9; 9.1)

−0.2 (−7.7; 8.5)

 Follow-up (cm)

-

−0.2 (−11.5; 12.6)

−0.2 (−8.2; 9.1)

 ΔWCBMI (cm/year)

-

−0.0 (−2.0; 2.2)

0.0 (−1.4; 1.2)

SNP-based variables 2

 BMI score

29 (23;35)

28 (23; 35)

29 (23; 34)

 WC score

3 (1; 6)

3 (1; 6)

3 (1; 6)

 WHRBMI score

14 (10; 18)

14 (10; 18)

14 (10; 18)

 Complete score

44 (37; 52)

44 (37; 51)

44 (36; 51)

Covariates

 Age, baseline (years)

41.4 (30.6; 61.1)

53.0 (50.0; 58.0)

45.0 (34.7; 59.8)

 Height (cm)

169.0 (156.0; 184.0)

171.0 (157.5; 186.0)

172.0 (158.0; 187.5)

 Gender, female (%)

52.1

49.4

51.4

 Smoking, never smokers (%)

30.1

41.4

40.8

 Education, ≤primary school (%)

34.5

30.2

24.9

 Physical activity, most sedentary group (%)

21.6

9.5

11.2

 Menopausal status, post-menopausal (%)

41.7

55.6

25.9

  1. Abbreviation: Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Weight (BW), Waist Circumference (WC), Waist-Hip-Ratio (WHR)
  2. 1Results presented as median (5–95 percentiles) unless otherwise stated
  3. 1Information on WC was not available in the MONICA cohort
  4. 2Sum of BMI, WC or WHR associated risk alleles. In MONICA: n = 941 on BMI score, n = 1185 on WC score, n = 1121 on WHR-score, n = 836 on complete score. In DCH: n = 1438 on BMI score, n = 1805 on WC score, n = 1624 on WHR-score, n = 1247 on complete score. In Inter99: n = 2211 on BMI-score, n = 2995 on WC score, n = 2903 on WHR score, n = 1837 on complete score