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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (n= 46980)

From: Dietary intake of fatty acids and risk of pancreatic cancer: Golestan cohort study

Characteristics

Case N= 76 N (%)

Control N= 46904 N (%)

P-value

Gender

 Female

35(46.1%)

27342 (58.3%)

0.03*

 Male

41(53.9%)

19562 (41.7%)

Ethnicity

 Turkmen

63(83.9%)

34634 (73.8%)

0.07

 Non-Turkmen

13(17.1%)

12270 (26.2%)

Residence

 Rural

64(84.2%)

37013(78.9%)

0.25

 Urban

12 (15.8%)

9891(21.1%)

Education

 No formal education

57(75%)

32760 (69.8%)

0.40

 Educated

19(80.3%)

14144 (30.2%)

Marital Status

 Married

15(19.7%)

41273 (88.2%)

0.03*

 Single

12(23.5%)

5546 (11.8%)

Physical Activity

 Low

34(44.7%)

16311 (34.9%)

0.02*

 Moderate

28(36.8%)

14825 (31.7%)

 Severe

14(18.4%)

15662 (33.5%)

Wealth score

 Low

32(42.1%)

16368(34.9%)

0.420

 Moderate

21(27.6%)

14599(31.1%)

 High

23(30.3%)

15937(34.0%)

Smoker

 No

53(69.7%)

39019 (83.2%)

0.002*

 Yes

23(30.3%)

7885 (16.8%)

Opium user

 No

58(76.3%)

39173 (83.5%)

0.09

 Yes

18(23.7%)

7731 (16.5%)

Alcohol user

 No

71(93.4%)

45317 (96.6%)

0.12

 Yes

5(6.6%)

1587 (3.4%)

Family history of cancer

 No

49(64.5%)

32383(69.0%)

0.39

 Yes

27(35.5%)

14521(31.0%)

History of Diabetes

 No

73(96.1%)

43688(93.1%)

0.49

 Yes

3(3.9%)

3216(6.9%)

 

Mean ± SD

P-value

Age (y)

58.11 ± 9.49

51.83 ± 8.80

<0.001*

Body Mass Index (BMI)

25.38 ± 5.22

26.73 ± 5.39

0.03*

 

Median (percentile 25, 75)

P-value

Total Energy Intake

2133(1610,2618)

2123(1774,2486)

0.94

Total Fat Intake

73.41(57.92,91.32)

73.57(60.03,88.01)

0.86

Total Protein Intake

69(57,93)

73 (60,88)

0.61

Total Carbohydrate Intake

310(225,362)

303(245,358)

0.96

  1. Data are presented as frequency (percentage) for categorical variables or Mean ± SD or Median (percentile 25, 75) for continues variables.
  2. *Significant difference between two groups (P<0.05)