Characteristics of the study population
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n=402) | Person-years in subcohort (n=29 228) | Cases (n=207) | Person-years in subcohort (n=31 701) | |||||
| n | Per cent | n | Per cent | n | Per cent | n | Per cent | |
| Age at baseline (years) | ||||||||
| 55–59 | 58 | 14.4 | 11 499 | 39.3 | 28 | 13.5 | 12 357 | 39.0 |
| 60–64 | 125 | 31.1 | 10 323 | 35.3 | 64 | 30.9 | 10 598 | 33.4 |
| 65–69 | 219 | 54.5 | 7406 | 25.3 | 115 | 55.6 | 8746 | 27.6 |
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never-smoker | 76 | 18.9 | 3941 | 13.5 | 152 | 73.4 | 18 454 | 58.2 |
| Former smoker | 220 | 54.7 | 15 192 | 52.0 | 37 | 17.9 | 6804 | 21.5 |
| Current smoker | 106 | 26.4 | 10 095 | 34.5 | 18 | 8.7 | 6444 | 20.3 |
| Non-occupational physical activity | ||||||||
| Less than 30 min/day | 78 | 19.4 | 5116 | 17.5 | 65 | 31.4 | 7507 | 23.7 |
| >30–60 min/day | 116 | 28.9 | 9301 | 31.8 | 74 | 35.7 | 10 068 | 31.8 |
| >60–90 min/day | 91 | 22.6 | 5569 | 19.1 | 30 | 14.5 | 7180 | 22.6 |
| More than 90 min/day | 117 | 29.1 | 9242 | 31.6 | 38 | 18.4 | 6946 | 21.9 |
| Body mass index | ||||||||
| Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 4 | 1.0 | 108 | 0.4 | 9 | 4.3 | 406 | 1.3 |
| Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 211 | 52.5 | 15 397 | 52.7 | 118 | 57.0 | 17 157 | 54.1 |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) | 173 | 43.0 | 12 595 | 43.1 | 70 | 33.8 | 11 403 | 36.0 |
| Obese (>30.0 kg/m2) | 14 | 3.5 | 1127 | 3.9 | 10 | 4.8 | 2735 | 8.6 |