Table 1 Baseline characteristics^a of the study population overall and among each quartile group of sPNNS-GS2 in the E3N cohort (N = 72 585)

sPNNS-GS2

3.8 (3.0)

0.0 (1.9)

2.9 (0.6)

4.9 (0.6)

7.4 (1.2)

Age (years)

52.9 (6.7)

52.0 (6.5)

52.8 (6.7)

53.1 (6.7)

53.8 (6.8)

Follow-up duration (years)

19.0 (4.1)

19.0 (4.2)

19.0 (4.2)

19.0 (4.2)

19.0 (4.1)

Follow-up duration (person-years)

1 378 046

344 149

345 461

343 360

345 076

BMI (kg/m²)

22.7 (3.1)

22.8 (3.2)

22.7 (3.1)

22.7 (3.1)

22.8 (3.1)

 < 18.5

2 645 (3.6)

670 (3.7)

658 (3.6)

661 (3.7)

656 (3.6)

 [18.5 – 25)

56 794 (78.2)

14 156 (78.0)

14 298 (78.6)

14 147 (78.3)

14 193 (78.1)

 ≥ 25

13 146 (18.1)

3 320 (18.3)

3 232 (17.8)

3 262 (18.1)

3 332 (18.3)

Birth cohort

 ≤ 1 930

7 295 (10.1)

1 475 (8.1)

1 777 (9.8)

1 908 (10.6)

2 135 (11.7)

 (1 930 – 1 935]

9 996 (13.8)

2 020 (11.1)

2 422 (13.3)

2 569 (14.2)

2 985 (16.4)

 (1 935 – 1 940]

14 710 (20.3)

3 325 (18.3)

3 631 (20.0)

3 757 (20.8)

3 997 (22.0)

 (1 940 – 1 945]

17 811 (24.5)

4 640 (25.6)

4 466 (24.6)

4 416 (24.4)

4 289 (23.6)

 > 1 945

22 773 (31.4)

6 686 (36.9)

5 892 (32.4)

5 420 (30.0)

4 775 (26.3)

Education level

 < 12 years

8 190 (11.3)

2 007 (11.1)

2 010 (11.1)

2 073 (11.5)

2 100 (11.6)

 12 to 14 years

38 408 (52.9)

9 270 (51.1)

9 596 (52.8)

9 662 (53.5)

9 880 (54.3)

 > 14 years

25 987 (35.8)

6 869 (37.9)

6 582 (36.2)

6 335 (35.1)

6 201 (34.1)

Smoking status

 Never

40 286 (55.5)

9 136 (50.4)

9 969 (54.8)

10 315 (57.1)

10 866 (59.8)

 Former

23 139 (31.9)

5 926 (32.7)

5 867 (32.3)

5 733 (31.7)

5 613 (30.9)

 Current

9 160 (12.6)

3 084 (17.0)

2 352 (12.9)

2 022 (11.2)

1 702 (9.4)

Physical activity (MET-hours/week)

46.4 (43.4)

47.5 (44.4)

46.1 (43.0)

45.4 (41.5)

46.6 (44.3)

Menopausal status and recent use of MHT

 Premenopausal

37 313 (51.4)

10 406 (57.4)

9 553 (52.5)

9 007 (49.9)

8 347 (45.9)

 Menopausal and recent MHT use

10 047 (13.8)

2 253 (12.4)

2 494 (13.7)

2 570 (14.2)

2 730 (15.0)

 Menopausal and no recent MHT use

21 671 (29.9)

4 624 (25.5)

5 271 (29.0)

5 636 (31.2)

6 140 (33.8)

 Menopausal and no information on whether and when MHT was used

3 554 (4.9)

863 (4.8)

870 (4.8)

857 (4.7)

964 (5.3)

Total energy intake (kcal/day)

2 210.6 (560.8)

2 723.2 (570.7)

2 301.5 (447.7)

2 021.4 (386.5)

1 795.9 (321.6)