Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 450)
Mean (SD) | Min-Max | |
Age at blood collection (years) | 52 (9) | 26–73 |
Weight (kg) | 66 (11) | 40–103 |
Height (cm) | 161 (7) | 143–196 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26 (4) | 16–43 |
Alcohol intake (g/day) | 8 (12) | 0–72 |
Blood folate level (nmol/L) | 15 (10) | 1–89 |
Dietary folate (μg/day) | 270 (106) | 91–1012 |
Cd8t (%) | 7.5 (4) | 0–23 |
Cd4t (%) | 13.5 (5) | 0–34 |
Natural killer (%) | 6.7 (5) | 0–27 |
B cells (%) | 6.1 (2) | 0–17 |
Monocytes (%) | 5.7 (3) | 0–17 |
Granulocytes (%) | 60.8 (9) | 27–85 |
N | % | |
Menopausal status | ||
Pre-menopause | 186 | 41.3 |
Post-menopause | 264 | 58.7 |
Smoking status | ||
Never | 250 | 55.6 |
Former | 93 | 20.7 |
Smoker | 104 | 23.1 |
Missing | 3 | 0.7 |
Physical activity index [58] | ||
Inactive | 99 | 22.0 |
Moderate inactive | 187 | 41.5 |
Moderate active | 75 | 16.7 |
Active | 78 | 10.7 |
Missing | 11 | 2.4 |