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Table 2 Participants’ characteristics by cancer status

From: DNA methylation and cancer incidence: lymphatic–hematopoietic versus solid cancers in the Strong Heart Study

 

Lymphatic–hematopoietic cancer (N = 41)

Solid cancers (N = 394)

Overall cancer (N = 420)

No cancer (N = 1904)

Age (years), median (IQR)

53.2 (49.8, 59.9)

56.4 (50.5, 64.0)

56.2 (50.4, 63.7)

54.7 (49.0, 61.7)

Sex, % male

36.6

46.2

46.0

40.5

Smoking status, %

    

 Former

22.0

30.2

22.6

30.9

 Current

46.3

47.2

46.4

36.7

BMI, median (IQR)

31.5 (26.9, 36.5)

29.0 (25.5, 33.8)

29.2 (25.7, 33.9)

29.7 (26.3, 33.5)

  1. Medians (IQR) or percentages are shown for continuous or categorical variables, respectively
  2. IQR interquartile range