| Number | Cancer n = 414 | Number | Controls n = 1321 | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographics | |||||
 Age, years, median [IQR] | 414 | 69.2 [63.7–75.8] | 1321 | 68.6 [63.0–76.6] | 0.498 |
 Female | 414 | 205 (49.5) | 1321 | 720 (54.5) | 0.076 |
 Current smoking | 369 | 75 (20.3) | 1269 | 220 (16.7) | 0.191 |
 Alcohol use | 369 |  | 1266 |  | 0.979 |
  No alcohol |  | 57 (15.4) |  | 195 (15.4) |  |
  Moderate/light | 290 (78.6) | 999 (78.9) | |||
  (Very) excessive | 22 (6.0) | 72 (5.7) | |||
Anthropometry | |||||
 Body weight, kg, mean ± SD | 362 | 77.9 ± 13.6 | 1245 | 78.4 ± 13.4 | 0.590 |
 Height, cm, mean ± SD | 360 | 168.7 ± 9.3 | 1244 | 168.6 ± 9.3 | 0.913 |
 BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD | 359 | 27.4 ± 4.2 | 1237 | 27.6 ± 4.3 | 0.364 |
Health characteristics | |||||
 Nr chronic diseases, median [IQR] | 414 | 1 [0–2] | 1321 | 1 [0–2] | 0.726 |
 Nr of medicines, median [IQR] | 332 | 2 [1–4] | 1269 | 2 [0–4] | 0.853 |
 MMSE, median [IQR] | 414 | 28 [27–29] | 1321 | 28 [27–29] | 0.064 |