‘Invited-to-screening’ arm | Control arm | |||||
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Lifestyle variable | n* | Year 2001 | Year 2012 | n* | Year 2001 | Year 2012 |
No (%) current daily and occasional smokers | 3030 | 1060 (35.0) | 599 (19.8) | 2807 | 845 (30.1) | 466 (16.6) |
Weight (kg) | 2966 | 77.3 (13.8) | 78.8 (14.4) | 2744 | 77.2 (14.2) | 78.6 (14.7) |
Physical exercise of at least 20 min (times/day) | 2793 | 0.60 (0.44) | 0.66 (0.44) | 2583 | 0.56 (0.42) | 0.67 (0.44) |
Consumption of fruit, berries and vegetables (servings/day) | 2824 | 2.17 (1.36) | 2.40 (1.50) | 2655 | 2.09 (1.29) | 2.42 (1.53) |
Consumption of fatty fish (servings/day) | 3020 | 0.26 (0.27) | 0.36 (0.38) | 2782 | 0.25 (0.26) | 0.36 (0.35) |
Consumption of meat other than poultry for dinner (servings/day) | 2948 | 0.33 (0.25) | 0.32 (0.29) | 2753 | 0.32 (0.23) | 0.31 (0.26) |
Total lifestyle score† | 2471 | 1.43 (0.89) | 1.58 (0.88) | 2322 | 1.49 (0.88) | 1.67 (0.87) |
All data are expressed as mean values (SD) except the current daily smoker variable.
*n indicates participants for whom a pair of lifestyle variables was available (ie, both from years 2001 and 2012).
†Score value of 0–4 points. One point attained for each fulfilled lifestyle recommendation: normal body weight (body mass index<25.0 kg/m2), non-smoker, 20 minutes or more of physical exercise with a frequency of ≥1/day, and a healthy diet (fulfilment of the three recommendations; fruit, berries and vegetables consumption ≥5 servings/day, fatty fish consumption ≥1 serving/week and meat other than poultry for dinner consumption <4 times/week).
NORCCAP, The Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Screening Prevention trial.