Association between Obesity and Cancer: An Analysis Using the Competing Risk Regression Approach

Table 2

Summary of variables in the Framingham dataset.

Variables			Percentage	Median follow-up time (yrs)
Male
Female
Current smokers
Current Nonsmokers
Underweight (BMI < 18.5)
Normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25)
Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30)
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)
Cancer death
CVD death
Other cause of death
Censored
Summary statistics for age (years)
Min	Median	Max	Mean	Standard deviation
34	49	69	49.82	8.49
= 4526 (after removing 15 obs. with missing data).