Baseline characteristics of study participants in the Metabolic syndrome and Cancer project (Me-Can) including the first year of follow-up (n = 578,700).

1Proportion of participants with a fasting time >8 h: 5% in the Norwegian cohorts, 90% in the VIP, and 100% in the VHM&PP and MPP.Abbreviations: Oslo = Oslo study I; NCS = Norwegian Counties Study; CONOR = Cohort of Norway; 40-y = Age 40-programme; VHM&PP = Vorarlberg Heath Monitoring and Prevention Programme; VIP = Västerbotten Intervention Project; MPP = Malmö Preventive Project; SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index.