Table 2.
Mean (standard deviation) and percentages within each education level, Tromsø4, 1994–1995 1.
| Education Level 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EL1 | EL2 | EL3 | EL4 | EL5 | |
| N (%) | 3106 (25.0) | 3717 (30.0) | 1271 (10.3) | 2213 (17.8) | 2093 (16.9) |
| Gender | |||||
| Women | 26.8 | 28.4 | 11.4 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| Men | 23.0 | 31.8 | 8.9 | 19.2 | 17.1 |
| Age (years, %) | |||||
| 25–29 | 13.3 | 28.0 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 16.1 |
| 30–39 | 17.5 | 31.5 | 13.5 | 19.5 | 18.0 |
| 40–49 | 26.9 | 30.1 | 6.5 | 17.4 | 19.2 |
| 50–59 | 39.2 | 29.0 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 13.4 |
| 60–69 | 49.1 | 27.1 | 4.2 | 13.1 | 6.5 |
| Alcohol consumption (times/month) | 2.3 (2.8) | 2.8 (3.0) | 2.9 (3.2) | 3.6 (3.6) | 4.8 (4.6) |
| Daily cigarette smoking (%) | 32.7 | 34.1 | 10.3 | 14.1 | 8.8 |
| BMI (kg/m2, %) | |||||
| <25 | 22.0 | 29.2 | 11.0 | 18.6 | 19.2 |
| ≥25<30 | 27.8 | 31.3 | 9.1 | 17.2 | 14.6 |
| ≥30 | 34.4 | 29.8 | 10.0 | 15.6 | 10.1 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 131.9 (16.3) | 129.5 (15.5) | 126.3 (14.2) | 128.0 (15.4) | 126.8 (14.2) |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 6.2 (1.2) | 5.9 (1.2) | 5.5 (1.1) | 5.6 (1.2) | 5.6 (1.1) |
1 Some numbers are smaller due to missing values, especially for alcohol consumption (7.7%). 2 See Table 1 for education level categories. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure.