Table 2.
Background and sociodemographic characteristics for men in quintiles one and five based on energy-adjusted greenhouse gas emissions from diet within the Västerbotten Intervention Programme (n 18 306)
| Variable | Quintile one (n 9153) | Quintile five (n 9152) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean, median or % | sd or 1st; 3rd quartile | Mean, median or % | sd or 1st; 3rd quartile | P-value | |
| Age* (y) | 50·3 | 40·7; 60·0 | 40·3 | 40·0; 50·1 | <0·001§ |
| Weight† (kg) | 83·0 | 12·9 | 89·1 | 14·8 | <0·001∥ |
| BMI† (kg/m2) | 26·2 | 3·7 | 27·7 | 4·2 | <0·001∥ |
| BMI, subgroups (kg/m2) | <0·001¶ | ||||
| Underweight, <18·5 (%) | 0·4 | – | 0·3 | – | |
| Normal, 18·5–25·0 (%) | 39·9 | – | 26·0 | – | |
| Overweight, 25·0–30·0 (%) | 47·0 | – | 50·1 | – | |
| Obese, >30·0 (%) | 12·8 | – | 23·6 | – | |
| Physical activity‡ (%) | <0·001¶ | ||||
| Inactive | 18·6 | – | 18·6 | – | |
| Moderately inactive | 29·3 | – | 26·4 | – | |
| Moderately active | 29·2 | – | 28·8 | – | |
| Active | 22·4 | – | 25·9 | – | |
| Marital status‡ (%) | <0·001¶ | ||||
| Unmarried | 14·6 | – | 14·7 | – | |
| Married/cohabitant | 77·2 | – | 76·1 | – | |
| Divorced/separated | 6·7 | – | 8·0 | – | |
| Widow/widower | 0·8 | – | 0·5 | – | |
| Level of education‡ (%) | <0·001¶ | ||||
| Basic level, 9 years | 47·3 | – | 24·4 | – | |
| High school | 28·4 | – | 45·7 | – | |
| University | 23·7 | – | 29·5 | – | |
| Smoking‡ (%) | <0·001¶ | ||||
| Currently smoking | 16·0 | – | 17·8 | – | |
| Have smoked | 33·8 | – | 27·3 | – | |
| Do not smoke | 48·8 | – | 53·5 | – | |
| Residence‡ (%) | <0·001¶ | ||||
| Urban area | 69·8 | – | 76·6 | – | |
| Rural area | 29·5 | – | 22·1 | – | |
| Energy intake† (kJ/day) | 8786 | 2636 | 7531 | 2594 | <0·001∥ |
| Climate impact from diet/4184 kJ* (kg CO2e/day and 4184 kJ) | 1·5 | 1·4; 1·6 | 2·5 | 2·4; 2·7 | <0·001§ |
CO2e, carbon dioxide equivalents.
*
Presented using median and first; third quartiles.
†
Presented using mean and sd.
‡
Missing values for; physical activity quintile one n 42, quintile five n 27; marital status quintile one n 64, quintile five n 60; level of education quintile one n 50, quintile five n 32; smoking quintile one n 125, quintile five n 135; residence quintile one n 68, quintile five n 120.
§
Estimated using Mann–Whitney U test.
∥
Estimated using a Student t test.
¶
Estimated using chi-square test.