No. of participants |
5431 |
– |
4102 |
– |
3360 |
– |
457 |
– |
– |
5386 |
– |
5505 |
– |
3896 |
– |
332 |
– |
– |
Age (years), mean and sd
|
58·7 |
7·1 |
58·7 |
6·9 |
57·1 |
7·0 |
55·1 |
6·3 |
<0·001 |
59·0 |
7·0 |
58·1 |
7·0 |
55·7 |
6·7 |
54·5 |
7·1 |
<0·001 |
BMI (kg/m2), mean and sd
|
27·5 |
4·3 |
27·8 |
4·1 |
27·4 |
4·1 |
26·3 |
4·2 |
<0·001 |
29·7 |
5·6 |
28·9 |
5·2 |
28·0 |
5·1 |
27·8 |
5·3 |
<0·001 |
Current smoker, n and % |
1696 |
31·2 |
1480 |
36·1 |
1632 |
48·6 |
331 |
72·4 |
<0·001 |
509 |
9·5 |
1085 |
19·8 |
1364 |
35·3 |
170 |
51·8 |
<0·001 |
Low educational level, n and % |
2078 |
38·2 |
1728 |
42·1 |
1356 |
40·2 |
152 |
33·1 |
<0·001 |
2126 |
39·5 |
21·69 |
39·5 |
1448 |
37·3 |
132 |
39·8 |
0·026 |
Low physical activity level, n and % |
2576 |
48·4 |
1548 |
39·0 |
1279 |
39·0 |
243 |
54·2 |
<0·001 |
2966 |
56·3 |
2173 |
40·9 |
1315 |
35·0 |
164 |
50·8 |
<0·001 |
Alcohol intake (>12 g/d), n and % |
1007 |
18·5 |
752 |
18·3 |
760 |
22·5 |
95 |
20·7 |
<0·001 |
65 |
1·2 |
116 |
2·1 |
146 |
3·7 |
14 |
4·2 |
<0·001 |
Health status |
Hypertension, n and % |
3114 |
57·3 |
2087 |
50·7 |
1449 |
43·0 |
145 |
31·7 |
<0·001 |
3663 |
68·0 |
3023 |
55·1 |
1547 |
39·8 |
117 |
35·3 |
<0·001 |
Diabetes, n and % |
537 |
9·9 |
505 |
12·3 |
320 |
9·5 |
24 |
5·2 |
<0·001 |
505 |
9·4 |
533 |
9·7 |
269 |
6·9 |
15 |
4·5 |
<0·001 |
Hypercholesterolaemia, n and % |
1325 |
24·4 |
1269 |
30·9 |
968 |
28·7 |
72 |
15·7 |
<0·001 |
1665 |
30·9 |
2008 |
36·6 |
1189 |
30·7 |
76 |
23·2 |
<0·001 |
CVD, n and % |
1308 |
24·3 |
891 |
22·1 |
541 |
16·3 |
69 |
15·2 |
<0·001 |
1281 |
24·0 |
882 |
16·4 |
383 |
10·1 |
34 |
10·6 |
<0·001 |
Cancer, n and % |
168 |
3·1 |
106 |
2·6 |
106 |
3·2 |
11 |
2·4 |
0·363 |
280 |
5·2 |
331 |
6·1 |
253 |
6·7 |
19 |
5·8 |
0·037 |
Family history of CVD, n and % |
2373 |
45·6 |
1652 |
42·6 |
1273 |
40·3 |
204 |
46·5 |
<0·001 |
3320 |
63·8 |
3430 |
66·7 |
2460 |
68·8 |
206 |
66·5 |
<0·001 |
Family history of cancer, n and % |
1412 |
26·7 |
1152 |
29·0 |
1050 |
32·3 |
122 |
27·1 |
<0·001 |
1594 |
30·1 |
1922 |
36·3 |
1491 |
39·9 |
132 |
41·0 |
<0·001 |
Dietary factors |
Vitamin supplement use, n and % |
959 |
17·7 |
690 |
16·8 |
542 |
16·1 |
75 |
16·3 |
0·267 |
946 |
17·6 |
1078 |
19·7 |
786 |
20·3 |
57 |
17·3 |
0·005 |
Total energy intake (kJ/d), mean and sd
|
10155 |
4197 |
9862 |
4109 |
9983 |
4109 |
11724 |
6941 |
<0·001 |
9046 |
3347 |
8924 |
3993 |
8941 |
3498 |
11251 |
10519 |
<0·001 |
Total energy intake (kcal/d), mean and sd
|
2427 |
1003 |
2357 |
982 |
2386 |
982 |
2802 |
1659 |
<0·001 |
2162 |
800 |
2133 |
787 |
2137 |
836 |
2689 |
2514 |
<0·001 |
SFA intake (g/d), mean and sd
|
38·8 |
21·3 |
38·2 |
17·9 |
38·9 |
20·8 |
48·2 |
38·6 |
<0·001 |
33·4 |
15·9 |
33·7 |
15·5 |
33·4 |
16·4 |
46·1 |
51·5 |
<0·001 |
PUFA intake (g/d), mean and sd
|
18·7 |
10·8 |
16·5 |
9·1 |
16·9 |
9·7 |
21·6 |
16·3 |
<0·001 |
18·5 |
10·2 |
15·7 |
8·9 |
15·6 |
9·2 |
22·1 |
21·0 |
<0·001 |
n-3 PUFA intake (g/d), mean and sd
|
1·3 |
0·8 |
1·1 |
0·7 |
1·1 |
0·7 |
1·4 |
1·1 |
<0·001 |
1·3 |
0·8 |
1·1 |
0·7 |
1·1 |
0·7 |
1·4 |
1·1 |
<0·001 |