Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Participants | |
|---|---|
| Total number | 64,850 |
| Age, years (IQR) | 60.0 (53.0–68.0) |
| Alcohol, g/day (IQR) | 8.7 (2.5–19.2) |
| Women, n (%) | 26,967 (41.6) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Cohabiting | 52,197 (80.5) |
| Living alone | 12,653 (19.5) |
| Smoking, n (%) | |
| Never | 26,870 (41.4) |
| Former | 15,501 (23.9) |
| Current | 22,479 (34.7) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| < 9 years | 23,488 (36.2) |
| 9–12 years | 4281 (6.6) |
| > 12 years | 11,510 (17.7) |
| Other | 25,571 (39.4) |
| Charlson’s weighted comorbidity index, n (%) | |
| 0 | 53,909 (83.1) |
| 1 | 6686 (10.3) |
| 2 | 3084 (4.8) |
| ≥ 3 | 1171 (1.8) |
| Exercise, n (%) | |
| < 1 h/week | 13,595 (21.0) |
| 1 h/week | 13,570 (20.9) |
| 2–3 h/week | 20,944 (32.3) |
| 4–5 h/week | 8023 (12.4) |
| > 5 h/week | 8718 (13.4) |
| Walking, n (%) | |
| Hardly ever | 7726 (12.2) |
| < 20 min/day | 14,029 (22.2) |
| 20–40 min/day | 19,918 (31.6) |
| 40–60 min/day | 10,581 (16.8) |
| > 60 min/day | 10,870 (17.2) |
| Physical activity at work, n (%) | |
| Mostly sitting | 13,042 (21.7) |
| Sitting half time | 19,361 (32.2) |
| Standing, walking | 20,350 (33.9) |
| Lifting | 7291 (12.1) |
| Reading/TV, n (%) | |
| < 1 h/day | 7535 (11.7) |
| 1–2 h/day | 29,907 (46.6) |
| 3–4 h/day | 23,012 (35.8) |
| > 5 h/day | 3765 (5.9) |
| Household physical activity, n (%) | |
| < 1 h/day | 16,292 (26.0) |
| 1–2 h/day | 25,169 (40.2) |
| 3–4 h/day | 13,626 (21.8) |
| > 5 h/day | 7478 (12.0) |
IQR interquartile range