Table 1. Age-weighted characteristics of HYDY participants by gender.

	Men		Women
Characteristics	n	% (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)
Subjects	5063	50.81 (50.79–50.83)	5179	49.19 (49.17–49.21)
Age category (years)
15–24	1016	21.49 (21.46–21.51)	1058	21.34 (21.32–21.37)
25–34	1020	15.56 (15.54–15.58)	1047	14.11 (14.09–14.13)
35–44	1008	7.32 (7.30–7.33)	1021	7.83 (7.81–7.85)
45–54	990	5.53 (5.51–5.54)	1057	6.32 (6.31–6.34)
55–69	1029	4.20 (4.19–4.21)	996	4.49 (4.48–4.51)
Education level
Illiterate	986	10.3 (9.5–11.0)	2666	35.5 (34.0–37.0)
Can read and write	830	9.2 (8.5–9.9)	375	6.7 (6.0–7.5)
Primary school	685	16.8 (15.3–18.2)	661	17.1 (15.7–18.5)
Secondary school	832	23.8 (22.0–25.5)	542	15.8 (14.4–17.2)
High school	774	19.8 (18.2–21.3)	504	14.6 (13.2–15.9)
College or post	950	20.2 (18.8–21.6)	428	10.3 (9.3–11.4)
Smoking status
Never	3048	68.6 (67.2–69.9)	4371	88.4 (87.6–89.3)
Past	344	4.5 (4.0–5.1)	192	2.4 (2.1–2.8)
Current occasional	243	4.1 (3.5–4.7)	158	2.5 (2.0–2.9)
Current daily	1428	22.8 (21.6–24.0)	458	6.6 (6.0–7.3)
Sedentary lifestyle	4079	83.2 (80.3–86.2)	3573	72.1 (69.4–74.8)
Fruit consumption
⩽1 day per week	2357	47.6 (45.4–49.9)	2470	47.1 (45.0–49.3)
2–4 days per week	1947	38.0 (36.0–40.0)	1962	38.4 (36.5–40.4)
⩾5 days per week	744	14.4 (13.2–15.6)	740	14.4 (13.2–15.6)
Vegetable consumption
⩽1 day per week	1101	22.0 (20.5–23.5)	1040	19.3 (17.9–20.6)
2–4 days per week	1362	27.6 (25.9–29.3)	1437	28.1 (26.4–29.8)
⩾5 days per week	2597	50.4 (48.1–52.7)	2692	52.6 (50.4–54.9)
Comorbidities
Obesity	349	5.4 (4.7–6.1)	695	10.5 (9.7–11.4)
Abdominal obesity	171	2.2 (1.8–2.6)	1372	19.5 (18.4–20.7)
High cholesterol	593	8.5 (7.7–9.4)	803	13.0 (11.9–14.0)
High triglycerides	2007	35.3 (33.5–37.2)	1887	31.8 (30.2–33.4)
Impaired fasting glucose	647	11.2 (10.2–12.3)	728	12.0 (11.0–13.0
Diabetes mellitus	257	2.9 (2.5–3.3)	281	3.4 (3.0–3.9)
Self-reported myocardial infarction	23	0.25 (0.13–0.36)	16	0.20 (0.09–0.32)
Self-reported stroke	16	0.15 (0.08–0.23)	13	0.15 (0.07–0.23)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence level.