Table 2. Selected baseline medical and lifestyle-related profiles of study population, by sex and age category.

Variables	Age category (years)
	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60–64	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	≥85
Men
No. of participants	1857	2365	2884	3427	2300	2477	2846	2391	1256	635
History of serious disease (%)
Hypertension	7.7	14.6	18.8	25.4	32.7	37.8	41.9	44.0	39.7	35.3
Diabetes mellitus	3.6	5.2	7.5	11.0	12.8	14.4	16.2	13.6	11.5	10.1
Stroke	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.4	4.4	5.6	7.1	7.9	8.8
Myocardial infarction	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.8	3.5	4.7	5.9	8.5	9.7	11.5
Cancer	0.8	1.5	2.1	2.8	5.0	7.4	10.4	13.0	12.3	9.8
Current smokers (%)	59.5	56.7	50.6	46.8	40.4	31.4	25.9	21.3	19.2	11.1
Current alcohol drinkers (%)	81.5	80.6	80.7	79.2	77.0	69.1	61.6	53.2	45.3	30.3
Body mass index (%)
<18.5 kg/m2	2.7	2.5	1.7	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.7	6.2	11.0	10.9
≥25.0 kg/m2	35.1	33.8	34.7	34.7	30.8	32.1	29.1	26.3	19.7	16.6
Time spent walking <1 hr/day (%)	69.4	68.4	67.5	67.2	67.3	63.9	67.9	74.2	79.0	85.3
Women
No. of participants	1935	2488	3025	3638	2593	3070	3623	3303	2021	1469
History of serious disease (%)
Hypertension	3.3	8.3	15.0	23.5	30.1	37.0	43.0	46.4	47.7	46.1
Diabetes mellitus	0.8	2.6	3.3	6.0	8.4	8.5	10.4	11.6	12.0	10.2
Stroke	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.5	3.8	4.6	6.3
Myocardial infarction	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.9	4.4	6.1	7.2
Cancer	2.0	2.7	4.3	4.7	6.9	6.0	5.9	6.2	6.9	7.9
Current smokers (%)	19.6	15.2	11.0	9.1	7.3	4.7	3.8	2.8	2.5	2.1
Current alcohol drinkers (%)	56.7	49.5	40.3	34.1	29.9	20.7	14.4	11.6	10.8	9.2
Body mass index (%)
<18.5 kg/m2	7.5	6.3	4.8	4.2	3.3	3.7	4.8	6.4	9.1	16.1
≥25.0 kg/m2	20.1	22.6	27.4	28.3	32.2	34.9	35.2	31.9	27.7	22.0
Time spent walking <1 hr/day (%)	74.0	70.3	70.2	71.6	73.4	70.0	72.5	78.8	84.4	91.6