Table 1. Descriptive information of anthropometric variables and lifestyle factors (1993–1994) by sex and vital status (2007) in healthy Danes.
| Variablesa, b | Men | Women | |||||
| Censored | Sick or dead of CVD | P valuec | Censored | Sick or dead of CVD | P valuec | ||
| R∞/Ro | 0.67 (0.62 to 0.72) | 0.68 (0.63 to 0.74) | <0.001 | 0.70 (0.66 to 0.75) | 0.71 (0.66 to 0.77) | <0.001 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.9 (21.2 to 32.1) | 26.4 (21.4 to 33.2) | 0.01 | 24.0 (19.8 to 33.8) | 24.7 (19.4 to 33.6) | 0.23 | |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 92.0 (77.0 to 111.0) | 95.0 (80.0 to 114.0) | <0.001 | 78.0 (66.0 to 102.0) | 81.0 (67.0 to 104.0) | 0.003 | |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 125 (108 to 155) | 136 (112 to 175) | <0.001 | 123 (102 to 155) | 135 (107 to 173) | <0.001 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 80 (67 to 97) | 85 (69 to 103) | <0.001 | 78 (63 to 95) | 81 (64 to 98) | 0.001 | |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 128 (89 to 198) | 123 (81 to 187) | 0.02 | 155 (104 to 235) | 153 (98 to 239) | 0.16 | |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 399 (261 to 577) | 409 (266 to 594) | 0.11 | 376 (230 to 569) | 404 (262 to 576) | <0.001 | |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 125 (61 to 320) | 136 (69 to 359) | 0.003 | 102 (55 to 227) | 122 (65 to 284) | <0.001 | |
| Years of education | 10.0 (7.0 to 19.0) | 9.0 (7.0 to 17.0) | <0.001 | 10.0 (7.0 to 17.0) | 9.0 (7.0 to 16.0) | 0.006 | |
| Smoking (pack years) | 13.9 (0.0 to 50.0) | 22.9 (0.0 to 69.0) | <0.001 | 4.2 (0.0 to 42.0) | 6.3 (0.0 to 42.0) | 0.31 | |
| Alcohol (units/week) | 10.0 (0.0 to 39.0) | 10.5 (0.0 to 50.0) | 0.69 | 4.0 (0.0 to 20.0) | 4.0 (0.0 to 21.0) | 0.40 | |
| No (%) in each cohort | Born 1922 | 46 (8.2) | 79 (26.4) | <0.001 | 54 (9.1) | 70 (30.8) | <0.001 |
| Born 1932 | 119 (21.2) | 77 (25.8) | 126 (21.2) | 50 (22.0) | |||
| Born 1942 | 185 (32.9) | 87 (29.1) | 185 (31.1) | 55 (24.2) | |||
| Born 1952 | 212 (37.7) | 56 (18.7) | 230 (38.7) | 52 (22.9) | |||
| No (%) in level of physical activity | Sedentary | 111 (20.0) | 55 (18.7) | 0.004 | 134 (22.8) | 62 (27.9) | 0.12 |
| Light exercise | 264 (47.5) | 172 (58.5) | 354 (60.2) | 133 (59.9) | |||
| Hard exercise | 181 (32.6) | 67 (22.8) | 100 (17.0) | 27 (12.2) | |||
a
Figures are medians (5th and 95th centiles) unless stated otherwise.
b
Number of subjects with information on each variable range from 1656 to 1683.
c
Significance assessed using Mann-Whitney U tests and χ2 tests.