Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population and distribution of socioeconomic trajectories among VIP participants for the years 1990–1992, by sex
| Characteristics | Men n = 1522 | Women n = 1818 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Smoking
a
|
|
|
||
| Current daily smoking (%) |
23.0 |
19.3 |
||
|
Physical activity
a
|
|
|
||
| Active (%) |
38.6 |
40.6 |
||
|
SES at the age of 40 (%) |
|
|
||
| Advantaged (0) |
34.2 |
34.0 |
||
| Disadvantaged (1) |
65.8 |
66.0 |
||
|
SES at the age of 50 (%) |
|
|
||
| Advantaged (0) |
51.9 |
45.3 |
||
| Disadvantaged (1) |
48.1 |
54.7 |
||
|
SES at the age of 60 (%) |
|
|
||
| Advantaged (0) |
56.3 |
44.1 |
||
| Disadvantaged (1) |
43.7 |
55.9 |
||
|
SES40 |
SES50 |
SES60 |
|
|
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
34.6 |
28.1 |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
15.9 |
14.6 |
| 0 |
1 |
0 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
| 0 |
0 |
1 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
5.0 |
2.7 |
| 1 |
0 |
1 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
| 0 |
1 |
1 |
2.9 |
9.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 35.3 | 39.1 |
ahealth behaviors concurrent with the BMI at the age of 60.