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. 2014 Jun 7;14:569. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-569

Table 2.

Descriptive data on physical activity level and other risk factors in Sogn & Fjordane, stratified by sex, %

  1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1996 1999 2010
Sedentary behavior
 Men
 16.7
 12.2
 13.6
 15.6
 12.3
 ---
 21.2
 15.6
Women
 22.1
 10.2
 13.7
 15.5
 12.0
 ---
 16.6
 9.7
Light PA
 Men
 53.6
 45.2
 53.0
 51.6
 52.0
 ---
 52.5
 48.4
Women
 67.2
 70.5
 71.3
 72.6
 75.1
 ---
 70.4
 68.3
Moderate PA
 Men
 28.2
 40.4
 31.0
 30.0
 32.8
 ---
 23.2
 27.7
Women
 10.6
 19.2
 14.6
 11.2
 12.4
 ---
 11.7
 18.6
High PA
 Men
 1.4
 2.2
 2.4
 2.8
 2.8
 ---
 3.1
 7.4
Women
 0
 0.1
 0.5
 0.7
 0.5
 ---
 1.3
 3.4
Smokers
 Men
 49.1
 40.6
 40.2
 40.2
 36.9
 37.6
 31.9
 17.4
Women
 31.7
 31.2
 32.3
 38.0
 36.5
 32.8
 35.9
 15.9
BMI ≥25 kg/m 2
Men
 40.9
 46.5
 51.0
 51.3
 53.5
 58.7
 64.7
 55.6
Women
 34.5
 30.0
 33.0
 32.5
 35.8
 34.8
 43.3
 44.4
SBP >140 mmHg
 Men
 26.8
 28.6
 22.8
 22.8
 19.8
 24.7
 16.7
 38.3
Women
 17.1
 16.0
 13.0
 9.7
 10.3
 10.1
 5.6
 16.7
TC >5.0 mmol/L
 Men
 86.5
 79.9
 85.8
 76.2
 73.0
 74.3
 76.1
 63.6
Women
 85.2
 75.3
 79.4
 65.3
 62.5
 58.8
 61.5
 48.4
HDL-c ≤0.90 mmol/L (men), ≤1.00 mmol/L (women)
 Men
 ---
 10.4
 6.8
 ---
 ---
 9.6
 15.6
 9.1
Women
 ---
 4.2
 2.1
 ---
 ---
 5.2
 10.0
 6.5
TG > 1.7 mmol/L Men
 46.6
 43.1
 48.8
 47.9
 49.6
 47.4
 50.2
 38.6
Women 15.7 12.4 16.8 19.1 18.5 16.9 20.6 9.7

PA, physical activity; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-c, high density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceride.