Table 1. Characteristics of the participants (N = 12,883).
| Variables | % |
|---|---|
| Self-rated health | |
| Very good/good | 87.0 |
| Fair/poor | 13.0 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 48.6 |
| Female | 51.4 |
| Marital status | |
| Married/cohabiting | 74.6 |
| Other | 25.4 |
| Education | |
| Low | 17.0 |
| Medium | 45.8 |
| High | 37.2 |
| Disease (coronary heart disease, apoplexy, or diabetes) | |
| No | 90.2 |
| Yes | 9.8 |
| Body mass index | |
| <18.5 | 0.8 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 49.5 |
| 25–29.9 | 38.8 |
| 30–34.9 | 9.1 |
| 35+ | 2.4 |
| Wine (units per two weeks) | |
| None | 50.7 |
| 1–14 | 48.3 |
| 15+ | 1.0 |
| Beer (units per two weeks) | |
| None | 54.2 |
| 1–14 | 43.6 |
| 15+ | 2.2 |
| Liquor (units per two weeks) | |
| None | 79.1 |
| 1–14 | 20.8 |
| 15+ | 0.2 |
| Light physical activity (hours per week) | |
| None | 4.3 |
| <1 | 14.6 |
| 1–2 | 38.1 |
| 3+ | 43.0 |
| Strenuous physical activity (hours per week) | |
| None | 29.7 |
| <1 | 28.8 |
| 1–2 | 28.4 |
| 3+ | 13.1 |
| Smoking | |
| Never smoker | 37.6 |
| Former smoker | 28.0 |
| Current smoker | 34.4 |