Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study participants by country after weighting to the European standard population in 2010.

	All countries (n=2942)			Germany (n=407)			Italy (n=468)			Netherlands (n=574)			Spain (n=539)			Sweden (n=510)			United Kingdom (n=444)			p value3
	N1	Mean	SD	N1	Mean	SD	N1	Mean	SD	N1	Mean	SD	N1	Mean	SD	N1	Mean	SD	N1	Mean	SD
Age (yrs)2	2942	74.2	5.1	407	74.4	5.0	468	73.3	5.2	574	75.2	5.7	539	75.0	5.5	510	72.1	5.0	444	75.2	2.6	<0.001
Height (cm)	2906	164.8	9.7	407	167.9	9.0	467	162	8.2	564	167.3	9	539	159.1	9.5	490	168.1	9.2	439	165	9.3	<0.001
Weight (kg)4	2880	73.9	1.2	398	75.8	1.2	467	72.2	1.2	566	76.2	1.2	539	71.6	1.2	467	1.34	1.21	443	75.2	1.2	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)4	2869	27.3	1.2	398	27.1	1.2	467	27.6	1.2	559	27.3	1.2	539	28.4	1.2	467	25.89	1.16	439	27.7	1.2	<0.001
	N1	%		N1	%		N1	%		N1	%		N1	%		N1	%		N1	%
Gender2	2942			407			468			574			539			510			444
Male		48.1			59.7			46.8			44.8			50.3			40.0			50.0
Female		51.9			40.3			53.2			55.2			49.7			60.0			50.0		<0.001
Marital status	2942			407			468			574			539			510			444
Single5		5.7			4.8			4.7			6.1			6.1			7.2			4.1		0.318
Cohabiting6		65.0			67.4			73.0			58.8			69.3			56.6			69.1		<0.001
Widowed		22.5			17.9			21.2			29.4			22.1			19.8			22.3		<0.001
Divorced7		6.8			9.9			1.1			5.8			2.6			16.4			4.5		<0.001
Education8	2891			404			468			574			539			462			444
<Elementary		11.5			2.3			7.7			6.1			35.1			11.3			0		<0.001
Elementary		34.4			47.7			69.9			19.3			37.3			14.8			20.9		<0.001
Secondary9		33.2			29.3			21.6			56.3			15.2			31.1			45.1		<0.001
University10		20.9			20.8			0.8			18.2			12.4			42.8			34		<0.001
Consumes alcohol (yes)	2924			407			468			571			539			495			444
		74.9			90.0			78.1			80.7			38.9			88.8			79.0		<0.001
Smoker status	2931			407			468			571			539			502			444
Never smoked		49.5			50.5			58.5			36.9			58.5			43.2			52.8		<0.001
Current smoker		8.5			7.0			8.2			10.5			9.2			10.1			3.7		0.004
Ex-smoker		42.0			42.5			33.2			52.5			32.4			46.6			43.5		<0.001

¹Variable-specific N values;

²age and gender are not weighting to the European standard population in 2010;

³p-value for differences between countries;

⁴Geometric mean and SD;

⁵Never married;

⁶Married/registered partnership/cohabiting;

⁷Divorced/living apart;

⁸Highest level of education completed;

⁹Secondary or vocational education;

¹⁰Univeristy or college.