Table 1.
Baseline characteristics as a function of mental disorder status
| Variables | N total (N = 15 811) | Any mental disorder (1989–2000) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 13 612) | Yes (N = 2199) | P value | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 11 699 (74.0) | 10 709 (78.7) | 990 (45.0) | <0.001 |
| Women | 4112 (26.0) | 2903 (21.3) | 1209 (55.0) | |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| ≤40 | 3402 (21.5) | 2673 (19.6) | 729 (33.2) | <0.001 |
| 41–45 | 7835 (49.6) | 6827 (50.2) | 1008 (45.8) | |
| 46–50 | 4574 (28.9) | 4112 (30.2) | 462 (21.0) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/cohabiting | 14 164 (89.6) | 12 352 (90.7) | 1812 (82.4) | <0.001 |
| Other | 1647 (10.4) | 1260 (9.3) | 387 (17.6) | |
| Occupational grade | ||||
| Low | 2442 (15.4) | 1838 (13.5) | 604 (27.5) | <0.001 |
| Middle | 9220 (58.3) | 7857 (57.7) | 1363 (62.0) | |
| High | 4149 (26.2) | 3917 (28.8) | 232 (10.6) | |
| Income level | ||||
| Intermediate/high | 9294 (58.8) | 8100 (59.5) | 1194 (54.3) | <0.001 |
| Low | 6517 (41.2) | 5512 (40.5) | 1005 (45.7) | |
| Education | ||||
| University degrees | 3197 (20.2) | 2923 (21.5) | 274 (12.5) | <0.001 |
| Higher secondary school | 9306 (58.9) | 7956 (58.4) | 1350 (61.4) | |
| Lower than higher secondary school | 3308 (20.9) | 2733 (20.1) | 575 (26.1) | |
| Smoking | ||||
| Smokers | 4191 (26.5) | 3492 (25.7) | 699 (31.8) | <0.001 |
| Non-smokers | 6952 (44.0) | 5890 (43.3) | 1062 (48.3) | |
| Ex-smokers | 4668 (29.5) | 4230 (31.1) | 438 (19.9) | |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| None | 387 (2.4) | 270 (2.0) | 117 (5.3) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 14 024 (88.7) | 12 110 (89.0) | 1914 (87.0) | |
| Heavy | 1400 (8.9) | 1232 (9.1) | 168 (7.6) | |
| Self-rated health | ||||
| Good | 13 908 (88.0) | 12 175 (89.4) | 1733 (78.8) | <0.001 |
| Suboptimum | 1903 (12.0) | 1437 (10.6) | 466 (21.2) | |
| Respiratory diseases | ||||
| No | 12 006 (75.9) | 10 431 (76.6) | 1575 (71.6) | <0.001 |
| Yes, treated | 624 (3.9) | 530 (3.9) | 94 (4.3) | |
| Yes, untreated | 3181 (20.1) | 2651 (19.5) | 530 (24.1) | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | ||||
| No | 11 044 (69.9) | 9567 (70.3) | 1477 (67.2) | 0.003 |
| Yes, treated | 1346 (8.5) | 1123 (8.3) | 223 (10.1) | |
| Yes, untreated | 3421 (21.6) | 2922 (21.5) | 499 (22.7) | |
| Endocrine and metabolic disease | ||||
| No | 15 216 (96.2) | 13 130 (96.5) | 2086 (94.9) | <0.001 |
| Yes, treated | 304 (1.9) | 256 (1.9) | 48 (2.2) | |
| Yes, untreated | 291 (1.8) | 226 (1.7) | 65 (3.0) | |