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. 2015 Apr 19;5(1):010411. doi: 10.7189/jogh.05.010411

Table 3.

Age–adjusted prevalence of lifestyle and cardiometabolic and lifestyle risk factors in men and women*

Total Men Women
Variables
 N = 6198
 N = 3426
 N = 2772
Sedentary lifestyle (<moderate physical activity)
 42.1 (40.9–43.3)
 38.8 (37.2–40.4)
 46.1 (44.2–48.0)
Visible fat intake:
20–40 g/d
 35.8 (34.6–37.0)
 36.6 (35.0–38.2)
 34.7 (32.9–36.5)
>40 g/d
 14.1 (13.2–15.0)
 14.6 (13.4–15.8)
 13.5 (27.2–30.6)
Fruits and vegetables intake (≤2 servings/d)
 26.9 (25.8–28.0)
 25.3 (23.8–26.8)
 28.9 (27.2–30.6)
Smoking:
Current smokers
 6.9 (6.3–7.5)
 12.0 (10.9–13.1)
 0.5 (0.2–0.7)
Ex–smokers
 3.2 (2.8–3.6)
 5.1 (4.4–5.8)
 0.9 (0.5–1.3)
Smokeless tobacco use
 9.8 (9.1–10.5)
 12.7 (11.6–13.8)
 6.3 (5.3–7.2)
Alcohol consumption:
<7 drinks/week
 7.6 (6.9–8.3)
 12.5 (11.4–13.6)
 1.5 (1.1–2.0)
≥7 drinks/week
 0.3 (0.2–0.4)
 0.6 (0.3–0.6)
 –
Obesity:
BMI ≥25 kg/m2
 42.9 (41.7–44.1)
 41.1 (39.4–42.7)
 45.2 (43.3–47.1)
BMI ≥30 kg/m2
 11.6 (10.8–12.4)
 8.3 (7.4–9.2)
 15.8 (14.4–17.2)
Truncal obesity:
Waist >90/>80 cm, men/women
 45.5 (44.3–46.7)
 35.7 (34.1–37.3)
 57.5 (55.7–59.0)
WHR >0.9/>0.8, men/women
 75.7 (74.7–76.8)
 69.0 (67.5–70.6)
 83.8 (82.9–85.2)
Hypertension
 31.6 (30.4–32.8)
 32.5, 30.9–34.1)
 30.4 (28.7–32.1)
High total cholesterol (≥5.2 mmol/L)
 25.0 (23.9–26.9)
 24.8, 23.3–26.3)
 25.3 (23.7–26.9)
High triglycerides (≥1.7 mmol/L)
 36.9 (35.7–38.1)
 41.2, 39.5–42.9)
 31.5 (29.8–33.2)
Low HDL cholesterol (men <1.0/ mmol/L woman <1.3 mmol/L)
 42.5 (41.3–43.7)
 34.1, 32.5–35.7)
 53.0 (51.1–54.9)
Diabetes (known or fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L)
 15.7 (14.8–16.6)
 16.7, 15.5–17.9)
 14.7 (13.4–16.0)
Metabolic syndrome 35.7 (34.5–36.9) 32.2 (30.6–33.8) 40.4 (38.6–42.2)

BMI – body mass index, WHR – waist hip ratio, HDL – high density lipoprotein

*Prevalence in percent and 95% confidence intervals in parentheses.