Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of the 3999 individuals (male 48%) in the adult longitudinal study (HUNT2, 1995–97) with follow up 11 years later (HUNT3, 2006–08).

	HUNT2 (1995–97)		HUNT3 (2006–08)		P c
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Subject (n)	1907	2092	1907	2092	ND	ND
Age (years) a	37.34 (6.0)	33.98 (5.3)	48.5 (5.9)	45.16 (5.3)	ND	ND
BMI (kg/m2) a	25.96 (3.03)	24.79 (3.93)	27.56 (3.43)	26.57 (4.66)	<0.001	<0.001
Waist circumference a	89.82 (7.8)	77.57 (9.53)	97.04 (9.46)	88.98 (11.65)	<0.001	<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/L) a	1.87 (1.15)	1.21 (0.69)	1.96 (1.27)	1.28 (0.74)	<0.001	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) a	5.54 (1.05)	5.08 (0.99)	5.64 (1.02)	5.30 (0.98)	<0.001	<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) a	1.22 (0.32)	1.47 (0.35)	1.22 (0.29)	1.44 (0.33)	0.693	<0.001
Non-fasting glucose (mmol/L) a	5.18 (0.97)	4.94 (0.76)	5.64 (1.41)	5.26 (1.20)	<0.001	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) a	130.52 (11.68)	118.47 (11.24)	129.28 (13.75)	120.11 (14.37)	<0.001	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) a	76.14 (8.72)	70.89 (8.13)	76.46 (9.61)	69.81 (9.73)	0.152	<0.001
Overweight, BMI ≥ 25 b	1150 (60.3%)	780 (39.6%)	1470 (77.2%)	1182 (56.7%)
Obesity, BMI ≥ 30 b	183 (9.6%)	211 (10.7%)	419 (22.0%)	404 (19.4%)
Overweight, WC b , d	552 (28.9%)	703 (35.6%)	1191 (62.5%)	1621 (77.8%)
Obesity, WC b	141 (7.4%)	290 (14.7%)	582 (30.5%)	1068 (51.3%)

^aVariables expressed as means ± standard deviations.

^bVariables expressed as number of individuals and percentages.

^c P-value derived from pairwise comparisons (ANOVA). Inverse values for Glucose and Lg10 for HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride measurements in the ANOVA analyses. Waist circumference (WC) overweight, men ≥ 94 cm, women ≥ 80 cm. WC obesity, men ≥ 102 cm, women ≥ 88 cm.

^dOverweight at BMI ≥ 25 includes overweight and obese individuals.