Table 2.
Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of the cohort according to categories of physical activity (n = 472,100)
| Inactive N = 109,545 |
Moderately inactive N = 161,906 |
Moderately active N = 113,854 |
Active N = 86,795 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Men, N (%)a | 29,501 (26.9) | 46,110 (28.5) | 36,309 (31.9) | 36,315 (41.8) |
| Women, N (%)a | 80,044 (73.1) | 115,796 (71.5) | 77,545 (68.1) | 50,480 (58.2) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 55.2 (10.6) | 51.8 (9.9) | 49.8 (10.0) | 47.9 (12.2) |
| Smoking b,c | ||||
| Never | 58,513 (54.2) | 83,126 (52.2) | 56,715 (50.7) | 38,598 (44.9) |
| Former ≥10 years | 17,003 (15.8) | 28,405 (17.8) | 21,147 (18.9) | 17,411 (20.3) |
| Former <10 years | 8535 (7.9) | 14,269 (9.0) | 10,461 (9.4) | 8912 (10.4) |
| Current 1–4 cig/day | 2200 (2.0) | 4103 (2.6) | 3009 (2.7) | 2542 (3.0) |
| Current 5–14 cig/day | 7406 (6.9) | 10,953 (6.9) | 7671 (6.9) | 6748 (7.9) |
| Current 15–24 cig/day | 8661 (8.0) | 11,394 (7.2) | 7812 (7.0) | 7309 (8.5) |
| Current 25+ cig/day | 5607 (5.2) | 7086 (4.5) | 5108 (4.6) | 4457 (5.2) |
| BMI | ||||
| Under-/normal weightb | 44,599 (40.7) | 85,665 (52.9) | 64,251 (56.4) | 46,191 (53.2) |
| Overweight | 41,731 (38.1) | 55,710 (34.4) | 37,227 (32.7) | 31,151 (35.9) |
| Obese | 23,215 (21.2) | 20,531 (12.7) | 12,376 (10.9) | 9453 (10.9) |
| Education b,d | ||||
| None/primary | 48,254 (46.6) | 44,127 (28.3) | 28,557 (25.9) | 25,043 (29.6) |
| Technical | 17,768 (17.1) | 32,871 (21.1) | 24,167 (21.9) | 24,826 (29.4) |
| Secondary | 18,272 (17.6) | 34,953 (22.4) | 25,134 (22.8) | 14,673 (17.4) |
| University | 19,340 (18.7) | 44,210 (28.3) | 32,526 (29.5) | 19,976 (23.6) |
| ALS cases | 72 (0.07) | 80 (0.05) | 38 (0.003) | 29 (0.03) |
aPercentages in rows; b percentages in column; c smoking status unknown for 6939 individuals (1.5 %); d unknown for 17,403 individuals (3.7 %)