Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population* (N = 5396)
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.8 (11.0) |
| Women, n (%) | 3008 (55.8) |
| Work status | |
| Paid work | 4,805 (89.1) |
| Work disabled | 350 (6.5) |
| Unemployed | 184 (3.4) |
| Living allowance | 57 (1.1) |
| BMI, n (%) | |
| Underweight | 69 (1.3) |
| Normal | 2853 (52.9) |
| Pre-obese | 1784 (33.1) |
| Obese | 690 (12.8) |
| Level of education, n (%) | n = 5357 |
| Primary school or no education | 105 (2.0) |
| Lower professional school | 544 (10.2) |
| Middle or professional secondary school | 1677 (31.3) |
| Secondary education | 567 (10.6) |
| University education | 2464 (46.0) |
| Smoking status, n (%) | n = 5381 |
| Current smoker | 1057 (19.6) |
| Never smoked | 2535 (47.1) |
| Former smoker | 1789 (23.3) |
| Number of morbiditiesa, n (%) | |
| 0 | 3156 (58.5) |
| 1 | 1485 (27.5) |
| 2 | 490 (9.1) |
| ≥ 3 | 265 (4.9) |
| Sick leave during past 12 months in subsample with paid work | n = 4805 |
| Yes, sick leave n (%) | 2264 (47.1) |
aPopulation is ≤ 65 years, has either paid work, is work disabled, unemployed or is depending on a living allowance)