Table 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of adult respondents in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT Study), Norway (1995–1997)
| Characteristicsa | Poor Diet | Alcohol risk | Currently Smoking | Physical inactivity | Excessive Sitting | Sleep risk | Poor social participation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%)a | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | ||
| Sex | Female | 19 556 | 61.1 | 3.1 | 33.9 | 42.4 | 34.1 | 13.1 | 36.9 |
| Male | 17 355 | 65.1 | 14.2 | 30.4 | 37.5 | 43.7 | 14.5 | 46.5 | |
| Age | 20–35 | 10 697 | 64.6 | 9.5 | 29.6 | 31.4 | 39.1 | 15.4 | 40.7 |
| >35–50 | 14 217 | 62.9 | 9.1 | 36.5 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 11.8 | 36.8 | |
| >50–65 | 9866 | 61.5 | 6.8 | 30.1 | 46.8 | 37.0 | 13.3 | 47.1 | |
| >65–69 | 2131 | 62.7 | 4.7 | 26.3 | 44.3 | 27.6 | 21.2 | 49.5 | |
| Educational attainment | Primary school | 9392 | 64.1 | 7.3 | 40.4 | 52.6 | 27.4 | 17.0 | 54.3 |
| High school | 13 768 | 66.4 | 9.2 | 36.4 | 41.8 | 34.2 | 14.1 | 41.9 | |
| Junior college | 4203 | 64.0 | 8.6 | 27.3 | 31.0 | 46.7 | 13.4 | 34.6 | |
| University/post-secondary | 9126 | 56.3 | 8.0 | 19.8 | 28.5 | 53.3 | 9.9 | 30.0 | |
| Missing | 422 | 60.7 | 6.4 | 33.2 | 46.9 | 36.3 | 21.1 | 53.3 | |
| Marital status | Single/divorced/separated/windowed | 14 113 | 63.3 | 11.4 | 35.9 | 36.4 | 40.2 | 16.2 | 47.3 |
| Married/De-facto | 22 708 | 62.8 | 6.4 | 29.9 | 42.4 | 37.7 | 12.3 | 37.7 | |
| Missing | 90 | 60.0 | 6.7 | 30.0 | 41.1 | 47.8 | 14.4 | 50.0 | |
| Total | All respondents | 36 911 | 63.0 | 8.3 | 32.2 | 40.1 | 38.7 | 13.8 | 41.4 |
aPoor diet: measured using a dietary indicator (i.e., using butter/hard margarine for cooking); Alcohol risk was measured using the CAGE questionnaire; current smoker; physical inactivity was defined as <3 h/week moderate PA and no vigorous PA OR <1 h/week moderate PA and <1 h/week vigorous PA/week; Excessive siting was defined as sitting for more than 7 h per day; sleep risk was defined as sleeping too little (≤6 h/day) or too much (≥10 h/day); poor social participation was defined as ‘never or only a few times per year’ of participation in social clubs, associations or groups