Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics
| Aortic Diameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| No AAA (<30 mm) | AAA (≥30 mm) | |
| No. of participants | 14 081 | 168 |
| Age at baseline, y (SD) | 55.3 (4.2) | 56.7 (4.3) |
| High school/university, % | 70.6 | 67.2 |
| Current smokers, % | 21.8 | 64.9 |
| Pack‐years of smoking | 19.2 | 28.3 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25.9 | 26.9 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 95.5 | 97.3 |
| Walking/bicycling >40 min/day, % | 25.5 | 18.2 |
| Healthy diet score | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| Energy intake, kcal/day | 2779 | 2702 |
| Alcohol consumption, g/day | 16.2 | 14.9 |
| Comorbidities, % | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 4.7 | 17.0 |
| Hypertension | 17.8 | 26.4 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 15.0 | 25.6 |
Values are means unless otherwise indicated. All values (except age) were age‐standardized according to the distribution of age at baseline in five 5‐year categories. The proportion of missing data for each variable was education, 0.2%; smoking status and pack‐years smoked, 3.6%; body mass index, 3.3%; waist circumference 18.9%; physical activity, 9.5%; healthy diet score, 2.9%; and alcohol consumption, 1.0% (if not indicated, no data were missing). AAA indicates abdominal aortic aneurysm.