Table 2.
Baseline characteristics in men (mean ± SD for continuous variables, % for categorized variables) for the total sample, total and cause-specific mortality
| Total sample | Total mortality | CVD deaths | Cancer deaths | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | n = 6670 | no (n = 5160) | yes (n = 1510) | n = 647 | n = 484 | |||
| Survey (n; S2/S3/S4) | 2381/2282/2007 | 1579/1787/1794 | 802/495/213 | 361/198/88 | 247/166/71 | |||
| Mean ± SD or % | Mean ± SD or % | p value | Mean ± SD or % | p value | Mean ± SD or % | p value | ||
| Age (y) | 49.71 ± 13.83 | 46.04 ± 12.986 | 62.24 ± 10.020 | < 0.0001 | 63.64 ± 9.077 | < 0.0001 | 61.43 ± 9.843 | < 0.0001 |
| Low/high education level | 78.20/21.80 | 75.02/24.98 | 89.07/10.93 | < 0.0001 | 89.64/10.36 | < 0.0001 | 89.67/10.33 | < 0.0001 |
| Alkohol intake 0/0.1–399/> 39.9 g/d |
18.11/29.61/52.28 | 17.33/31.40/51.28 | 20.79/23.51/55.70 | < 0.0001 | 23.34/24.42/52.24 | < 0.0001 | 16.32/22.93/60.74 | 0.0003 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 233.25 ± 45.84 | 230.50 ± 44.998 | 242.66 ± 47.411 | < 0.0001 | 248.30 ± 46.339 | < 0.0001 | 237.98 ± 47.371 | 0.0064 |
| Smoking status curr/ex/never | 30.27/38.74/30.99 | 30.12/36.12/33.76 | 30.79/47.68/21.52 | < 0.0001 | 26.89/50.39/22.72 | < 0.0001 | 35.33/47.31/17.36 | < 0.0001 |
| Phys.act active/inactive | 44.90/55.10 | 49.57/50.43 | 28.94/71.06 | < 0.0001 | 26.89/73.11 | 0.0002 | 32.85/67.15 | < 0.0001 |
| Act. Hypertension y/n | 45.72/54.28 | 40.00/60.00 | 65.23/34.77 | < 0.0001 | 70.48/29.52 | < 0.0001 | 58.47/41.53 | < 0.0001 |
| Blood pressure syst (mmHg) | 135.1 ± 17.8 | 132.93 ± 16.40 | 142.64 ± 20.09 | < 0.0001 | 145.14 ± 21.35 | < 0.0001 | 140.81 ± 18.46 | < 0.0001 |
| Blood pressure diast (mmHg) | 82.3 ± 11.0 | 82.53 ± 10.64 | 81.59 ± 12.00 | < 0.0001 | 82.44 ± 13.29 | < 0.0001 | 81.43 ± 10.62 | < 0.0001 |
| Weight (kg) | 82.83 ± 12.31 | 83.05 ± 12.050 | 82.05 ± 13.154 | 0.0003 | 83.04 ± 13.176 | 0.8322 | 81.15 ± 12.26 | 0.0012 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 95.99 ± 10.62 | 94.91 ± 10.356 | 99.65 ± 10.693 | < 0.0001 | 100.74 ± 10.612 | < 0.0001 | 98.41 ± 10.207 | < 0.0001 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 103.68 ± 7.06 | 103.47 ± 6.79 | 104.40 ± 7.865 | 0.0013 | 105.22 ± 7.944 | < 0.0001 | 103.61 ± 7.102 | 0.9006 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.29 ± 3.79 | 27.05 ± 3.673 | 28.12 ± 4.080 | < 0.0001 | 28.55 ± 4.049 | < 0.0001 | 27.68 ± 3.856 | 0.0101 |
| Waist to height ratio | 0.551 ± 0.066 | 0.542 ± 0.063 | 0.584 ± 0.065 | < 0.0001 | 0.591 ± 0.064 | < 0.0001 | 0.576 ± 0.063 | < 0.0001 |
| Waist to hip ratio | 0.925 ± 0.064 | 0.916 ± 0.063 | 0.954 ± 0.060 | < 0.0001 | 0.957 ± 0.059 | < 0.0001 | 0.949 ± 0.060 | < 0.0001 |
| Body adiposity index | 27.19 ± 3.72 | 26.70 ± 3.501 | 28.87 ± 3.932 | < 0.0001 | 29.36 ± 3.924 | < 0.0001 | 28.35 ± 3.726 | < 0.0001 |