Table 3.
Baseline characteristics in women (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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | n = 6637 | No (n = 5738) | Yes (n = 899) | n = 385 | n = 307 | |||
| Survey (n; S2/S3/S4) | 2306/2230/2101 | 1798/1950/1990 | 508/280/111 | 224/126/35 | 172/79/56 | |||
| Mean ± SD or % | Mean ± SD or% | p value | Mean ± SD or % | p value | Mean ± SD or% | p value | ||
| Age (y) | 49.18 ± 13.83 | 46.92 ± 13.041 | 63.54 ± 9.381 | < 0.0001 | 64.92 ± 8.283 | < 0.0001 | 61.24 ± 10.193 | < 0.0001 |
| Low/high education level | 86.61/13.39 | 85.27/14.73 | 95.11/4.89 | < 0.0001 | 95.58/4.42 | < 0.0001 | 92.51/7.49 | 0.0019 |
| Alkohol intake 0/0.1–19.9/> 19.9 g/d |
43.39/39.19/17.42 | 41.41/40.68/17.92 | 56.06/29.70/14.24 | < 0.0001 | 57.66/27.79/14.55 | 0.0002 | 51.79/32.90/15.31 | 0.0095 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 231.09 ± 45.27 | 227.71 ± 43.850 | 252.65 ± 48.214 | < 0.0001 | 259.36 ± 46.107 | < 0.0001 | 244.96 ± 48.43 | < 0.0001 |
| Smoking status current/ex/never |
21.29/20.25/58.46 | 21.87/20.98/57.15 | 17.58/15.57/66.85 | < 0.0001 | 15.06/15.58/69.35 | < 0.0001 | 19.54/15.31/65.15 | < 0.0001 |
| phys.act active/inactive | 41.45/58.55 | 44.14/55.86 | 24.25/75.75 | < 0.0001 | 21.56/78.44 | < 0.0001 | 28.01/71.99 | < 0.0001 |
| Hypertension yes/no | 33.39/66.61 | 28.81/71.19 | 62.63/37.37 | < 0.0001 | 70.13/29.87 | < 0.0001 | 55.05/44.95 | < 0.0001 |
| Blood pressure systolic (mmHg) | 127.24 ± 20.06 | 124.88 ± 18.70 | 142.34 ± 21.82 | < 0.0001 | 145.28 ± 22.38 | < 0.0001 | 139.01 ± 21.49 | < 0.0001 |
| Blood pressure diastolic (mmHg) | 78.02 ± 10.65 | 77.76 ± 10.44 | 79.68 ± 11.77 | < 0.0001 | 80.09 ± 12.30 | < 0.0001 | 79.33 ± 11.23 | < 0.0001 |
| Weight (kg) | 69.24 ± 12.99 | 68.91 ± 12.937 | 71.39 ± 13.158 | < 0.0001 | 71.62 ± 13.555 | < 0.0001 | 72.13 ± 13.029 | < 0.0001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 83.36 ± 12.24 | 82.400 ± 12.044 | 89.47 ± 11.712 | < 0.0001 | 89.94 ± 11.886 | < 0.0001 | 89.32 ± 11.482 | < 0.0001 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 103.37 ± 10.55 | 102.95 ± 10.494 | 106.03 ± 10.530 | < 0.0001 | 106.50 ± 10.584 | < 0.0001 | 106.0 ± 10.448 | < 0.0001 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.62 ± 5.09 | 26.33 ± 5.035 | 28.50 ± 5.016 | < 0.0001 | 28.69 ± 5.083 | < 0.0001 | 28.52 ± 5.17 | < 0.0001 |
| Waist to height ratio | 0.518 ± 0.081 | 0.510 ± 0.080 | 0.566 ± 0.077 | < 0.0001 | 0.570 ± 0.077 | < 0.0001 | 0.562 ± 0.078 | < 0.0001 |
| Waist to hip ratio | 0.805 ± 0.064 | 0.800 ± 0.062 | 0.843 ± 0.058 | < 0.0001 | 0.843 ± 0.059 | < 0.0001 | 0.840 ± 0.059 | < 0.0001 |
| Body adiposity index | 32.549 ± 6.067 | 32.11 ± 5.971 | 35.38 ± 5.918 | < 0.0001 | 35.75 ± 5.769 | < 0.0001 | 35.07 ± 6.158 | < 0.0001 |