Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample.

	Males (n = 4,628)		Females (n = 5,083)		Total sample (N = 9,711)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
Mean	57.1		56.2		56.6
(SD)	(12.6)		(12.2)		(12.4)
Age group
≤ 39 years	255	5.5	257	5.1	512	5.3
40-49 years	1,210	26.1	1,436	28.3	2,646	27.2
50-59 years	1,030	22.3	1,227	24.1	2,257	23.2
60-69 years	1,172	25.3	1,292	25.4	2,464	25.4
≥ 70 years	961	20.8	871	17.1	1,832	18.9
Marital status
Married, living together	2,980	64.4	2,841	55.9	5,821	59.9
Married, living separately	102	2.2	132	2.6	234	2.4
Never married	907	19.6	828	16.3	1,735	17.9
Divorced	521	11.3	805	15.8	1,326	13.7
Widowed	111	2.4	468	9.2	579	6.0
Missing	7	0.2	9	0.2	16	0.2
Education
≤ 10 years	359	7.8	393	7.7	752	7.7
10-11 years	2,503	54.1	3,014	59.3	5,517	56.8
≥ 12 years	1,694	36.6	1,611	31.7	3,305	34.0
Missing	72	1.6	65	1.3	137	1.4
Occupational status
Working full time	2,318	50.1	1,974	38.8	4,292	44.6
Working part-time	167	3.6	751	14.8	918	9.5
Unemployed	301	6.5	304	6.0	605	6.2
Retired	1,734	37.5	1,844	36.3	3,578	36.8
Other	68	1.5	150	3.0	218	2.2
Missing	40	0.9	60	1.2	100	1.0
Smoking
Current non-smoker	3,463	74.8	3,922	77.2	7,385	76.0
Current smoker	1,077	23.3	1,006	19.8	2,083	21.4
Missing	88	1.9	155	3.0	243	2.5
Alcohol consumption
<20 g/day	2,872	62.1	4,390	86.4	7,262	74.8
≥ 20 g/day	1,440	31.1	350	6.9	1,790	18.4
Missing	316	6.8	343	6.7	659	6.8
BMI (kg/m2)
<25	1,299	28.1	2,065	40.6	3,364	34.6
25–29.99	2,162	46.7	1,733	34.1	3,895	40.1
≥ 30	1,139	24.6	1,256	24.7	2,395	24.7
Missing	28	0.6	29	0.6	57	0.6