Table 1.
Characteristics of study population by occupation
| Characteristic | R | I | A | S | E | C | Total | P‐value for A vs. C* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of individuals | 3679 | 293 | 137 | 1771 | 1911 | 4356 | 12147 | |
| Age (years) | 68 (15) | 62 (12) | 64 (13) | 62 (10) | 64 (12) | 64 (12) | 65 (13) | 0.98 |
| Female sex | 1776 (48) | 59 (20) | 37 (27) | 1411 (80) | 678 (35) | 2850 (65) | 6811 (56) | <0.001 |
| Intermediate or higher education | 740 (21) | 98 (71) | 46 (55) | 487 (44) | 612 (40) | 1403 (36) | 3386 (33) | 0.08 |
| Smoking at baseline | 549 (15) | 19 (6) | 14 (10) | 141 (8) | 230 (12) | 491 (11) | 1444 (12) | 0.38 |
| Employed at baseline | 731 (20) | 141 (48) | 67 (49) | 701 (40) | 685 (36) | 1182 (27) | 3507 (29) | <0.001 |
A, artistic; C, conventional; E, enterprising; I, investigative; R, realistic; S, social; %, percentage of individuals with complete characteristics data. Intermediate or higher education includes intermediate vocational education or higher general education, higher vocational education or university. *P‐values for difference between individuals with artistic versus conventional occupations. Comparisons on age and sex were adjusted for each other; comparisons on education, smoking and employment were adjusted for age and sex. Data are given as median (interquartile range) and n (%).