Table 2.

Unadjusted means (SD) and proportions (%) of sample characteristics in men aged 40–79 years participating in SAMINOR 1 (2003–2004) and SAMINOR 2 (2012–2014)

Ethnicity	SAMINOR 1 (n=3027)		SAMINOR 2 (n=2722)
	Non-Sami	Sami	Non-Sami	Sami
Proportions, % (n)	62.1 (1881)	37.9 (1146)	58.7 (1597)	41.3 (1125)
Age, mean (SD)	56.5 (9.8)	56.3 (10.1)	60.4 (10.2)	59.8 (10.3)
Self-reported myocardial infarction, % (n)*†	6.9 (130)	6.5 (75)	8.8 (140)	8.1 (91)
Physical activity using ‘Saltin-Grimby’ questionnaire*			‡	‡
Reading, watching television or other sedentary activity, % (n)	20.2 (351)	24.3 (254)	–	–
Walking, bicycling or moving around in other ways at least 4 hours/week, % (n)	59.5 (1034)	53.0 (555)	–	–
Participation in recreational sports, heavy garden work etc. Duration at least 4 hours/week, % (n)	18.6 (324)	20.2 (212)	–	–
Participation in hard training or athletic competitions regularly and several times/week, % (n)	1.7 (29)	2.5 (26)	–	–
Level of physical activity on a scale from 1 to 10, mean (SD)*	‡	‡	5.2 (2.01)	5.12 (2.16)
Never consumed alcohol, % (n)*	5.4 (99)	4.5 (50)	‡	‡
Alcohol abstinence, yes % (n)*	‡	‡	10.6 (164)	13.4 (150)
Years of education, mean (SD)*	10.9 (3.7)	10.2 (4.1)	11.8 (3.6)	11.4 (3.8)
0–9 years education, % (n)	39.6 (719)	47.3 (519)	29.7 (467)	36.3 (400)
10–12 years education, % (n)	32.7 (594)	27.6 (303)	33.1 (520)	30.3 (333)
≥13 years of education, % (n)	27.7 (502)	25.1 (276)	37.2 (584)	33.4 (368)
Region 1: Kautokeino and Karasjok, % (n)	3.3 (63)	37.9 (434)	4.6 (73)	42.4 (477)
Region 2: Nesseby, Tana and Porsanger, % (n)	28.9 (543)	39.0 (447)	32.9 (525)	37.2 (419)
Region 3: Kåfjord, Lyngen, Storfjord, Skånland and Evenes, % (n)	67.8 (1275)	23.1 (265)	62.6 (999)	20.4 (229)

*Based on a lower number due to missing values.

†Measured differently in SAMINOR 1 and SAMINOR 2.

‡Question not posed.