Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the studied variables in the total sample (n 35 307) and stratified for men (n 14 718) and women (n 20 589) at baseline (2010) and follow-up (2014)

(Numbers and percentages)

Variables	2010						2014
	Total (n 35 307)	%	Men (n 14 718)	%	Women (n 20 589)	%	Total (n 35 307)	%	Men (n 14 718)	%	Women (n 20 589)	%
Vegetable intake
<2 servings/d	24 515	69⋅4	11 629	79⋅0	12 886	62⋅6	25 721	72⋅8	12 012	81⋅6	13 709	66⋅6
≥2 servings/d	10 792	30⋅6	3089	21⋅0	7703	37⋅4	9586	27⋅2	2706	18⋅4	6880	34⋅4
Fruit intake
<2 servings/d	24 505	69⋅4	12 094	82⋅2	12 411	60⋅3	26 550	75⋅2	12 537	85⋅2	14 013	68⋅1
≥2 servings/d	10 802	30⋅6	2624	17⋅8	8178	39⋅7	8757	24⋅8	2181	14⋅8	6576	31⋅9
F&V intake
<4 servings/d	28 123	79⋅7	13 209	89⋅7	14 914	72⋅4	29 746	84⋅2	13 496	91⋅7	16 250	78⋅9
≥4 servings/d	7184	20⋅3	1509	10⋅3	5675	27⋅6	5561	15⋅8	1222	8⋅3	4339	21⋅1
Country of birth
Sweden	30 958	87⋅7	13 021	88⋅5	17 937	87⋅1
Others	4349	12⋅3	1697	11⋅5	2652	12⋅9
Age (years)
25–44	11 168	31⋅6	4334	29⋅4	6834	33⋅2
45–64	16 115	45⋅6	6751	45⋅9	936	45⋅5
65–84	8024	22⋅7	3633	24⋅7	4391	21⋅3
Education level
Basic	3325	9⋅4	1536	10⋅4	1789	8⋅7
Secondary	13 296	37⋅7	5688	38⋅6	7608	37⋅0
Higher	18 686	52⋅9	7494	51⋅0	11 192	54⋅3
BMI (kg/m2)
BMI <25⋅0	19 489	55⋅2	6614	44⋅9	12 875	62⋅5
25⋅0 ≤ BMI<30⋅0	12 300	34⋅8	6586	44⋅7	5714	27⋅8
BMI ≥30⋅0	3518	10⋅0	1518	10⋅4	2000	9⋅7
Alcohol intake (g/d)
No	4095	11⋅6	1375	9⋅3	2720	13⋅2
Low	21 233	60⋅1	9007	61⋅2	12 226	59⋅4
Medium	9362	26⋅5	3897	26⋅5	5465	26⋅5
High	617	1⋅8	439	3⋅0	178	0⋅9
Smoking
Never smoked	19 797	56⋅0	8422	57⋅2	11 375	55⋅2
Current smoker	3272	9⋅3	1203	8⋅2	2069	10⋅0
Former smoker	12 238	34⋅7	5093	34⋅6	7145	34⋅8
Physical activity
Low	12 085	34⋅2	5406	36⋅7	7034	34⋅2
Medium	11 972	33⋅9	4891	33⋅2	6942	33⋅7
High	11 250	31⋅9	4421	30⋅1	6613	32⋅1
T2D new cases
No							34 988	99⋅1	14 551	98⋅9	20 437	99⋅3
Yes							319	0⋅9	167	1⋅1	152	0⋅7

n, Number of respondents with valid data; F&V, fruit and vegetables; T2D, type 2 diabetes.