Table 1.
Total | Men | Women | ||||
n | % or mean (SD) | n | % or mean (SD) | n | % or mean (SD) | |
Sociodemographic factors | ||||||
Age (years) | 74 857 | 42.5 (10.1) | 31 969 | 43.0 (10.0) | 42 888 | 42.1 (10.2) |
Educational level | 73 713 | 31 598 | 42 115 | |||
High | 34.0 | 34.8 | 33.4 | |||
Medium | 42.4 | 40.0 | 44.2 | |||
Low | 23.6 | 25.2 | 22.4 | |||
Health behavior | ||||||
Smoking status | 70 807 | 30 240 | 40 567 | |||
Non-smoker | 47.9 | 46.7 | 48.9 | |||
Former smoker | 31.0 | 30.2 | 31.5 | |||
Current smoker | 21.1 | 23.1 | 19.6 | |||
Alcohol consumption | 74 269 | 31 723 | 42 546 | |||
0 days/week | 19.0 | 9.2 | 26.3 | |||
0–1 days/week | 19.8 | 15.2 | 23.2 | |||
1–3 days/week | 40.6 | 49.1 | 34.4 | |||
>3 days/week | 20.6 | 26.6 | 16.1 | |||
Physical activity | 71 939 | 30 828 | 41 111 | |||
High | 46.3 | 44.7 | 47.4 | |||
Moderate | 27.0 | 27.6 | 26.4 | |||
Low | 26.8 | 27.6 | 26.2 | |||
Diet | 74 258 | 31 713 | 42 545 | |||
Healthy | 21.2 | 14.7 | 26.0 | |||
Moderate | 66.7 | 69.1 | 64.8 | |||
Unhealthy | 12.2 | 16.2 | 9.1 | |||
Health | ||||||
Central obesity | 74 846 | 31.9 | 31 965 | 22.6 | 42 881 | 38.9 |
Raised triglycerides | 74 329 | 17.1 | 31 802 | 27.3 | 42 527 | 9.5 |
Reduced HDL cholesterol | 74 329 | 16.8 | 31 802 | 14.6 | 42 527 | 18.4 |
Raised blood pressure | 74 832 | 38.4 | 31 961 | 52.3 | 42 871 | 28.0 |
Raised fasting plasma glucose | 74 022 | 10.5 | 31 661 | 15.2 | 42 361 | 6.9 |
Metabolic syndrome | 74 857 | 13.5 | 31 969 | 17.5 | 42 888 | 10.6 |
HDL, high-density lipoprotein.