Table 1.
Description of sample, Bus Santé study 2005–2017 (n 10 797)*
(Numbers and percentages; mean values and standard deviations)
| n | Total | Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | P | |||||
| Sample size (n) | 10 797 | 5246 | 5551 | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 10 797 | 0·16 | |||||||||
| Mean | 48·9 | 49·1 | 48·8 | ||||||||
| sd | 13·4 | 13·4 | 13·3 | ||||||||
| Age categories | 10 797 | 0·24 | |||||||||
| 18–44 | 4450 | 41·2 | 2146 | 40·9 | 2304 | 41·5 | |||||
| 45–64 | 4758 | 44·1 | 2297 | 43·8 | 2461 | 44·3 | |||||
| 65+ | 1589 | 14·7 | 803 | 15·3 | 786 | 14·2 | |||||
| Living alone | 10 290 | 3596 | 35·0 | 1555 | 31·1 | 2041 | 38·5 | <0·001 | |||
| Swiss nationality | 10 289 | 6827 | 66·4 | 3236 | 64·8 | 3591 | 67·8 | 0·001 | |||
| University degree | 10 148 | 4735 | 46·7 | 2408 | 49·2 | 2327 | 44·3 | <0·001 | |||
| Manual occupation | 9772 | 2652 | 27·1 | 1436 | 29·9 | 1216 | 24·5 | <0·001 | |||
| Household income | 9367 | ||||||||||
| <5000 CHF/month | 2078 | 22·2 | 892 | 19·3 | 1186 | 25·0 | <0·001 | ||||
| 5000–9500 CHF/month | 3668 | 39·2 | 1702 | 36·8 | 1966 | 41·5 | <0·001 | ||||
| >9500 CHF/month | 3621 | 38·6 | 2033 | 43·9 | 1588 | 33·5 | <0·001 | ||||
| Dietary pattern | 10 797 | ||||||||||
| Omnivorous | 8965 | 83·0 | 4526 | 86·3 | 4439 | 80·0 | <0·001 | ||||
| Flexitarian | 1682 | 15·6 | 662 | 12·6 | 1020 | 18·4 | <0·001 | ||||
| Pescatarian | 66 | 0·6 | 24 | 0·5 | 42 | 0·8 | 0·02 | ||||
| Vegetarian | 84 | 0·8 | 34 | 0·7 | 50 | 0·9 | 0·07 | ||||
| Current smoker | 10 281 | 2264 | 22·0 | 1161 | 23·3 | 1103 | 20·8 | 0·003 | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | <0·001 | ||||||||||
| Mean | 25·1 | 26·0 | 24·3 | ||||||||
| sd | 4·4 | 3·9 | 4·7 | ||||||||
| BMI categories | 10 240 | ||||||||||
| Normal | 5466 | 53·4 | 2203 | 43·4 | 3263 | 63·2 | <0·001 | ||||
| Overweight | 3414 | 33·3 | 2140 | 42·2 | 1274 | 24·7 | <0·001 | ||||
| Obese | 1360 | 13·3 | 732 | 14·4 | 628 | 12·2 | <0·001 | ||||
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 9438 | 3925 | 41·6 | 2093 | 47·1 | 1832 | 36·7 | <0·001 | |||
| Hypertension | 10 041 | 2981 | 29·7 | 1683 | 34·5 | 1298 | 25·1 | <0·001 | |||
| Diabetes | 9576 | 654 | 6·8 | 382 | 8·2 | 272 | 5·5 | <0·001 | |||
CHF, Swiss Francs (1 CHF = 1·01 USD as of 14 November 2019).
*
P value for difference between men and women from t test for continuous variables and from χ2 test for binary/categorical variables. Hypertension was defined as having a previous diagnosis or blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg. Hypercholesterolaemia was defined as having a previous diagnosis or having total blood cholesterol >6·5 mmol/l and HDL <1 mmol/l. Diabetes was defined as self-reported diabetes or a fasting plasma glucose level of ≥7 mmol/l.