Table 1. Descriptive statistics for Health-related behavior, socio-demographic and health status measures.
| Health-related behavior | Total | Men | Women |
| N = 8,015 (100%) | n = 3,740 (46.66%) | n = 4,275 (53.34%) | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Steps per daya | 6,584.30 (4,220.14) | 7,136.93 (4,690.00) | 6,117.75 (3,713.42) |
| Calories per day (kcal)b | 1,859.04 (554.55) | 2,083.80 (584.05) | 1,666.65 (445.63) |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Steps missing | 1,214 (15.13%) | 620 (7.72%) | 594 (7.46%) |
| Calories per day (kcal) missing | 786 (9.87%) | 406 (5.19%) | 380 (4.72%) |
| Smoking statusc | |||
| Never smoked | 4,487 (55.98%) | 1,074 (28.72%) | 3,413 (79.84%) |
| Former smoker | 1,738 (21.68%) | 1,341 (35.86%) | 397 (9.29%) |
| Current smoker | 1,640 (20.46%) | 1,248 (33.37%) | 392 (9.71%) |
| Missing | 150 (1.87%) | 77 (2.06%) | 73 (1.71%) |
| Alcohold | |||
| None | 3,912 (48.81%) | 1,159 (30.99%) | 2,753 (64.40%) |
| Meets guidelines | 1,011 (12.61%) | 403 (10.78%) | 608 (14.22%) |
| Doesn’t meet guidelines | 2,950 (36.81%) | 2,106 (56.31%) | 844 (19.74%) |
| Missing | 142 (1.77%) | 72 (1.93%) | 70 (1.64%) |
| Socio-demographic and health status | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Agee | 54.71 (17.76) | 53.93 (17.53) | 55.40 (17.93) |
| BMIf | 22.94 (3.51) | 23.57 (3.35) | 22.43 (3.56) |
| Systolic Blood pressureg | 132.13 (19.59) | 136.08 (17.94) | 129.35 (20.21) |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Diabetes | |||
| No | 6,959 (86.82%) | 3,113 (83.24%) | 3,846 (89.96%) |
| Yes | 926 (11.55%) | 562 (15.03%) | 364 (8.51%) |
| missing | 130 (1.62%) | 65 (1.74%) | 65 (1.52%) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | |||
| No | 3,483 (43.46%) | 1,580 (42.25%) | 1,903 (44.51%) |
| Yes | 1,164 (14.52%) | 398 (10.64%) | 766 (17.92%) |
| missing | 3,368 (42.02%) | 1,762 (47.11%) | 1,606 (37.57%) |
| Income (Japanese Yen) | |||
| <2 million | 815 (10.17%) | 445 (11.90%) | 370 (8.65%) |
| 2–6 million | 1,964 (24.50%) | 1,612 (43.10%) | 352 (8.23%) |
| >6 million | 721 (9.00%) | 648 (17.33%) | 73 (1.71%) |
| don’t know | 313 (3.91%) | 166 (4.44%) | 147 (3.44%) |
| missing | 4,202 (52.43%) | 869 (23.24%) | 3,333 (77.96%) |
| BMI missing | 1,895 (23.64%) | 1,009 (26.98%) | 886 (20.73%) |
BMI, body mass index; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
aRange, 17–5,001.
bRange, 165–5,518.
cCurrent smokers defined as those who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime and smoke daily or on some days. Former smokes do not smoke at all now adays.
dAccording to Japanese government’s alcohol consumption guidelines (≤20 g alcohol per day for men or ≤10 g alcohol per day for women and men aged 65 years or older, 5 days or less a week).
eRange, 20–99.
fRange, 10.7–41.3.
gRange, 81–231.