Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the study sample by country (n = 26 634)
| Variable | Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech (n = 7741) | Russia (n = 9218) | Poland (n = 9675) | Total (n = 26 634) | |
| BMI (kg m–2), mean (SD) | 28.1 (4.5) | 28.5 (5.5) | 28.0 (4.6) | 28.2 (5) |
| Fruit juice consumption, n (%) | ||||
| Never drink | 3503 (45.2) | 3672 (39.8) | 2477 (25.6) | 9652 (36.2) |
| <1 per day | 3796 (49.0) | 4992 (54.2) | 5456 (56.4) | 14 244 (53.5) |
| ≥1 per day | 442 (5.7) | 554 (6.0) | 1742 (18.0) | 2738 (10.3) |
| Soft drinks | ||||
| SSB consumption, n (%) | ||||
| Never drink | 3621 (46.8) | 7142 (77.5) | 7935 (82.0) | 18 698 (70.2) |
| <1 per day | 2386 (30.8) | 1903 (20.6) | 1468 (15.2) | 5757 (21.6) |
| ≥1 per day | 1734 (22.4) | 173 (1.9) | 272 (2.8) | 2179 (8.2) |
| ASB consumption, n (%) | ||||
| Never drink | 5697 (73.6) | 8961 (97.2) | 8156 (84.3) | 22 814 (85.7) |
| <1 per day | 1480 (19.1) | 205 (2.2) | 908 (9.4) | 2593 (9.7) |
| ≥1 per day | 564 (7.3) | 52 (0.6) | 611 (6.3) | 1227 (4.6) |
| Age group (years), n (%) | ||||
| <55 | 2913 (37.6) | 3341 (36.2) | 3793 (39.2) | 10 047 (37.7) |
| 55–65 | 3212 (41.5) | 3724 (40.4) | 3950 (40.8) | 10 886 (40.9) |
| >65 | 1616 (20.9) | 2153 (23.4) | 1932 (20.0) | 57.01 (21.4) |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Men | 3642 (47.0) | 4164 (45.2) | 4703 (48.6) | 12 509 (47.0) |
| Woman | 4099 (53.0) | 5054 (54.8) | 4972 (51.4) | 14 125 (53.0) |
| Education, n (%) | ||||
| Primary or less | 900 (11.6) | 967 (10.5) | 1124 (11.6) | 2991 (11.2) |
| Vocational | 2802 (36.2) | 2445 (26.5) | 2034 (21.0) | 7281 (27.3) |
| Secondary | 2912 (37.6) | 3146 (34.1) | 3748 (38.7) | 9806 (36.8) |
| University degree | 1127 (14.6) | 2660 (28.9) | 2769 (28.6) | 6556 (24.6) |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||
| Living with a partner | 5903 (76.3) | 6649 (72.1) | 7384 (76.3) | 19 936 (74.8) |
| Living without a partner | 1838 (23.7) | 2569 (27.9) | 2291 (23.7) | 6698 (25.2) |
| Smoking, n (%) | ||||
| Never smoker | 3370 (43.5) | 5377 (58.3) | 3832 (39.6) | 12 579 (47.2) |
| Ex‐smoker | 2315 (30.0) | 1255 (13.6) | 2733 (28.3) | 6303 (23.7) |
| Regular smoker | 2056 (26.6) | 2586 (28.1) | 3110 (32.1) | 7752 (29.1) |
| Alcohol consumption (g day−1), n (%) | ||||
| 0 | 921 (11.9) | 1472 (16.0) | 3289 (34.0) | 5682 (21.3) |
| >0–20 | 5494 (71.0) | 6630 (72.0) | 5797 (60.0) | 17 921 (67.3) |
| >20 | 1326 (17.1) | 1116 (12.1) | 589 (6.1) | 3031 (11.4) |
| Physical activity (MET‐h day−1), n (%) | ||||
| <5 | 2711 (35.0) | 2638 (28.6) | 2861 (29.6) | 8210 (30.8) |
| 5–15 | 3809 (49.2) | 5245 (56.9) | 5083 (52.5) | 14 137 (53.1) |
| >15 | 1221 (15.8) | 1335 (14.5) | 1731 (17.9) | 4287 (16.1) |
| Energy (kcal day−1), n (%) | ||||
| <2000 | 4320 (55.8) | 2419 (26.2) | 4351 (45.0) | 11 090 (41.7) |
| 2000–2500 | 1884 (24.3) | 2487 (27.0) | 2857 (29.5) | 7228 (27.1) |
| >2500 | 1537 (19.9) | 4312 (46.8) | 2467 (25.5) | 8316 (31.2) |
| Fruits and vegetables consumption (g day−1), n (%) | ||||
| <300 | 1825 (23.6) | 3531 (38.3) | 2500 (25.8) | 7856 (29.5) |
| 300–600 | 3064 (39.6) | 4154 (45.1) | 4485 (46.4) | 11 703 (44.0) |
| >600 | 2852 (36.8) | 1533 (16.6) | 2690 (27.8) | 7075 (26.6) |
| CVD or cancer in medical history, n (%) | ||||
| No | 6664 (86.1) | 7808 (84.7) | 8196 (84.7) | 22 668 (85.1) |
| Yes | 1077 (13.9) | 1410 (15.3) | 1479 (15.3) | 3966 (14.9) |
| Diabetes in medical history, n (%) | ||||
| No | 6863 (88.7) | 8728 (95.7) | 8571 (88.6) | 24 162 (90.7) |
| Yes | 878 (11.3) | 490 (5.3) | 1104 (11.4) | 2472 (9.3) |
ASB, artificially sweetened beverages; BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; MET, metabolic equivalents; SSB, sugar‐sweetened beverages.