Table 1.
Key characteristics of the study participants (N=5895)
| Categorical variable | n (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| <55 | 3027 (51.4) |
| 55–69 | 1800 (30.5) |
| ≥70 | 1068 (18.1) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 3361 (57.0) |
| Male | 2534 (43.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 1025 (17.4) |
| Married/cohabiting | 3878 (65.8) |
| Divorced/widow | 992 (16.8) |
| Annual household income (€) | |
| ≤30 000 | 1453 (24.65) |
| 30 001–50 000 | 1489 (25.26) |
| 50 001–90 000 | 1862 (31.59) |
| >90 000 | 1091 (18.51) |
| Employment status | |
| Full-time job | 3073 (52.1) |
| Part-time job | 358 (6.07) |
| Retired | 1933 (32.8) |
| Unemployed | 298 (5.06) |
| Other | 233 (3.95) |
| Education | |
| Comprehensive school | 789 (13.4) |
| Vocational or high school | 1361 (23.1) |
| College level or polytechnic training | 1890 (32.1) |
| Academic training | 1855 (31.5) |
| Smoking | |
| No | 4850 (82.3) |
| ≤2 units per week | 218 (3.70) |
| >2 units per week | 827 (14.0) |
| Weekly physical exercise | |
| Less than once | 1151 (19.53) |
| One to two times | 1935 (32.82) |
| More than two times | 2809 (47.66) |
| Comorbidities | |
| None | 3191 (54.13) |
| One comorbidity | 1544 (26.19) |
| Two comorbidities | 687 (11.65) |
| Three comorbidities | 352 (5.97) |
| NA | 121 (2.05) |
| Doctor-diagnosed/treated depression | |
| No | 5518 (93.6) |
| Yes | 377 (6.40) |
| Depression medication use | |
| No | 5450 (93.4) |
| Yes | 385 (6.53) |
| NA | 60 (1.02) |
NA, not available.