Table 1.
Characteristics of individuals at different individual socio-economic disadvantage (ISED) levels
| ISED |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Q1 (least disadvantaged) | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 (most disadvantaged) | |
| 77 244 | n = 19 854 | n = 145 01 | n = 198 80 | n = 23 009 | |
| Sex, male (%) | 41.4 | 48.0 | 40.7 | 38.4 | 38.7 |
| Age (years) | 46 (40–53) | 44 (38–51) | 46 (40–51) | 45 (39–50) | 49 (43–58) |
| NSED [n (%)] | |||||
| Q1 (least disadvantaged) | 16 358 (21.2) | 6299 (31.7) | 3539 (24.4) | 3463 (17.4) | 3057 (13.3) |
| Q2 | 15 829 (20.5) | 4271 (21.5) | 3238 (22.3) | 4068 (20.5) | 4252 (18.4) |
| Q3 | 15 773 (20.4) | 3582 (18.1) | 2799 (19.3) | 4473 (22.5) | 4919 (21.4) |
| Q4 | 15 298 (19.8) | 3095 (15.6) | 2697 (18.6) | 4217 (21.2) | 5289 (23.0) |
| Q5 (most disadvantaged) | 13 986(18.1) | 2607 (13.1) | 2228 (15.4) | 3659 (18.4) | 5492 (23.9) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.4 ± 4.3 | 25.5 ± 3.8 | 26.1 ± 4.0 | 26.5 ± 4.4 | 27.1 ± 4.6 |
| Underweight | 381 (0.5) | 101 (0.5) | 53 (0.4) | 96 (0.5) | 131 (0.6) |
| Normal weight | 31 570 (40.9) | 9813 (49.4) | 6055 (41.8) | 7960 (40.0) | 7742 (33.7) |
| Overweight | 32 104 (41.6) | 7751 (39.1) | 6258 (43.1) | 8178 (41.1) | 9917 (43.1) |
| Obese | 13 163(17.0) | 2182 (11.0) | 2129 (14.7) | 3645 (18.4) | 5207 (22.6) |
| Education level (%) | |||||
| High | 30.1 | 99.9 | 17.1 | 0 | 4.1 |
| Middle | 39.3 | 0 | 59.2 | 99.6 | 8.5 |
| Low | 30.3 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 87.3 |
| Income [euro/month (%)] | |||||
| <1000 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 |
| 1000–2000 | 19.7 | 0 | 17.1 | 27.9 | 31.3 |
| 2000–3000 | 30.1 | 27.7 | 0.3 | 50.7 | 33.2 |
| >3000 | 32.0 | 62.7 | 82.2 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Welfare [yes (%)] | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Unemployment [yes (%)] | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 |
| Lifestyle behaviours | |||||
| LLDS | 24.3 ± 6.0 | 25.4 ± 5.7 | 24.4 ± 5.9 | 23.9 ± 5.8 | 23.8 ± 6.1 |
| Alcohol (g/day) | 7.2 ± 9.0 | 7.8 ± 8.4 | 7.8 ± 9.0 | 6.5 ± 8.5 | 7.0 ± 9.8 |
| Heavy drinker [n (%)] | 2032 (2.6) | 432 (2.2) | 437 (3.0) | 439 (2.2) | 724 (3.2) |
| TV-watching time (hours/day) | 2.5 ± 1.3 | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 3.1 ± 1.4 |
| ≥4 [n (%)] | 14 347 (18.6) | 1496 (7.5) | 2054 (14.1) | 3503 (17.6) | 7294 (31.7) |
| Sleep time (hours/day) | 7.4 ± 0.9 | 7.4 ± 0.8 | 7.4 ± 0.8 | 7.4 ± 0.9 | 7.5 ± 1.0 |
| <7 or >9 [n (%)] | 12 463 (16.1) | 2954 (14.9) | 2266 (15.63) | 3063 (15.4) | 4180 (18.1) |
| Smoking status [n (%)] | |||||
| Current | 15 516 (20.1) | 2522 (12.7) | 2935 (20.2) | 4104 (20.6) | 5955 (25.9) |
| Former | 27 584 (35.7) | 6611 (33.3) | 5295 (36.5) | 6780 (34.1) | 8898 (38.7) |
| Never | 34 144 (44.2) | 10 721 (54.0) | 6271 (43.3) | 8996 (45.3) | 8156 (35.4) |
| MVPA (min/week) | 180 (60-360) | 210 (90-360) | 180 (60-360) | 180 (60-360) | 180 (60-360) |
| Below recommendation [n (%)] | 20 674 (26.8) | 4185 (21.1) | 3767 (26.0) | 5637 (28.4) | 7085 (30.8) |
| Lifestyle risk index [n (%)] | |||||
| 0 best | 22 807 (29.5) | 7983(40.2) | 4549 (31.4) | 5471 (27.5) | 4804 (20.9) |
| 1 | 27 072 (35.1) | 7283(36.7) | 5097 (35.1) | 7145 (36.0) | 7547 (32.8) |
| 2 | 17 091 (22.1) | 3346 (16.9) | 3115 (21.5) | 4613 (23.2) | 6017 (26.2) |
| 3 | 7513 (9.7) | 1002 (5.0) | 1313 (9.1) | 1970 (9.9) | 3228 (14.0) |
| 4 | 2338(3.0) | 208 (1.0) | 366 (2.5) | 596 (3.0) | 1168 (5.1) |
| 5 | 396 (0.5) | 32(0.2) | 60 (0.4) | 80 (0.4) | 224 (1.0) |
| 6 worst | 27(0.03) | 0 | 1 (0.03) | 5 (0.03) | 21 (0.09) |
*
ISED, individual socio-economic disadvantage; NSED, neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage; BMI, body mass index; LLDS, Lifelines Diet Score; MVPA, non-occupational moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Missing data: education (0.3%), income (14.7%).