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. 2021 Jun 28;127(7):1060–1072. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521001719

Table 1.

Characteristics of FINRISK 2007, FINRISK 2012, and FinHealth 2017 Study subjects who completed the FFQ

(Numbers and percentages; median and interquartile range (IQR))

2007 (n 4874) 2012 (n 4812) 2017 (n 4442)
Sex, women (%) 53·9 54·6 55·4
Age (years)
 Mean 52 52 53
 sd 13 14* 14*
Age groups, years (%)
 25–34 12·7 14·2 13·3
 35–44 17·0 17·3 17·0
 45–54 21·7 20·2 18·9
 55–64 24·0 22·8 24·4
 65–74 24·6 25·6 26·3
Education (years)
 Mean 13 13 14
 sd 4, 4 4
Education level§(%)
 Low 29·5 32·9 31·4
 Middle 34·9 32·9 33·1
 High 35·6 34·2 35·5
Median IQR1, IQR3 Median IQR1, IQR3 Median IQR1, IQR3
Relative household income (k€/year) 23 15, 33, 27 20, 37,* 30 20, 42,*
 1st quintile 10 5, 10, 8 8, 13,* 11 8, 14,*
 2nd quintile 17 15, 17, 20 19, 20,* 22 20, 27,*
 3rd quintile 23 23, 25, 27 26, 30,* 31 30, 32,*
 4th quintile 30 30, 33, 36 32, 37,* 40 37, 42,*
 5th quintile 43 37, 50, 50 43, 57,* 55 50, 63,*
BMI (kg/m2) (%)
 <25 35·5 37·6* 35·2*
 25–29·9 41·8 38·8 39·2
 ≥30 22·6 23·6 25·6
Leisure-time PA: inactive (%) 18·7 19·8* 22·6,*
Commuting PA: inactive (%) 60·7, 64·9,* 52·9,*
Work-related PA: inactive (%) 55·3, 61·6 60·9
Smoker|| (%) 17·3 + 15·9
Alcohol consumption (g/d) (median (IQR1, IQR3)) 4 1, 10 4 1, 10* 3 1, 9,*
Vegetarian** (%) 0·7 0·7* 1·8,*
RPM consumption†† (g/d) (median (IQR1, IQR3)) 128 85, 190, 119 79, 174,* 96 61, 144,*
 1st quintile 56 38, 67, 51 34, 63,* 37 22, 46,*
 2nd quintile 96 86, 103, 87 79, 95,* 68 61, 75,*
 3rd quintile 129 121, 139, 119 111, 128,* 96 89, 104,*
 4th quintile 175 162, 191, 159 148, 174,* 132 121, 144,*
 5th quintile 269 233, 336, 244 216, 305,* 204 178, 251,*

PA, physical activity; RPM, red and processed meat.

*

Statistically significant difference at P < 0·05 between 2012 and 2017.

Statistically significant difference at P < 0·05 between 2007 and 2017.

Statistically significant difference at P < 0·05 between 2007 and 2012.

§

Education level was categorised into tertiles according to birth years.

||

Regular smoker v. non-smoker/ex-smoker.

Measured as ethanol.

**

The group ‘vegetarians’ also includes possible vegans (before 2017) and vegans (2017).

††

The cut-off points for the lowest quintile were 76 (g/d) in 2007 and 54 (g/d) in 2017. The cut-off points for the highest quintile were 210 (g/d) in 2007 and 160 (g/d) in 2017.