. 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.