Multiple lifestyle behaviours and mortality, findings from a large population-based Norwegian cohort study - The HUNT Study

Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of adult respondents in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT Study), Norway (1995–1997)

Characteristics^a			Poor Diet	Alcohol risk	Currently Smoking	Physical inactivity	Excessive Sitting	Sleep risk	Poor social participation
		n	(%)^a	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Sex	Female	19 556	61.1	3.1	33.9	42.4	34.1	13.1	36.9
Sex	Male	17 355	65.1	14.2	30.4	37.5	43.7	14.5	46.5
Age	20–35	10 697	64.6	9.5	29.6	31.4	39.1	15.4	40.7
	>35–50	14 217	62.9	9.1	36.5	41.4	41.1	11.8	36.8
	>50–65	9866	61.5	6.8	30.1	46.8	37.0	13.3	47.1
	>65–69	2131	62.7	4.7	26.3	44.3	27.6	21.2	49.5
Educational attainment	Primary school	9392	64.1	7.3	40.4	52.6	27.4	17.0	54.3
	High school	13 768	66.4	9.2	36.4	41.8	34.2	14.1	41.9
	Junior college	4203	64.0	8.6	27.3	31.0	46.7	13.4	34.6
	University/post-secondary	9126	56.3	8.0	19.8	28.5	53.3	9.9	30.0
	Missing	422	60.7	6.4	33.2	46.9	36.3	21.1	53.3
Marital status	Single/divorced/separated/windowed	14 113	63.3	11.4	35.9	36.4	40.2	16.2	47.3
	Married/De-facto	22 708	62.8	6.4	29.9	42.4	37.7	12.3	37.7
	Missing	90	60.0	6.7	30.0	41.1	47.8	14.4	50.0
Total	All respondents	36 911	63.0	8.3	32.2	40.1	38.7	13.8	41.4

^aPoor diet: measured using a dietary indicator (i.e., using butter/hard margarine for cooking); Alcohol risk was measured using the CAGE questionnaire; current smoker; physical inactivity was defined as <3 h/week moderate PA and no vigorous PA OR <1 h/week moderate PA and <1 h/week vigorous PA/week; Excessive siting was defined as sitting for more than 7 h per day; sleep risk was defined as sleeping too little (≤6 h/day) or too much (≥10 h/day); poor social participation was defined as ‘never or only a few times per year’ of participation in social clubs, associations or groups

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