Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, cardiovascular disease morbidity, and distribution of CVD risk factors for the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort, 45-65 years of age, by sex.
| Â | Men (N = 8960) | Women (N = 6070) |
|---|---|---|
Exposition | Â | Â |
Education, n (%) | Â | Â |
   < 10 years without vocational training | 154 (1.7) | 399 (6.7) |
   < 10 years with vocational training | 3333 (37.3) | 1838 (30.3) |
   > = 10 years without vocational training | 360 (4.0) | 383 (6.3) |
   > = 10 years with vocational training | 1399 (15.7) | 1629 (26.9) |
   University | 3693 (41.3) | 1813 (29.9) |
   Missing | 21 | 8 |
Occupational position, n (%) | Â | Â |
   Unskilled/semi-skilled worker, non-manuals | 315 (3.6) | 377 (6.3) |
   Skilled manuals or white collar workers with simple task | 1300 (14.7) | 887 (14.8) |
   White collar workers with middle task, middle level civil service | 1521 (17.2) | 2160 (26.1) |
   Intermediates, high level civil service | 4906 (55.4) | 2328 (38.9) |
   High qualified professional, Managerial, executive civil service | 820 (9.3) | 232 (3.9) |
   Missing | 98 | 86 |
Status inconsistency, n (%) | Â | Â |
   No status inconsistency | 7000 (79.2) | 4965 (83.1) |
   Education > Occupation | 505 (5.7) | 535 (9.0) |
   Education < Occupation | 1336 (15.1) | 477 (8.0) |
   Missing | 119 | 93 |
Confounder | Â | Â |
Age, n (%) | Â | Â |
   < 50 years | 4318 (48.2) | 3347 (55.1) |
   > = 50 years | 4642 (51.8) | 2723 (44.9) |
   Missing | 0 | 0 |
Diabetes, n (%) | Â | Â |
   Yes | 196 (2.2) | 58 (1.0) |
   No | 8764 (97.8) | 6012 (99.0) |
   Missing | 0 | 0 |
Smoking, n (%) | Â | Â |
   Never, former | 6810 (76.0) | 4587 (75.6) |
   Current | 2150 (24.0) | 1483 (24.4) |
   Missing | 0 | 0 |
BMI (kg/m 2 ), Mean (Std) | 26.7 (3.6) | 25.3 (4.6) |
   Missing | 10 | 1 |
Physical activity n (%) | Â | Â |
   Moderately active, active | 2438 (28.1) | 2600 (45.3) |
   Inactive, moderately inactive | 6251 (71.9) | 3139 (54.7) |
   Missing | 271 | 331 |