Table 1 Baseline Characteristics According to Tobacco use at Baseline and at Follow-up
From: Weight gain and incident obesity among male snus users
Never tobacco | Daily snus use | Daily smoking | Other | All | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobacco use at baseline and follow-up | No tobacco use | Stable current use | Stable former use | Quit during follow-up | Began during follow-up | Stable current use | Stable former use | Quit during follow-up | Began during follow-up | Including combined snus use and smoking | |
n (%) | 3877 (39.0) | 445 (4.5) | 126 (1.3) | 178 (1.8) | 52 (0.5) | 729 (7.3) | 1541 (15.5) | 284 (2.9) | 56 (0.6) | 2666 (26.8) | 9954 |
Mean age (years) | 46.3 | 36.6 | 44.3 | 36.0 | 31.7 | 52.6 | 60.6 | 50.5 | 53.7 | 48.7 | 49.1 |
Mean weight (kilograms) | 81.3 | 82.2 | 84.1 | 83.6 | 81.8 | 80.6 | 83.7 | 81.6 | 82.5 | 83.8 | 82.4 |
Mean weight gain (kilograms) (SD) | 0.7 (4.8) | 1.9 (5.1) | 1.3 (4.2) | 1.2 (4.7) | 1.5 (4.3) | 0.5 (5.5) | -0.1 (4.7) | 2.7 (5.9) | -0.6 (5.7) | 0.9 (5.6) | 0.7 (5.1) |
Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 25.1 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 25.5 |
Alcohol consumption | |||||||||||
Heavy (%) | 19.6 | 42.8 | 28.6 | 29.8 | 26.9 | 38.0 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 28.6 | 36.1 | 28.6 |
Moderate (%) | 74.9 | 55.1 | 69.8 | 67.3 | 69.2 | 53.8 | 67.0 | 64.6 | 65.3 | 59.4 | 66.5 |
None (%) | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
Breakfast | |||||||||||
Daily (%) | 84.6 | 57.3 | 79.2 | 65.0 | 64.7 | 60.7 | 88.6 | 68.6 | 79.3 | 73.2 | 78.2 |
Weekly (%) | 11.64 | 30.7 | 16.8 | 26.0 | 31.4 | 23.4 | 7.7 | 23.6 | 13.2 | 17.8 | 15.2 |
Never (%) | 3.8 | 11.9 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 15.9 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 6.6 |
Education | |||||||||||
University (%) | 45.4 | 34.8 | 46.0 | 45.8 | 40.4 | 23.6 | 33.9 | 29.9 | 37.7 | 30.5 | 37.1 |
Upper secondary school (%) | 43.4 | 55.9 | 38.9 | 48.6 | 55.8 | 49.4 | 45.7 | 48.8 | 37.7 | 48.3 | 46.3 |
Compulsory school (%) | 11.2 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 27.0 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 24.5 | 21.2 | 16.6 |
Fruit and berries | |||||||||||
Daily (%) | 54.3 | 31.5 | 60.8 | 40.7 | 54.0 | 33.5 | 59.0 | 40.7 | 41.1 | 43.1 | 48.9 |
Occasionally (%) | 44.3 | 63.5 | 38.4 | 57.6 | 46.0 | 59.9 | 39.4 | 53.6 | 57.1 | 53.2 | 48.4 |
Never (%) | 1.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | - | 6.7 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
Physical activity | |||||||||||
Regular exercise (%) | 18.8 | 19.4 | 23.4 | 25.4 | 40.8 | 5.6 | 12.4 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 15.3 |
Moderate exercise (%) | 70.5 | 64.0 | 73.4 | 70.6 | 51.0 | 64.1 | 75.7 | 69.3 | 77.8 | 70.0 | 70.4 |
No exercise (%) | 10.7 | 16.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 30.3 | 11.9 | 23.1 | 9.3 | 16.8 | 14.3 |