Table 3 Demographic, social and lifestyle related factors according to physical activity in leisure time in Men (n = 5,660) and Women (n = 5,029) in the Danish National Health Interview Surveys From 1987, 1994, and 2000 (Percentages or Median Values)
From: Occupational heavy lifting and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
Characteristics | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n=3,822) | High (n=1,838) | P | Low (n=4,120) | High (n=909) | P | ||
Subjects [n, (%)] | |||||||
Age [median, (SD)] | 43.0 (12.0) | 38.4 (11.5) | <0.01 | 41.1 (11.5) | 38.0 (11.3) | <0.01 | |
Educational level [%] | |||||||
< 10 years | 16.7 | 8.8 | <0.01 | 13.1 | 18.2 | <0.01 | |
10-12 years | 36.0 | 31.8 | 26.7 | 32.8 | |||
13+ years | 47.3 | 59.4 | 60.2 | 49.1 | |||
Alcohol consumption [%] | |||||||
<1 drinks/day | 50.4 | 55.3 | <0.01 | 70.3 | 71.7 | 0.51 | |
1-2 drinks/day | 27.1 | 26.8 | 20.2 | 20.4 | |||
3-4 drinks/day | 12.9 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 5.7 | |||
>4 drinks/day | 9.6 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | |||
Smoking status [%] | |||||||
Daily smoking | 18.0 | 16.4 | <0.01 | 19.2 | 18.2 | <0.01 | |
Heavy smoking | 27.0 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 11.9 | |||
Never-smoking | 32.9 | 42.8 | 41.0 | 48.7 | |||
Ex-smoking | 22.2 | 21.0 | 19.9 | 21.3 | |||
BMI [%] | |||||||
<25 kg/m2 | 46.9 | 57.8 | <0.01 | 69.3 | 77.0 | <0.01 | |
25-30 kg/m2 | 42.8 | 36.1 | 22.6 | 17.8 | |||
>30 kg/m2 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 5.2 | |||
Hypertension [%] | |||||||
Yes | 8.2 | 5.4 | <0.01 | 8.9 | 4.4 | <0.01 | |
No | 91.8 | 94.6 | 91.1 | 95.6 | |||
Stress [%] | |||||||
Often | 9.0 | 8.0 | 0.20 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 0.08 | |
Sometimes /No | 91.0 | 92.0 | 88.6 | 90.6 | |||