Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and the Health in Men Study cohorts
Variable | Women (n=7438) | Men (n=6053) | p-value from chi-squared test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Age (years) | <0.001 | ||||
71-73 | 811 | (10.9) | 2605 | (43.0) | |
74-76 | 4688 | (63.0) | 2040 | (33.7) | |
77-79 | 1939 | (26.1) | 1408 | (23.3) | |
Smoking status | <0.001 | ||||
Never smoked | 4752 | (63.9) | 1621 | (26.8) | |
Ex-smoker | 2328 | (31.3) | 3882 | (64.1) | |
Current smoker | 358 | (4.8) | 550 | (9.1) | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | <0.001 | ||||
Normal (18.5 to <25) | 3792 | (51.0) | 1939 | (32.0) | |
Overweight (25 to <30) | 2593 | (34.9) | 3079 | (50.9) | |
Obese (30 or more) | 1053 | (14.2) | 1035 | (17.1) | |
Alcohol consumption | <0.001 | ||||
Weekly or more | 2414 | (32.4) | 3812 | (63.0) | |
Less than weekly | 5024 | (67.6) | 2241 | (37.0) | |
Physical activity (MET.mins/week) | <0.001 | ||||
Inactive (<600) | 4806 | (64.6) | 2725 | (45.0) | |
Active (600 or more) | 2632 | (35.4) | 3328 | (55.0) | |