Table 2 Baseline characteristics by educational level and sex of participants aged 50 to 75 years in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort
| Â | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational level | Low | Middle | High | Low | Middle | High |
N | 3810 | 1065 | 2418 | 3492 | 1670 | 1322 |
Multimorbidity1: yes (%) | 71.0 | 68.0 | 61.4 | 71.0 | 64.9 | 61.5 |
Metabolic disease2: yes (%) | 81.1 | 81.3 | 74.6 | 78.7 | 73.4 | 66.4 |
Deceased (%) | 10.1 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Continuous variables | Median (Q1, Q3)* | Median (Q1, Q3)* | Median (Q1, Q3)* | Median (Q1, Q3)* | Median (Q1, Q3)* | Median (Q1, Q3)* |
Age at recruitment (years) | 58 (54, 61) | 56 (53, 60) | 56 (53, 59) | 58 (54, 61) | 56 (52, 60) | 55 (52, 59) |
Height (m) | 173.30 (169.20, 177.50) | 176.00 (171.80, 180.00) | 177.00 (172.50, 181.00) | 161.10 (157.10, 165.20) | 163.60 (159.55, 167.75) | 164.90 (161.00, 169.00) |
Weight (kg) | 83.30 (83.30, 91.40) | 82.50 (75.70, 90.50) | 81.20 (75.50, 90.00) | 70.00 (63.00, 79.05) | 67.25 (60.50, 75.60) | 65.00 (59.00, 72.00) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.6 (25.6, 30.0) | 26.7 (24.7, 29.1) | 25.9 (24.1, 28.1) | 26.9 (24.3, 30.3) | 25.1 (22.7, 28.0) | 23.9 (21.8, 26.6) |
Total energy intake (kcal/d) | 2036 (1678, 2488) | 2006 (1672, 2432) | 2072 (1725, 2467) | 1603 (1316, 1935) | 1608 (1350, 1938) | 1677 (1406, 2000) |
Fat intake (g/d) | 74.10 (57.60, 95.97) | 74.67 (58.37, 93.68) | 75.06 (59.66, 95.02) | 61.77 (48.64, 77.96) | 61.81 (48.79, 76.42) | 62.49 (50.48, 78.44) |
Fruit consumption (g/d) | 94.71 (57.64, 136.07) | 95.86 (57.97, 147.56) | 100.97 (66.16 156.21) | 103.42 (81.05, 181.39) | 109.20 (85.98, 194.81) | 121.45 (91.43, 196.77) |
Vegetable consumption (g/d) | 99.27 (74.74, 131.09) | 103.02 (78.33, 131.53) | 108.72 (84.14, 140.74) | 106.10 (81.29, 143.60) | 110.02 (85.67, 146.44) | 122,11 (93.19, 161.12) |
Alcohol consumption (g/d) | 18.13 (6.93, 39.77) | 19.99 (7.80, 39.16) | 20.93 (8.89, 38.97) | 4.04 (1.06, 11.39) | 6.89 (2.18, 17.31) | 9.05 (2.80, 21.82) |
Categorical variables | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never smokers | 29.34 | 30.99 | 33.75 | 63.83 | 54.37 | 49.55 |
Former smokers | 48.35 | 47.79 | 52.23 | 20.36 | 29.46 | 35.33 |
Current Smokers | 22.31 | 21.22 | 14.02 | 15.81 | 16.17 | 15.13 |
Combined total physical activity index | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Active | 8.50 | 3.10 | 2.70 | 9.68 | 5.95 | 7.34 |
Moderately active | 42.11 | 26.57 | 18.96 | 62.59 | 55.88 | 43.23 |
Moderately inactive | 33.94 | 30.97 | 29.69 | 21.96 | 25.42 | 29.70 |
Inactive | 15.44 | 39.36 | 48.65 | 5.76 | 12.75 | 19.72 |