Table 2 Age-specific prevalences and means of selected risk factors, by sex (51 768 men and 105 313 women aged 35–84 years)
| Tobacco smoking | |||||||||
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| Age at resurvey | Number recruited | Never | Former | Current | Mean (SD) BMI, kg/m2 | Mean (SD) waist:hip ratio | Mean (SD) SBP/DBP, mmHg | Daily drinking | |
| Men | 35–44 | 16777 |
3539 (21.1%) |
4313 (25.7%) |
8922 (53.2%) |
28.0 (4.5) |
0.93 (0.06) |
123/83 (12/9) |
291 (1.7%) |
| 45–54 | 13776 |
2718 (19.7%) |
4497 (32.6%) |
6559 (47.6%) |
28.2 (4.4) |
0.95 (0.06) |
127/85 (15/10) |
333 (2.4%) | |
| 55–64 | 10259 |
2034 (19.8%) |
4272 (41.7%) |
3949 (38.5%) |
28.1 (4.2) |
0.97 (0.07) |
132/86 (17/10) |
339 (3.3%) | |
| 65–74 | 7300 |
1445 (19.8%) |
3685 (50.5%) |
2169 (29.7%) |
27.6 (4.2) |
0.97 (0.07) |
136/86 (18/11) |
293 (4.0%) | |
| 75–84 | 3656 |
845 (23.1%) |
2044 (55.9%) |
766 (21.0%) |
26.7 (3.9) |
0.97 (0.07) |
136/84 (18/11) |
172 (4.7%) | |
| Women | 35–44 | 37591 |
20855 (55.5%) |
6370 (17.0%) |
10355 (27.6%) |
29.1 (5.2) |
0.86 (0.06) |
119/79 (13/9) |
60 (0.2%) |
| 45–54 | 29413 |
17780 (60.5%) |
5210 (17.7%) |
6410 (21.8%) |
30.1 (5.4) |
0.87 (0.07) |
126/83 (16/10) |
82 (0.3%) | |
| 55–64 | 19303 |
13307 (68.9%) |
3449 (17.9%) |
2544 (13.2%) |
30.2 (5.3) |
0.89 (0.07) |
132/85 (17/10) |
75 (0.4%) | |
| 65–74 | 13025 |
9484 (72.9%) |
2348 (18.0%) |
1185 (9.1%) |
29.5 (5.2) |
0.91 (0.07) |
137/85 (18/11) |
78 (0.6%) | |
| 75–84 | 5981 |
4504 (75.3%) |
1141 (19.1%) |
334 (5.6%) |
28.0 (5.0) |
0.92 (0.08) |
139/85 (19/11) |
58 (1.0%) | |