Table 1 Participant characteristics 1979–2008
From: Secular trends and correlates of physical activity: The Tromsø Study 1979-2008
1979-80 | 1986–87 | 1994–95 | 2001 | 2007–08 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Total | 16,546 (100) | 20,600 (100) | 20,305 (100) | 5296 (100) | 11,410 (100) |
Sex (female) | 8112 (49.0) | 10,221 (49.6) | 10,392 (51.2) | 3002 (56.7) | 5880 (51.5) |
Age (years) | 20–54 (men) 20–49 (women) | 20–61 | 25–89 | 30–69 | 30–87 |
20–29 | 5597 (33.8) | 5331 (25.9) | 2626 (12.9) | ||
30–39 | 6263 (37.8) | 6798 (33.0) | 5647 (27.8) | 557 (10.5) | 464 (4.1) |
40–49 | 3766 (22.8) | 5120 (24.9) | 5510 (27.1) | 1249 (23.6) | 3400 (29.8) |
50–59 | 920 (5.6) | 2966 (14.4) | 3351 (16.5) | 1018 (19.2) | 2285 (20.0) |
60–69 | 385 (1.9) | 1259 (6.2) | 2472 (46.7) | 3645 (31.9) | |
70–79 | 1530 (7.5) | 1349 (11.8) | |||
80–89 | 382 (1.9) | 267 (2.3) | |||
LTPA | |||||
Inactive | 3427 (20.7) | 4813 (23.4) | 1047 (19.8) | 2295 (20.1) | |
Light physical activity | 9212 (55.7) | 11,907 (57.8) | 3466 (65.4) | 6797 (59.6) | |
Moderate physical activity | 3351 (20.3) | 3314 (16.1) | 703 (13.3) | 2129 (18.7) | |
Vigorous physical activity | 556 (3.4) | 566 (2.7) | 80 (1.5) | 189 (1.7) | |
WPA | |||||
Mostly sedentary | 5813 (35.1) | 8197 (39.8) | 8838 (43.5) | 2081 (39.3) | 4428 (38.8) |
Walking | 6456 (39.0) | 7193 (34.9) | 5793 (28.5) | 1228 (23.2) | 2123 (18.6) |
Walking and lifting | 3187 (19.3) | 4042 (19.6) | 4344 (21.4) | 848 (16.0) | 1524 (13.4) |
Heavy manual labour | 1078 (6.5) | 1151 (5.6) | 1330 (6.6) | 194 (3.7) | 295 (2.6) |
Missing | 12 (0.1) | 17 (0.1) | 945 (17.8) | 3040 (26.6) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
< 18.5 | 402 (2.4) | 407 (2.0) | 252 (1.2) | 37 (0.7) | 62 (0.5) |
18.5–24.9 | 11,370 (68.7) | 13,568 (65.9) | 10,752 (53.0) | 2000 (37.8) | 4004 (35.1) |
25–29.9 | 3878 (23.4) | 5579 (27.0) | 7373 (36.3) | 2273 (42.9) | 5063 (44.4) |
≥ 30 | 535 (3.2) | 1020 (5.0) | 1903 (9.4) | 966 (18.2) | 2271 (19.9) |
Missing | 361 (2.2) | 26 (0.1) | 25 (0.1) | 20 (0.4) | 10 (0.1) |
Education level | |||||
≤ 9 years | 6048 (36.6) | 6534 (31.7) | 5777 (28.5) | 1934 (36.5) | 2911 (25.5) |
10–12 years | 4307 (26.0) | 6186 (30.0) | 7540 (37.1) | 1450 (27.4) | 3837 (33.6) |
> 12 years | 4013 (24.3) | 6191 (30.1) | 6934 (34.1) | 1814 (34.3) | 4563 (40.0) |
Missing | 2178 (13.2) | 1689 (8.2) | 54 (0.3) | 98 (1.9) | 99 (0.9) |
Smoking | |||||
No | 8847 (51.1) | 11,004 (53.4) | 13,078 (64.4) | 3643 (68.8) | 8986 (78.8) |
Yes | 8098 (48.9) | 9595 (46.6) | 7194 (35.4) | 1627 (30.7) | 2286 (20.0) |
Missing | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 33 (0.2) | 27 (0.5) | 138 (1.2) |
Cardiovascular disease | |||||
No | 16,410 (99.2) | 20,207 (98.1) | 19,259 (94.8) | 4749 (89.7) | 10,127 (88.8) |
Yes | 135 (0.8) | 389 (1.9) | 1020 (5.0) | 440 (8.3) | 1060 (9.3) |
Missing | 2 (0.0) | 4 (0.0) | 26 (0.1) | 107 (2.0) | 223 (2.0) |
Employed | |||||
No | 16,013 (96.8) | 19,872 (96.5) | 19,769 (97.4) | 3692 (69.7) | 11,356 (99.5) |
Yes | 519 (3.1) | 722 (3.5) | 536 (2.6) | 57 (1.1) | 54 (0.5) |
Missing | 14 (0.1) | 6 (0.0) | 1547 (29.2) | ||
Self-perceived healtha | |||||
Very bad | 42 (0.2) | 78 (1.5) | 31 (0.3) | ||
Bad | 502 (2.4) | 1553 (29.3) | 501 (4.4) | ||
Neither good nor bad | 3077 (814.9) | 3089 (27.1) | |||
Good | 9830 (47.7) | 2977 (56.2) | 5942 (52.1) | ||
Excellent | 5119 (24.8) | 635 (12.0) | 1776 (15.6) | ||
Missing | 2030 (9.9) | 53 (1.0) | 71 (0.6) | ||