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Table 1 Basic characteristics for the study population

From: Fatigue in the general population- associations to age, sex, socioeconomic status, physical activity, sitting time and self-rated health: the northern Sweden MONICA study 2014

 

Men n = 747 (48.3%)

Women n = 798 (51.7%)

Age (years), mean

52

51

Age-groups (%)

 25–34 y

13.8

14.2

 35–44 y

16.9

19.3

 45–54 y

21.3

21.4

 55–64 y

22.9

22.4

 65–74 y

25.2

22.7

Self-rated health (%)

 Better than peers

26.8

21.4

 Similar

60.8

60.6

 Worse than peers

12.3

18.0

University education (%)

 Non-university education

74.0

60.6

 University education

26.0

39.4

Cambridge physical activity index (%)

 Inactive

17.7

14.8

 Moderately inactive

11.5

12.7

 Moderately active

19.4

17.5

 Active

20.2

21.7

 Missing Cambridge index data

31.2

33.3

Self-reported sitting-time (%)

 <4.5 h

34.5

39.9

 4.5–7.5 h

32.2

35.1

 >7.5 h

33.2

25.0