Table 1 Percentage of women and men by phase 1 characteristics and mean SF-36 physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores at phase 1
Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charasteristics at Phase 1 | % | Mean PCSa | Mean MCSb | % | Mean PCSa | Mean MCSb |
Age (years) | ||||||
40 | 19 | 51.1 | 51.8 | 15 | 51.8 | 50.4 |
45 | 21 | 50.9 | 51.5 | 18 | 52.6 | 51.0 |
50 | 21 | 49.8 | 52.2 | 21 | 50.6 | 50.8 |
55 | 25 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 30 | 50.4 | 52.4 |
60 | 13 | 46.5 | 52.2 | 16 | 49.3 | 53.9 |
BMI c | ||||||
Normal weight | 56 | 51.1 | 51.7 | 42 | 52.0 | 51.8 |
Overweight | 31 | 47.9 | 52.0 | 45 | 50.9 | 51.7 |
Obese | 13 | 45.8 | 52.4 | 13 | 47.3 | 52.0 |
Weight change d | ||||||
Weight maintenance | 56 | 49.7 | 52.2 | 62 | 51.2 | 52.1 |
Weight gain | 33 | 49.6 | 51.3 | 24 | 50.9 | 50.3 |
Weight loss | 11 | 47.7 | 52.3 | 14 | 49.1 | 53.1 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married and cohabiting | 68 | 49.5 | 52.3 | 80 | 50.8 | 52.2 |
Unmarried | 32 | 49.3 | 51.0 | 20 | 50.9 | 50.1 |
Socioeconomic position | ||||||
Managers/professionals | 29 | 50.7 | 50.8 | 48 | 51.9 | 51.4 |
Semi-professionals | 21 | 50.3 | 51.5 | 20 | 50.8 | 52.2 |
Routine non-manual | 38 | 48.6 | 52.7 | 8 | 49.6 | 51.7 |
Manual workers | 13 | 47.7 | 52.7 | 24 | 49.2 | 52.3 |
Smoking | ||||||
Non-smoker | 20 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 23 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
Ex-smoker | 58 | 49.3 | 52.2 | 45 | 51.3 | 52.2 |
Smoker | 22 | 49.7 | 52.0 | 33 | 50.8 | 52.6 |
Drinking problems (CAGE) | ||||||
No problem drinking | 85 | 49.4 | 52.6 | 77 | 51.0 | 52.7 |
Drinking problem | 15 | 49.6 | 47.8 | 23 | 50.4 | 48.7 |
Physical activity (MET) | ||||||
Active | 77 | 50.0 | 52.2 | 76 | 51.6 | 52.2 |
Inactive | 23 | 47.6 | 50.7 | 24 | 48.4 | 50.7 |
Somatic ill-health | ||||||
No somatic disease | 79 | 50.7 | 51.9 | 79 | 51.7 | 51.9 |
Somatic disease | 21 | 44.7 | 51.8 | 21 | 47.6 | 51.3 |
Total | 4524 | 49.4 | 51.9 | 1000 | 50.8 | 51.8 |