Mismatch between self-perceived and calculated cardiometabolic disease risk among participants in a prevention program for cardiometabolic disease: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics, risk factors and CMD risk

	Intervention group	Control group	P-value
	N = 2172	N = 5375
Demographics
Gender (%)			0.65
Male	45.0	45.6
Age at randomization (years; mean (SD))	56.1 (SD 7.1)	56.5 (SD 6.9)	< 0.01
Marital status (%)			0.98
Single	14.6	14.6
Relationship. but not living together	3.3	3.4
Married/living together	82.1	82.1
Education level¹ (%)			< 0.01
Low	12.9	17.6
Middle	43.3	44.1
High	43.8	38.3
CMD risk factors
Positive CVD family history (%)	31.4	33.4	0.09
Positive DM2 family history (%)	19.7	23.1	< 0.01
Current smoker (%)	10.4	14.7	< 0.01
BMI ≥25 (%)	42.0	45.6	< 0.01
High waist circumference² (%)	80.4	81.0	0.51
Physical Inactivity³ (%)	48.6	51.7	0.02
High alcohol intake⁴ (%)	14.7	16.1	0.14
CMD risk
CMD⁵ risk based on risk score (%)			0.10
Low	7.0	6.2
Intermediate	52.7	51.1
High	40.3	42.8

Total of percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding
¹ Education level: low = primary & lower secondary education, middle = upper secondary & intermediate vocational education, high = higher vocational education (applied sciences) & university
² > 80 cm for women and > 94 cm for men
³ < 5 days a week of 30 min moderate to vigorous exercise per day
⁴ > 14 units/week for women and > 21 units/week for men
⁵ High absolute risk for men ≥23%, for women ≥19%
Abbreviations: CVD cardiovascular disease, DM2 Diabetes Mellitus type 2, BMI body mass index

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