Table 1 Descriptive statistics for 55–64-year-olds in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, HUNT2 (1995–97, baseline) and HUNT3 (2006–08, outcome), n = 6304
Lifestyle variables (HUNT2) | Adjustment variables (HUNT2) | Outcomes (HUNT3) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Daily smoking | Sex | Self-rated health | |||
No | 4779 (75.8) | Women | 3362 (53.3) | Good | 3899 (61.9) |
Yes | 1450 (23.0) | Men | 2942 (46.7) | Poor | 2159 (34.3) |
Missing | 75 (1.2) | Missing | 0 (0) | Missing | 246 (3.9) |
Physical activity | Marital status | Life satisfaction | |||
Active | 3154 (50.0) | Married | 5196 (82.4) | Satisfied | 5649 (89.6) |
Inactive | 2558 (40.6) | Not married | 1102 (17.5) | Dissatisfied | 554 (8.8) |
Missing | 592 (9.4) | Missing | 6 (0.1) | Missing | 101 (1.6) |
Sitting time | Education | Anxiety | |||
≤ 7 h | 3553 (56.4) | Primary | 2269 (36.0) | HADS-A ≤ 7 | 4704 (74.6) |
≥ 8 h | 1638 (26.0) | Secondary | 3171 (50.3) | HADS-A ≥ 8 | 623 (9.9) |
Missing | 1113 (17.7) | Tertiary | 858 (13.6) | Missing | 977 (15.5) |
Missing | 6 (0.1) | ||||
Alcohol | Chronic illness | Depression | |||
CAGE ≤ 1 | 4333 (68.7) | Yes | 2690 (42.7) | HADS-D ≤ 7 | 4813 (76.4) |
CAGE ≥ 2 | 283 (4.5) | No | 3333 (52.9) | HADS-D ≥ 8 | 611 (9.7) |
Missing | 1688 (26.8) | Missing | 281 (4.5) | Missing | 880 (14.0) |
Social participation | Mortality during follow-up | 787 | |||
Participates | 2978 (47.2) | ||||
Seldom, never | 2591 (41.1) | Non-participation HUNT3 | 2797 | ||
Missing | 735 (11.7) | ||||
Sleep duration | |||||
7–9 h | 4750 (75.4) | ||||
≤ 6/ ≥ 10 h | 767 (12.2) | ||||
Missing | 787 (12.5) | ||||