Table 1 Model coefficients for the covariates and synthetic control weights for countries

 Age

−4.02 (1.94)

− 4.02 (1.94)

−4.00 (2.05)

−8.70 (2.79)

−8.68 (2.65)

− 8.68 (2.69)

 Sex

–

–

–

–

–

–

GDP per capita

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

 Unemployment

0.00 (0)

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

−0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.02)

Health care expenditure

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Smoking Prevalance

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.02)

0.01 (0.01)

Alcohol consumption

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Obesity prevalance

−2.25 (17.34)

−2.25 (17.50)

− 2.29 (18.33)

−8.72 (22.67)

−8.75 (22.58)

−8.75 (22.66)

 Diabetes prevalance

15.41 (19.00)

15.41 (18.74)

14.74 (18.70)

13.89 (20.63)

13.89 (20.71)

13.89 (20.99)

 Hypertension prevalance

−3.64 (6.36)

−3.64 (6.32)

−3.56 (6.63)

−5.58 (7.42)

−5.57 (7.73)

−5.57 (7.65)

 Belgium

−0.40

−0.41

−0.44

0.19

−0.27

− 0.13

 Czech Republic

0.88

0.89

1.21

−0.23

0.66

0.89

 Denmark

0.65

0.66

0.53

−0.64

0.43

0.15

 Finland

−0.21

−0.22

− 0.05

0.18

− 0.01

0.18

 France

−0.04

−0.04

0.08

0.16

0.29

0.56

 Latvia

0.10

0.10

−0.42

−0.27

− 0.13

−0.46

 Lithuania

−0.83

−0.85

−1.15

− 0.21

−1.11

−1.74

 Luxembourg

−0.04

− 0.04

−0.06

0.94

−0.11

− 0.17

 Netherlands

−0.16

− 0.17

−0.27

− 0.20

−0.16

− 0.20

 Poland

0.28

0.29

0.51

−0.12

0.28

0.51

 Slovenia

−0.20

−0.21

− 0.11

0.31

0.26

0.59

 Spain

−0.28

−0.29

− 0.23

0.31

− 0.12

0.08

 Sweden

0.53

0.54

0.57

−0.54

0.19

−0.08

 Switzerland

−0.28

−0.28

− 0.18

0.13

− 0.20

−0.18