Table 1 Background factors for male and female participants in the cross-sectional, longitudinal 1, and longitudinal 2 datasets
From: Visual memory and alcohol use in a middle-aged birth cohort
Parameters | Cross-sectional | Longitudinal 1 | Longitudinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
N | 1877 | 2260 | 2053 | 2738 | 1747 | 2187 |
Education | ||||||
 No matriculation (%) | 1202 (64.0) | 998 (44.2) | 1339 (65.2) | 1238 (45.2) | 1120 (64.1) | 978 (44.7) |
 Matriculation (%) | 675 (36.0) | 1262 (55.8) | 714 (34.8) | 1500 (54.8) | 627 (35.9) | 1209 (55.3) |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married / Cohabitating (%) | 1530 (81.5) | 1764 (78.1) | 1481 (72.1) | 2160 (78.9) | 1268 (72.6) | 1710 (78.2) |
 Single (%) | 347 (18.5) | 496 (21.9) | 572 (27.9) | 578 (21.1) | 479 (27.4) | 477 (21.8) |
Diet | ||||||
 Healthy (%) | 1202 (64.0) | 1813 (80.2) | 1025 (49.9) | 1860 (67.9) | 899 (51.5) | 1498 (68.5) |
 Unhealthy (%) | 675 (36.0) | 447 (19.8) | 1028 (50.1) | 878 (32.1) | 848 (48.5) | 689 (31.5) |
Physical activity | ||||||
 Active (%) | 617 (32.9) | 677 (30.0) | 668 (32.5) | 595 (21.7) | 575 (32.9) | 468 (21.4) |
 Inactive (%) | 1260 (67.1) | 1583 (70.0) | 1385 (67.5) | 2143 (78.3) | 1172 (67.1) | 1719 (78.6) |
Smoking | ||||||
 Non-smoker (%) | 1299 (69.2) | 1638 (72.5) | 1578 (76.9) | 1982 (72.4) | 1334 (76.4) | 1570 (71.8) |
 Smoker (%) | 578 (30.8) | 622 (27.5) | 475 (23.1) | 756 (27.6) | 413 (23.6) | 617 (28.2) |
Cardiometabolic diseases | ||||||
 No (%) | 1389 (74.0) | 1775 (78.5) | 1754 (85.4) | 2291 (83.7) | 1494 (85.5) | 1824 (83.4) |
 Yes (%) | 488 (26.0) | 485 (21.5) | 299 (14.6) | 447 (16.3) | 253 (14.5) | 363 (16.6) |