Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Total | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age, mean (SD) | 57.59 | (8.24) | 58.24 | (7.81) | 57.04 | (8.55) |
Education | ||||||
None or primary school completed | 247 | 42 | 118 | 44 | 129 | 40 |
Technical/professional school | 123 | 21 | 58 | 21 | 65 | 20 |
Secondary school | 83 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 21 |
Longer education | 119 | 20 | 66 | 24 | 53 | 16 |
Not specified | 22 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Never | 273 | 46 | 80 | 30 | 193 | 60 |
Former | 196 | 33 | 125 | 46 | 71 | 22 |
Current | 118 | 20 | 61 | 23 | 57 | 18 |
Unknown | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Physical activity | ||||||
Low | 102 | 17 | 60 | 22 | 42 | 13 |
Medium | 121 | 20 | 62 | 23 | 59 | 18 |
High | 139 | 23 | 53 | 20 | 86 | 27 |
Very high | 205 | 35 | 77 | 29 | 128 | 40 |
Missing | 27 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Waist circumference, cm, mean (SD) | 87.22 | (11.83) | 94.37 | (9.33) | 81.41 | (10.38) |
Tryglicerides, mmol/L, mean (SD) | 1.19 | (0.94) | 1.29 | (1.07) | 1.10 | (0.80) |
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L, mean (SD) | 1.43 | (0.39) | 1.29 | (0.36) | 1.54 | (0.38) |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 128.93 | (16.77) | 131.41 | (15.70) | 127.14 | (17.31) |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 79.72 | (9.84) | 81.94 | (9.76) | 78.12 | (9.60) |
HbA1c (%), mean (SD) | 5.74 | (0.61) | 5.77 | (0.63) | 5.71 | (0.60) |
Nopterin (nmol/L) , mean (SD) | 20.07 | (7.90) | 20.39 | (8.37) | 19.81 | (7.49) |