N | Women | Men | ||||||
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n | Mean or % | SD | n | Mean or % | SD | p | ||
Number of observations | 14,470 | 6,816 | 47.1 | 7,654 | 52.9 | |||
Mean follow-up time, years | 8.6 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 5.6 | ||||
Person-years during follow up | 27,034 | 73,217 | ||||||
Age | 14,469 | 6,816 | 52.3 | 12.6 | 7,653 | 56.5 | 13.0 | <0.0001 |
Education | 14,120 | 6,722 | 7,398 | <0.0001 | ||||
University/collage | 1,605 | 23.9 | 1,554 | 21.0 | ||||
Upper secondary school | 1,286 | 19.1 | 1,166 | 15.8 | ||||
Vocational school | 1,608 | 23.9 | 1,905 | 25.8 | ||||
Compulsory school | 2,223 | 33.1 | 2,773 | 37.5 | ||||
Employment status | 14,187 | 6,575 | 7,612 | <0.0001 | ||||
Employed | 4,444 | 67.6 | 4,511 | 59.3 | ||||
Unemployed | 271 | 4.1 | 286 | 3.8 | ||||
Sick-leave/disability pension | 713 | 10.8 | 624 | 8.2 | ||||
Old age retirement | 1,147 | 17.4 | 2,191 | 28.8 | ||||
Married/cohabiting | 14,338 | 4,990 | 74.0 | 5,927 | 78.0 | <0.0001 | ||
Smoking habits | 14,330 | 6,735 | 7,595 | 0.001 | ||||
Never smoked or ex-smoker | 5,002 | 74.3 | 5,455 | 71.8 | ||||
Current smoker | 1,733 | 25.7 | 2,140 | 28.2 | ||||
Leisure time physical activity | 13,787 | 6,678 | 7,109 | <0.0001 | ||||
Vigorously active | 49 | 0.7 | 113 | 1.6 | ||||
Active | 890 | 13.3 | 1,304 | 18.3 | ||||
Moderately active | 4,663 | 69.8 | 4,511 | 63.4 | ||||
Sedentary | 1,076 | 16.1 | 1,181 | 16.6 | ||||
Complaint score (range 0–30) | 11,365 | 3,777 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 7,588 | 5.3 | 4.7 | <0.0001 |
Self-rated health | 14,020 | 6,568 | 7,452 | <0.0001 | ||||
7 “Could not be better” | 1,421 | 21.6 | 2,170 | 29.1 | ||||
6 | 1,805 | 27.5 | 2,199 | 29.5 | ||||
5 | 1,486 | 22.6 | 1,373 | 18.4 | ||||
4 | 1,084 | 16.5 | 947 | 12.7 | ||||
3 | 387 | 5.9 | 423 | 5.7 | ||||
2 | 253 | 3.9 | 204 | 2.7 | ||||
1 “Very bad” | 132 | 2.0 | 136 | 1.8 | ||||
Outcome during follow up | ||||||||
Days of sick leave/year | 6,570 | 3,157 | 18.4 | 78.4 | 3,413 | 17.8 | 79.8 | 0.39 |
Disability pension, % | 6,291 | 507 | 19.6 | 455 | 12.3 | <0.0001 | ||
Admitted to hospital, % | 9,561 | 3,257 | 14.2 | 6,404 | 48.7 | <0.0001 | ||
Deceased, % | 9,561 | 295 | 9.3 | 1,863 | 29.1 | <0.0001 |