| Women | Men | All |
---|---|---|---|
 | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) |
Age (mean) | 49.3 | 50.5 | 49.5 |
Overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2) | 45 | 59 | 48 |
Highly physically active (>30 MET-h/week a) | 36 | 43 | 38 |
Moderately physically active (7–30 MET-h/week) | 54 | 45 | 51 |
Inactive (≤ 7 MET-h/week) | 10 | 12 | 11 |
Weight/activity groups | Â | Â | Â |
 high activity(>30 MET-h/week) normal-weight(≤25 kg/m2) | 24 | 20 | 23 |
 moderate activity(7–30 MET-h/week) normal-weight | 26 | 18 | 25 |
 inactive (≤7 MET-h/week) normal-weight | 4 | 3 | 4 |
 high activity overweight(>25 kg/m2) | 12 | 23 | 15 |
 moderate activity overweight | 26 | 27 | 27 |
 inactive overweight | 6 | 9 | 7 |
Socioeconomic status | Â | Â | Â |
 Manual worker | 14 | 25 | 16 |
 Routine non-manual | 40 | 10 | 33 |
 Semi-professional | 20 | 20 | 20 |
 Managers/professional | 27 | 45 | 30 |
Marital status (in a partnership) | 68 | 79 | 70 |
Employment status (working) b | 76 | 72 | 75 |
Work physical strenuousness | Â | Â | Â |
 very/fairly light | 61 | 85 | 65 |
 fairly/very heavy | 39 | 15 | 35 |
Work mental strenuousness | Â | Â | Â |
 very/fairly light | 24 | 27 | 25 |
 fairly/very heavy | 76 | 74 | 75 |
Smoking | 21 | 25 | 22 |
Alcohol binge (drinking) | 7 | 24 | 10 |
Total n = 6720 | 81 (5455) | 19 (1265) | 100 (6720) |