Baseline characteristics of participants aged 20–59 years in HUNT2 according to the development of multimorbidity over a period of 11 years*
| Total | Multimorbidity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||
| n=20 365 | n=14 088 | n=6 277 | |
| Mean age | 40.62 (±10.0) | 39.45 (±9.94) | 43.24 (±9.62) |
| Gender | |||
| Women | 10 938 (53.7) | 7 201 (51.1) | 3 737 (59.5) |
| Men | 9 427 (46.3) | 6 887 (48.9) | 2 540 (40.5) |
| Smoking | |||
| No | 13 272 (65.2) | 9 450 (67.1) | 3 822 (60.9) |
| Yes | 3 326 (16.3) | 2 142 (15.2) | 1 184 (18.9) |
| Physical activity | |||
| None | 1 018 (5.0) | 705 (5.0) | 313 (5.0) |
| Low | 5 388 (26.5) | 3 494 (24.8) | 1 894 (30.2) |
| Medium | 6 669 (32.7) | 4 588 (32.6) | 2 081 (33.2) |
| High | 6 747 (33.1) | 4 979 (35.3) | 1 768 (28.2) |
| Education | |||
| Primary | 3 900 (19.2) | 2 340 (16.6) | 1 560 (24.9) |
| Secondary | 10 543 (51.8) | 7 390 (52.5) | 3 153 (50.2) |
| University | 5 735 (28.2) | 4 235 (30.1) | 1 499 (23.9) |
*Percentages and SDs within brackets as appropriate.