Description of analytical sample by conscription decade
| Conscription year | 1968–1975 | 1976–1985 | 1986–1995 | 1996–2005 | All decades |
| N | 283 082 | 441 414 | 496 484 | 338 207 | 1 559 187 |
| Age at conscription, mean (SD) | 18.5 (0.65) | 18.3 (0.82) | 18.3 (0.76) | 18.2 (0.58) | 18.3 (0.73) |
| Age in 2020, mean (SD) | 65.9 (1.94) | 57.5 (2.98) | 48.0 (3.00) | 38.3 (2.91) | 51.8 (9.89) |
| CRF | |||||
| n with CRF score | 248 424 | 380 791 | 358 731 | 155 720 | 1 143 670 |
| CRF low, n (%) | 89 953 (36.2) | 135 569 (35.6) | 85 203 (23.8) | 25 546 (16.4) | 336 271 (29.4) |
| CRF medium, n (%) | 84 189 (33.9) | 127 965 (33.6) | 189 000 (52.7) | 87 343 (56.1) | 488 497 (42.7) |
| CRF high, n (%) | 74 286 (29.9) | 117 257 (30.8) | 84 528 (23.6) | 42 831 (27.5) | 318 902 (27.9) |
| Muscle strenght | |||||
| n with strength score in newton | 277 150 | 435 323 | 449 188 | n/a | 1 161 661 |
| Mean score (SD) | 2 033 (299) | 2 092 (315) | 2 140 (315) | n/a | 2 096 (313) |
| BMI | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 21.2 (2.6) | 21.7 (2.8) | 22.0 (3.0) | 22.7 (3.6) | 21.9 (3.0) |
| Overweight and obese, n (%) | 20 481 (1.5) | 44 265 (2.2) | 65 268 (3.2) | 64 943 (5.6) | 194 957 (3.6) |
| Height | |||||
| Mean cm (SD) | 178.7 (6.4) | 179.1 (6.5) | 179.3 (6.6) | 179.8 (6.7) | 179.2 (6.7) |
| Blood pressure | |||||
| Grade 1 hypertension, n (%) | 51 242 (18.1) | 81 990 (18.6) | 89 752 (18.5) | 57 582 (21.4) | 280 566 (19) |
| Grade 2 hypertension, n (%) | 2 167 (0.8) | 3 145 (0.7) | 2 685 (0.6) | 1 614 (0.6) | 9 611 (0.7) |
| Baseline morbidity | |||||
| n with CVD (%) | 8 025 (2.8) | 10 836 (2.5) | 13 836 (2.8) | 4 732 (1.4) | 37 429 (2.4) |
| n with diabetes (%) | 102 (0.04) | 255 (0.06) | 321 (0.06) | 273 (0.08) | 951 (0.06) |
| n with kidney disease (%) | 285 (0.1) | 399 (0.09) | 508 (0.1) | 316 (0.09) | 1 508 (0.1) |
| n with malignant cancer (%) | 71 (0.03) | 134 (0.03) | 371 (0.07) | 231 (0.07) | 807 (0.05) |
| n with respiratory disease (%) | 22 760 (8.04) | 49 808 (11.3) | 88 904 (17.9) | 66 155 (19.6) | 227 627 (14.6) |
| Parental education | |||||
| Low, n (%) | 101 918 (52.9) | 141 205 (34.8) | 85 586 (17.5) | 28 186 (8.4) | 356 895 (25) |
| Medium, n (%) | 77 020 (40) | 213 050 (52.5) | 309 246 (63.1) | 222 095 (65.8) | 821 411 (57.6) |
| High, n (%) | 13 787 (7.2) | 51 660 (12.7) | 95 589 (19.5) | 87 069 (25.8) | 248 105 (17.4) |
| COVID-19 diagnoses | |||||
| n in hospital due to COVID-19 (%) | 728 (0.26) | 944 (0.21) | 674 (0.14) | 248 (0.07) | 2 594 (0.17) |
| n in intensive care due to COVID-19 (%) | 195 (0.07) | 209 (0.05) | 130 (0.03) | 25 (0.01) | 559 (0.04) |
| n dead due to COVID-19 (%) | 117 (0.04) | 43 (0.01) | 24 (0.00) | 0 | 184 (0.01) |
CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness.