Baseline characteristics by categories of the exposure healthy lifestyle behaviour (HLB0–HLB4)* (n=8994)
Baseline characteristics (%) | Men | Women | Internal dropout M/W (n) | ||||||||||
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All (n=3938) | HLB0 (n=181) | HLB1 (n=958) | HLB2 (n=1747) | HLB3 (n=936) | HLB4 (n=116) | All (n=5056) | HLB0 (n=174) | HLB1 (n=897) | HLB2 (n=2080) | HLB3 (n=1416) | HLB4 (n=489) | ||
Proportion of study sample | 44 | 56 | |||||||||||
Mean age, years (SD) | 50 (15) | 49 (14) | 48 (15) | 49 (15) | 51 (15) | 50 (14) | 46 (16) | 43 (17) | 47 (15) | 46 (16) | 47 (15) | 46 (14) | 0/0 |
Education | 234/287 | ||||||||||||
Low | 16 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 9 | |
Intermediate | 43 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 41 | 57 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 34 | |
High | 41 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 46 | 57 | 45 | 21 | 37 | 45 | 50 | 57 | |
Civil status | 0/1 | ||||||||||||
Married | 54 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 56 | 65 | 47 | 27 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 53 | |
Unmarried | 33 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 49 | 37 | 37 | 33 | 32 | |
Divorced/widow/widower | 13 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 15 | |
SES† | 292/398 | ||||||||||||
Unskilled/semiskilled worker | 14 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | |
Skilled worker | 15 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | |
Assistant non-manual employees | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 15 | |
Intermediate non-manual employees | 25 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 35 | |
Employed/self-employed professionals | 25 | 17 | 18 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 | |
Self-employed (other than professionals) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
Poor sleep‡ | 34/27 | ||||||||||||
<6 or >8 h/night | 9 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | |
Living alone | 17 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 10/16 |
Living with children | 34 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 42 | 38 | 27 | 32 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 10/16 |
Psychological distress§ | 13 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 38/37 |
Financial stress¶ | 7 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 17/24 |
*HLB0=no healthy lifestyle factor, HLB1=1 of 4 healthy lifestyle factors, HLB2=2 of 4 factors, HLB3=3 of 4 factors, HLB4 = all 4 healthy lifestyle factors.
†Socioeconomic status (SES). For the economically active population, SES was based on current occupation and education. For the non-active population, SES was based on previous occupation, current education or the occupation of spouses.
‡Hours of sleep on a typical night during the workweek (dichotomised into ‘good sleep’: 6–8 h and ‘poor sleep’: <6 or >8 h).
§From the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) where a sum score ≥3 was used to assess psychological stress.
¶Financial stress: had to borrow money from relatives and friends to be able to pay for food or rent on several occasions during the previous 12 months.