Table 1

Baseline characteristics by categories of the exposure healthy lifestyle behaviour (HLB0–HLB4)* (n=8994)

Baseline characteristics (%)	Men						Women						Internal dropout M/W (n)
Baseline characteristics (%)	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)	Internal dropout M/W (n)
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.