Total study population, n
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24,059
|
579
|
383
|
118
|
78
| |
Female sex, n (%)
|
12,758 (53.0)
|
373 (64.4)
|
257 (67.1)
|
63 (53.4)
|
53 (67.9)
|
0.00
|
Age in HUNT 1 (1984–1986), years, mean (SD)
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50.2 (11.4)
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59.9 (7.0)
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60.2 (6.8)
|
58.5 (8.0)
|
60.7 (6.0)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 1b: Education completion, n (%)
| | | | | |
0.00
|
Primary
|
14,371 (59.7)
|
442 (76.3)
|
292 (76.2)
|
90 (76.3)
|
60 (76.9)
| |
Upper secondary
|
6032 (25.1)
|
97 (16.8)
|
62 (16.2)
|
22 (18.6)
|
13 (16.7)
| |
Higher
|
3656 (15.2)
|
40 (6.9)
|
29 (7.6)
|
6 (5.1)
|
5 (6.4)
| |
HUNT 1: Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD)
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25.4 (3.6)
|
26.2 (3.8)
|
26.1 (3.7)
|
26.6 (4.5)
|
26.3 (3.2)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 1: Pulse, beats/minute, mean (SD)
|
72.8 (13.0)
|
73.8 (13.4)
|
73.6 (14.0)
|
73.2 (11.8)
|
75.3 (12.4)
|
0.07
|
HUNT 1: Systolic BP, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
134.3 (20.1)
|
140.7 (20.0)
|
140.4 (20.0)
|
142.1 (20.1)
|
140.4 (20.2)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 1: Diastolic BP, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
84.5 (10.7)
|
86.7 (10.7)
|
86.1 (10.6)
|
88.1 (10.6)
|
88.1 (11.3)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 1: Mean arterial pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
101.1 (12.6)
|
104.7 (12.5)
|
104.2 (12.4)
|
106.1 (12.3)
|
105.5 (13.1)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 1: Pulse pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
49.8 (15.1)
|
54.0 (15.7)
|
54.3 (15.7)
|
54.0 (16.2)
|
52.4 (14.8)
|
0.00
|
Age in HUNT 2 (1995–1997), years, mean (SD)
|
61.6 (11.4)
|
71.4 (6.9)
|
71.6 (6.8)
|
69.9 (7.9)
|
72.1 (5.9)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 2: Systolic BP, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
145.4 (22.8)
|
153.7 (23.2)
|
152.8 (23.3)
|
155.4 (21.7)
|
155.5 (24.4)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 2: Diastolic BP, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
84.1 (12.1)
|
84.6 (12.8)
|
83.8 (12.8)
|
86.9 (11.7)
|
85.5 (14.1)
|
0.30
|
HUNT 2: Mean arterial pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
104.5 (14.4)
|
107.6 (14.8)
|
106.8 (14.9)
|
110.0 (13.3)
|
108.8 (16.2)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 2: Pulse pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)
|
61.3 (16.8)
|
69.0 (17.4)
|
69.0 (17.3)
|
68.5 (18.0)
|
70.0 (17.5)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 2: Cholesterol, mmol/L, mean (SD)
|
6.3 (1.2)
|
6.7 (1.2)
|
6.7 (1.2)
|
6.6 (1.2)
|
6.6 (1.2)
|
0.00
|
HUNT 2: Nonfasting blood glucose, mmol/L, mean (SD)
|
5.7 (1.7)
|
5.9 (1.7)
|
5.8 (1.8)
|
6.0 (1.8)
|
5.8 (1.5)
|
0.03
|
HUNT 2: Waist-to-hip ratio
|
0.86 (0.08)
|
0.85 (0.08)
|
0.85 (0.08)
|
0.87 (0.07)
|
0.85 (0.07)
|
0.04
|
HUNT 2: Estimated glomerular filtration rate, ml/minute/1.73 m2
|
70.2 (13.6)
|
63.1 (12.3)
|
62.9 (12.3)
|
64.5 (14.1)
|
62.2 (9.2)
|
0.00
|
Antihypertensive tablet, current or past, n (%)
|
5389 (22.4)
|
190 (32.8)
|
120 (31.3)
|
45 (38.1)
|
25 (32.1)
|
0.00
|
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)
|
307 (1.3)
|
5 (0.9)
|
4 (1.0)
|
1 (3.4)
|
0
|
0.38
|
Myocardial infarction, n (%)
|
314 (1.3)
|
9 (1.6)
|
8 (2.1)
|
1 (0.8)
|
0
|
0.60
|
Angina pectoris, n (%)
|
2047 (8.5)
|
86 (14.9)
|
56 (14.6)
|
18 (15.3)
|
12 (15.4)
|
0.00
|
Stroke, n (%)
|
139 (0.6)
|
5 (0.9)
|
1 (0.3)
|
2 (1.7)
|
2 (2.9)
|
0.37
|
Smoker, n (%)
| | | | | |
0.00
|
Never
|
9933 (41.3)
|
292 (50.4)
|
205 (53.5)
|
45 (38.1)
|
42 (53.8)
| |
Ever
|
9220 (34.2)
|
197 (34.0)
|
126 (32.9)
|
48 (40.7)
|
23 (29.5)
| |
Current
|
5906 (24.5)
|
90 (15.5)
|
52 (13.6)
|
25 (21.2)
|
13 (16.7)
| |
Physical activity frequency, n (%)
| | | | | |
0.00
|
Never
|
2361 (9.8)
|
79 (13.6)
|
51 (13.3)
|
20 (16.9)
|
8 (10.3)
| |
Less often than once per week
|
6899 (28.7)
|
135 (23.3)
|
82 (21.4)
|
30 (25.4)
|
23 (29.5)
| |
Once per week
|
6549 (27.2)
|
135 (23.3)
|
83 (21.7)
|
30 (25.4)
|
22 (28.2)
| |
Two or three times per week
|
5506 (22.9)
|
142 (24.5)
|
109 (28.5)
|
19 (16.1)
|
14 (17.9)
| |
Nearly every day
|
2744 (11.4)
|
88 (15.2)
|
58 (15.1)
|
19 (16.1)
|
11 (14.1)
| |
Alcohol use during past 2 weeks, n (%)
| | | | | |
0.00
|
Abstainer
|
2447 (10.2)
|
94 (16.2)
|
62 (16.2)
|
19 (16.1)
|
13 (16.7)
| |
None
|
11,014 (45.8)
|
287 (49.6)
|
202 (52.7)
|
52 (44.1)
|
33 (42.3)
| |
One to four times
|
9108 (37.9)
|
155 (26.8)
|
91 (23.8)
|
38 (32.2)
|
26 (33.3)
| |
Five to ten times
|
740 (3.1)
|
21 (3.6)
|
14 (3.7)
|
4 (3.4)
|
3 (3.8)
| |
More than ten times
|
750 (3.1)
|
22 (3.8)
|
14 (3.7)
|
5 (4.2)
|
3 (3.8)
| |
Subjective health status
| | | | | |
0.00
|
Poor, n (%)
|
67 (0.3)
|
3 (0.5)
|
2 (0.5)
|
1 (0.8)
|
0
| |
Not so good, n (%)
|
3947 (16.4)
|
144 (24.9)
|
93 (24.3)
|
29 (24.6)
|
22 (28.2)
| |
Good, n (%)
|
16,053 (66.7)
|
381 (65.8)
|
257 (67.1)
|
74 (62.7)
|
50 (64.1)
| |
Very good, n (%)
|
3992 (16.6)
|
51 (8.8)
|
31 (8.1)
|
14 (11.9)
|
6 (7.7)
| |