Table 2 Participant characteristics: Descriptive statistics of the study participants by SES. Mean and standard deviation are reported for continuous variables, absolute numbers and percentages of individuals in each group are reported for categorical variables.
High SES | Medium SES | Low SES | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 1744 | 1749 | 1594 | — |
Sex (males) | 908 (52%) | 971 (55%) | 763 (48%) | <0.0001 |
Age | 57.5 (7.6) | 56.3 (8.9) | 58.2 (7.6) | <0.0001 |
BMI | 26.4 (4.2) | 27.3 (4.2) | 27.1 (4.1) | 0.03 |
Mediterranean diet score | 4.6 (1.8) | 4.5 (1.7) | 4.3 (1.7) | <0.0001 |
Smoking | ||||
Current | 289 (17%) | 401 (23%) | 285 (18%) | 0.27 |
Former | 623 (36%) | 632 (36%) | 535 (34%) | 0.25 |
Never | 832 (48%) | 716 (41%) | 774 (49%) | 0.38 |
Physical activity | ||||
Inactive | 316 (18%) | 431 (25%) | 364 (23%) | 0.0007 |
Mod. inactive | 484 (28%) | 462 (26%) | 374 (23%) | 0.001 |
Mod. active | 533 (31%) | 592 (34%) | 496 (31%) | 0.40 |
Active | 409 (23%) | 261 (15%) | 359 (23%) | 0.68 |
Alcohol+ | 436 (26%) | 399 (23%) | 361 (23%) | 0.62 |
Hannum AA++ | −0.47 (6.0) | −0.13 (6.1) | 0.35 (5.7) | <0.0001 |
Horvath AA++ | −0.50 (6.7) | −0.17 (6.7) | 0.43 (6.2) | <0.0001 |
