Table 2 Sociodemographic and health characteristics for those participating in the HUNT4 study who did not participate in Hjernetrim and those participating in both the HUNT4 study and Hjernetrim.
From: Participation and engagement in online cognitive testing
Variable [f (% of n)] | HUNT4 n = 61,419 | Hjernetrim n = 5634 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | ||
Participants | 33,138 (54.0%) | 28,282 (46.0%) | 3254 (57.8%) | 2380 (42.2%) | |
Age groupa | 13–19 | 4118 (12.4%) | 4107 (14.5%) | 312 (9.6%) | 156 (6.6%) |
20–29 | 3191 (9.6%) | 2568 (9.1%) | 352 (10.8%) | 159 (6.7%) | |
30–39 | 3506 (10.6%) | 2695 (9.5%) | 389 (12.0%) | 215 (9.0%) | |
40–49 | 4602 (13.9%) | 3639 (12.9%) | 508 (15.6%) | 290 (12.2%) | |
50–59 | 5155 (15.6%) | 4529 (16.0%) | 674 (20.7%) | 437 (18.4%) | |
60–69 | 5137 (15.5%) | 4854 (17.2%) | 631 (19.4%) | 594 (25.0%) | |
70–79 | 4655 (14.0%) | 4112 (14.5%) | 353 (10.8%) | 465 (19.5%) | |
80 + | 2774 (8.4%) | 1778 (6.3%) | 35 (1.1%) | 64 (2.7%) | |
Education | Primary | 5834 (18.3%) | 4315 (15.7%) | 231 (7.2%) | 154 (6.5%) |
Secondary | 14,700 (46.0%) | 15,231 (55.5%) | 1217 (37.7%) | 975 (41.3%) | |
Tertiary | 11,408 (35.7%) | 7921 (28.8%) | 1778 (55.1%) | 1231 (52.2%) | |
Living with a partner | 19,795 (76.8%) | 18,146 (82.4%) | 18,146 (82.4%) | 1742 (83.9%) | |
Occupationally active | 15,760 (59.4%) | 14,172 (63.5%) | 1963 (69.9%) | 1311 (63.5%) | |
Place of living: urban | 18,937 (66.3%) | 15,194 (64.6%) | 2164 (73.4%) | 1660 (74.6%) | |
Chronic illness or injury: no | 15,213 (54.3%) | 13,704 (57.9%) | 1774 (61.0%) | 1396 (63.4%) | |
Myocardial infarction: no | 26,411 (97.8%) | 21,462 (93.5%) | 2850 (99.1%) | 2042 (94.6%) | |
Diabetes: no | 30,020 (95.0%) | 25,386 (93.4%) | 3075 (96.1%) | 2183 (93.9%) | |
Stroke or brain haemorrhage: no | 26,006 (96.8%) | 21,810 (95.8%) | 2806 (97.7%) | 2053 (95.6%) | |
Cancer: no | 24,864 (91.8%) | 21,072 (91.8%) | 2644 (91.9%) | 1950 (90.6%) | |
Mental health problems: no | 21,353 (79.0%) | 20,114 (88.1%) | 2174 (75.6%) | 1838 (85.8%) | |
HADS < 12b | 15,901 (71.5%) | 12,678 (75.8%) | 1968 (73.6%) | 1501 (77.7%) | |
Motor impairment | No impairment | 7784 (57.2%) | 6923 (57.9%) | 793 (65.1%) | 448 (54.8%) |
Slight | 3494 (25.7%) | 2975 (24.9%) | 304 (25.0%) | 243 (29.7%) | |
Moderate | 1596 (11.7%) | 1421 (11.9%) | 98 (8.1%) | 93 (11.4%) | |
Great | 734 (5.4%) | 631 (5.3%) | 23 (1.9%) | 34 (4.2%) | |
Vision impairment | No impairment | 5830 (42.6%) | 5822 (49.2%) | 576 (47.4%) | 366 (45.0%) |
Slight | 5484 (40.0%) | 4393 (37.1%) | 476 (39.2%) | 361 (44.4%) | |
Moderate | 1820 (13.3%) | 1266 (10.7%) | 125 (10.3%) | 75 (9.2%) | |
Great | 567 (4.1%) | 346 (2.9%) | 37 (3.1%) | 12 (1.5%) | |
Hearing impairment | No impairment | 8689 (63.2%) | 6328 (52.2%) | 829 (67.9%) | 399 (47.8%) |
Slight | 3188 (23.2%) | 3478 (28.7%) | 274 (22.4%) | 288 (34.5%) | |
Moderate | 1171 (8.5%) | 1533 (12.6%) | 78 (6.4%) | 98 (11.7%) | |
Great | 707 (5.1%) | 789 (6.5%) | 40 (3.3%) | 50 (6.0%) | |
Health | Poor | 546 (1.72%) | 434 (1.6%) | 45 (1.4%) | 28 (1.2%) |
Not very good | 7644 (24.1%) | 5083 (18.6%) | 583 (18.2%) | 386 (16.5%) | |
Good | 18,188 (57.4%) | 16,682 (61.0%) | 1868 (58.4%) | 1394 (59.6%) | |
Very good | 5336 (16.8%) | 5163 (18.9%) | 702 (22.0%) | 532 (22.7%) | |
Any learning disabilities: no | 2770 (75.1%) | 2664 (73.8%) | 232 (82.3%) | 113 (81.3%) | |
Math disabilities: no | 3178 (86.2%) | 3204 (88.8%) | 259 (91.8%) | 130 (93.5%) | |
Reading/writing disabilities: no | 3276 (88.9%) | 3063 (84.9%) | 257 (91.1%) | 123 (88.5%) | |
Other disabilities: no | 3407 (92.4%) | 3380 (93.7%) | 266 (94.3%) | 134 (96.4%) | |
Memory | No problems | 9222 (46.8%) | 7198 (47.1%) | 1140 (49.0%) | 877 (49.2%) |
Some problems | 9917 (50.3%) | 7683 (50.3%) | 1139 (49.0%) | 873 (49.0%) | |
Large problems | 565 (2.9%) | 393 (2.6%) | 47 (2.0%) | 32 (1.8%) | |
Lifestyle satisfaction | Very satisfied | 2535 (9.1%) | 2448 (10.4%) | 286 (9.8%) | 278 (12.6%) |
Satisfied | 19,482 (69.9%) | 16,705 (71.1%) | 2003 (68.4%) | 1558 (70.9%) | |
Not very satisfied | 5051 (18.1%) | 3885 (16.5%) | 549 (18.7%) | 322 (14.6%) | |
Not satisfied | 792 (2.8%) | 473 (2.0%) | 91 (3.1%) | 40 (1.8%) | |
Smoking | Never smoked | 13,229 (45.5%) | 10,947 (44.0%) | 1378 (46.1%) | 981 (43.7%) |
Ex occasional smoker | 2951 (10.2%) | 2749 (11.0%) | 401 (13.4%) | 268 (11.9%) | |
Ex daily smoker | 9598 (33.0%) | 8773 (35.3%) | 980 (32.8%) | 851 (37.9%) | |
Current occasional smoker | 501 (1.7%) | 703 (2.8%) | 54 (1.8%) | 43 (1.9%) | |
Current daily smoker | 2767 (9.5%) | 1714 (6.9%) | 176 (5.9%) | 102 (4.5%) | |
Current alcohol drinker | 17,509 (78.5%) | 14,707 (87.5%) | 2287 (85.8%) | 1753 (90.7%) | |
Computer familiarity [mean (SD)]c | – | – | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.4 (0.8) | |
