Table 1

Background characteristics of men and women, aged 45–70 years, in the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program Study, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992–1994.


Men
Women


All cases
Non-fatal cases
Controls
All cases
Non-fatal cases
Controls

N
1204
968
1538
550
413
777
Age mean (SD)
59.0 (7.1)
58.5 (7.1)
59.2 (7.1)
62.0 (6.6)
61.6 (6.8)
62.0 (6.7)
BMI n (%)






BMI < 20
34 (3)
22 (2)
42 (3)
50 (9)
25 (6)
37 (5)
20 ≤ BMI < 25
386 (33)
302 (31)
659 (43)
176 (33)
133 (32)
358 (46)
25 ≤ BMI < 30
558 (48)
486 (50)
675 (44)
179 (34)
148 (36)
264 (34)
BMI ≥ 30
193 (16)
155 (16)
162 (11)
124 (23)
105 (26)
117 (15)
missing n
33
3

21
2
1
Leisure-time physical activity/exercise n (%)






Very little, occasional walks
670 (57)
512 (54)
663 (44)
363 (68)
249 (62)
374 (49)
Now and then, once per week
315 (27)
277 (29)
491 (32)
125 (24)
110 (27)
279 (36)
Twice per week or more
181 (16)
155 (16)
369 (24)
44 (8)
42 (10)
115 (15)
missing n
38
24
15
18
12
9
Smoking n (%)






Current smoker
621 (52)
498 (52)
485 (32)
298 (54)
214 (52)
204 (26)
Non- or ex-smoker
581 (48)
469 (49)
1053 (68)
252 (46)
199 (48)
573 (74)
missing n
2
1




Socioeconomic status n (%)






Blue-collar
419 (35)
351 (36)
423 (28)
179 (33)
142 (34)
225 (29)
White-collar
722 (60)
588 (61)
1079 (70)
281 (51)
216 (52)
484 (62)
Other
63 (5)
29 (3)
36 (2)
90 (16)
55 (13)
68 (9)

Fransson et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:296   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-296