Table 1 Selected baseline socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of the studied population sample
Characteristics | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | 814 (100) | 411 (50.5) | 403 (49.5) |
Age, y | 65.5 ± 8.4a | 66.4 ± 8.0 | 64.5 ± 8.7 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 27.5 ± 4.4 | 27.7 ± 3.9 | 27.4 ± 4.8 |
Hours of physical activity/weekb | 22.6 ± 14.7 | 20.7 ± 14.0 | 24.7 ± 15.0 |
Smoking status (%) | |||
Never smoker | 377 (46.3) | 132 (32.1) | 245 (60.8) |
Former smoker | 353 (43.4) | 235 (57.2) | 118 (29.3) |
Current smoker | 84 (10.3) | 44 (10.7) | 40 (9.9) |
Education (%) | |||
No vocational training / current training | 267 (32.8) | 124 (30.2) | 143 (35.5) |
Technical college | 187 (23.0) | 63 (15.3) | 124 (30.8) |
University | 360 (44.2) | 224 (54.5) | 136 (33.7) |
Occupation (%) | |||
Full time (> 35 h/week) | 248 (30.5) | 141 (34.3) | 107 (26.7) |
Part time/hourly (< 35 h/week) | 61 (7.5) | 18 (4.4) | 43 (10.7) |
No job/retired | 505 (62.0) | 252 (61.3) | 253 (62.8) |
Energy misreporting (%)c | |||
EI/TEE < 0.81 | 270 (39.6) | 118 (34.0) | 152 (45.4) |
0.81 < EI/TEE < 1.19 | 359 (52.6) | 187 (53.9) | 172 (51.3) |
EI/TEE > 1.19 | 53 (7.8) | 42 (12.1) | 11 (3.3) |