Baseline characteristics of the male cohort
| Standing/walking (hours/day) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| <4 n=7556 | ≥4–<6 n=1888 | ≥6–≤7.3 n=6815 | |
| Per cent of total number of men in the cohort | 46.5 | 11.6 | 41.9 |
| Age at baseline (years), mean, (SD) | 43.1 (10.3) | 43.5 (11.5) | 40.8 (11.2) |
| Lifting (kg/day), % | |||
| 0 | 76.5 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| >0–<1000 | 20.5 | 39.5 | 55.7 |
| ≥1000–≤4900 | 3.0 | 57.6 | 44.3 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), % | |||
| <25 | 46.1 | 44.4 | 31.6 |
| ≥25–<30 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 31.6 |
| ≥30–≤63 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.0 |
| Missing | 2.2 | 2.8 | 29.8 |
| Leisure-time physical activity (hours/week), % | |||
| Light activity <2 | 15.2 | 20.1 | 25.1 |
| Light activity ≥2–≤4 | 36.7 | 35.8 | 19.8 |
| Light activity >4 or strenuous activity ≥2–≤4 | 38.6 | 31.7 | 17.5 |
| Strenuous activity >4 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 5.2 |
| Missing | 0.9 | 1.7 | 32.4 |
| Smoking status, % | |||
| Never smoker | 44.1 | 38.0 | 24.0 |
| Ex-smoker | 27.5 | 26.2 | 17.1 |
| Smoker | 27.9 | 34.8 | 30.4 |
| Missing | 0.5 | 1.0 | 28.5 |
| Education level, % | |||
| Higher/medium | 31.4 | 22.3 | 8.7 |
| Vocational | 58.0 | 44.6 | 69.8 |
| Low | 10.6 | 33.1 | 21.5 |