Table 1 Characteristics of the study population and distribution of socioeconomic trajectories among VIP participants for the years 1990–1992, by sex
Characteristics | Men n = 1522 | Women n = 1818 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Smoking a | ||||
Current daily smoking (%) | 23.0 | 19.3 | ||
Physical activity a | ||||
Active (%) | 38.6 | 40.6 | ||
SES at the age of 40 (%) | ||||
Advantaged (0) | 34.2 | 34.0 | ||
Disadvantaged (1) | 65.8 | 66.0 | ||
SES at the age of 50 (%) | ||||
Advantaged (0) | 51.9 | 45.3 | ||
Disadvantaged (1) | 48.1 | 54.7 | ||
SES at the age of 60 (%) | ||||
Advantaged (0) | 56.3 | 44.1 | ||
Disadvantaged (1) | 43.7 | 55.9 | ||
SES40 | SES50 | SES60 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | 34.6 | 28.1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 15.9 | 14.6 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2.7 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 9.3 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 35.3 | 39.1 |