Baseline characteristics by survival status
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=31 818) | Survivors (n=30 326) | Decedents (n=1492) | p Value* | All (n=10 555) | Survivors (n=10 325) | Decedents (n=230) | p Value* | |
| Age (years) | 43.3 (9.2) | 43.0 (9.0) | 49.8 (10.3) | <0.001 | 42.8 (10.1) | 42.6 (10.0) | 51.1 (10.6) | <0.001 |
| Physical activity† | ||||||||
| Inactive | 39.5 | 38.9 | 52.2 | <0.001 | 37.6 | 37.2 | 56.1 | <0.001 |
| Insufficient | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 20.0 | ||
| Recommended | 43.2 | 43.8 | 29.1 | 43.7 | 44.2 | 23.9 | ||
| MET-minutes/week | 759.8 (1205.6) | 773.8 (1216.8) | 477.0 (904.6) | <0.001 | 766.8 (1197.3) | 775.4 (1203.8) | 380.5 (764.2) | <0.001 |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness‡ | ||||||||
| Low | 13.4 | 12.9 | 23.7 | <0.001 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 24.8 | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 39.9 | 39.9 | 40.9 | 34.5 | 34.4 | 38.7 | ||
| High | 46.7 | 47.2 | 35.4 | 54.9 | 55.4 | 36.5 | ||
| Treadmill time (min) | 18.4 (4.9) | 18.5 (4.8) | 15.7 (5.0) | <0.001 | 13.9 (4.5) | 14.0 (4.5) | 10.8 (4.6) | <0.001 |
| Maximal METs | 11.9 (2.4) | 11.9 (2.4) | 10.6 (2.4) | <0.001 | 9.7 (2.1) | 9.8 (2.1) | 8.3 (2.2) | <0.001 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.5 (3.8) | 26.5 (3.8) | 26.7 (4.0) | 0.20 | 23.1 (4.2) | 23.1 (4.2) | 23.4 (4.4) | 0.38 |
| <25.0 | 37.8 | 37.8 | 37.3 | 0.12 | 76.2 | 76.2 | 75.2 | 0.86 |
| 25.0–29.9 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 45.8 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 18.3 | ||
| ≥30.0 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.5 | ||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never | 71.1 | 71.3 | 67.4 | <0.001 | 78.8 | 78.8 | 76.5 | <0.001 |
| Former | 11.4 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 5.7 | ||
| Current | 17.5 | 16.9 | 27.6 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 17.8 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 120.7 (12.9) | 120.5 (12.8) | 124.8 (15.0) | <0.001 | 111.7 (13.9) | 111.6 (13.8) | 118.1 (15.6) | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 80.9 (9.5) | 80.8 (9.5) | 82.5 (10.4) | <0.001 | 75.4 (9.5) | 75.4 (9.5) | 76.8 (9.7) | 0.02 |
| Hypertension | 29.0 | 28.3 | 41.3 | <0.001 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 23.5 | <0.001 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dl) | 99.5 (16.1) | 99.3 (15.2) | 104.3 (29.1) | <0.001 | 93.3 (13.3) | 93.2 (13.0) | 96.8 (21.3) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 4.1 | 3.9 | 7.3 | <0.001 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 0.73 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 207.4 (39.9) | 206.9 (39.7) | 216.3 (42.7) | <0.001 | 196.9 (37.7) | 196.7 (37.7) | 208.3 (38.8) | <0.001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 27.5 | 27.3 | 31.5 | <0.001 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 23.5 | 0.22 |
| Parental cardiovascular disease | 26.5 | 25.8 | 40.5 | <0.001 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 43.0 | <0.001 |
Data are means (SD) for continuous variables or percentage for categorical variables.
↵* For comparison of survivors and decedents.
↵† Inactive, insufficient and recommended was defined as 0, 1.499 and .500 MET-minutes/week, respectively.
↵‡ Low, moderate and high was defined as the least fit 20%, the next fit 40% and the most fit 40%, respectively.
MET, metabolic equivalent.