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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample, Know Your Heart, ages 35-69

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in physiological risk biomarkers and the role of lifestyles among Russians aged 35-69 years

  

Men (n = 1901)

Women (2637)

Variable

Categories

n

%

n

%

City

Arkhangelsk

989

52%

1389

53%

Novosibirsk

912

48%

1248

47%

Age

35-39

160

8%

236

9%

40-44

225

12%

350

13%

45-49

255

13%

349

13%

50-54

280

15%

380

14%

55-59

291

15%

411

16%

60-64

344

18%

425

16%

65-69

346

18%

486

18%

Education

Higher (high SEP)

771

41%

1102

42%

Lower (low SEP)

1130

59%

1535

58%

Financial constraints

Constrained (low SEP)

644

34%

1893

72%

Unconstrained (high SEP)

1212

64%

707

27%

Missing

45

2%

37

1%

AUDIT 8

Non-drinker

284

15%

341

13%

Lower than 8

1156

61%

2234

85%

Equal or higher than 8

448

24%

52

2%

Missing

13

1%

10

0%

Smoking

Never

523

28%

1807

69%

Former

677

36%

399

15%

Up to 10

140

7%

229

9%

More than 10, up to 20

424

22%

175

7%

More than 20

128

7%

25

1%

Missing

9

0%

2

0%

BMI kg/m2

Normal (< 25.0)

554

29%

819

31%

Overweight (25.0-29.9)

839

44%

848

32%

Obesity (30.0+)

501

26%

959

36%

Missing

7

0%

11

0%

Waist-hip quartile

Low

470

25%

1452

55%

High

1427

75%

1183

45%

Missing

4

0%

2

0%

Physical activity: stairs (floors per day)

Mean

8.12

 

6.15

 

Diet (fruit intake)

None

149

8%

99

4%

1-2 per week

446

23%

347

13%

3-4 per week

382

20%

410

16%

5-6 per week

111

6%

208

8%

1-2 per day

685

36%

1244

47%

3-4 per day

93

5%

241

9%

5-6 per day

21

1%

56

2%

More than 6 per day

12

1%

31

1%

Missing

2

0%

1

0%

Knowledge about Blood Pressure

Not at all

162

9%

113

4%

I have only heard the term before

236

12%

169

6%

I know a little about it

631

33%

854

32%

I am very familiar with it

870

46%

1500

57%

Missing

2

0%

1

0%

Blood pressure lowering medication

Yes

646

34%

1060

40%

No

1255

66%

1577

60%