Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline by leisure time and occupational physical activity: The Finnmark Study.

Leisure time physical activity (n = 17,697)
Occupational physical activity (n = 17,697)
OverallInactiveModerateActivep for linear trendaMostly sedentaryWalkingWalking and liftingHeavy manual labourp for linear trenda
Overall (%)17,697 (100)4684 (26.5)10431 (58.9)2582 (14.6)5767 (32.6)6729 (38.0)3679 (20.8)1522 (8.6)
Sex<0.001<0.001
 Men (%)8951 (50.6)2316 (25.9)4764 (53.2)1871 (20.9)3221 (36.0)2387 (26.7)2021 (22.6)1322 (14.8)
 Women (%)8746 (49.4)2368 (27.1)5667 (64.8)711 (8.1)2546 (29.1)4342 (49.6)1658 (19.0)200 (2.3)
Age (years)47.2 (9.2)46.5 (9.2)47.9 (9.2)45.3 (9.4)0.01447.2 (9.1)47.9 (9.2)45.8 (9.4)47.2 (8.9)<0.001
Ethnicityb0.012<0.001
 Non-Sami (%)10777 (79.3)2682 (24.9)6523 (60.5)1572 (14.6)3778 (35.1)4111 (38.1)2138 (19.8)750 (7.0)
 Sami2813 (20.7)832 (29.6)1533 (54.5)448 (15.9)790 (28.1)1033 (36.7)638 (22.7)352 (12.5)
Body height (cm)167.3 (9.3)166.8 (9.4)166.8 (9.2)170.6 (9.1)<0.001168.8 (9.4)165.3 (9.2)167.5 (9.1)170.5 (8.3)0.287
Body weight (kg)72.5 (13.2)73.2 (14.3)71.8 (13.0)73.8 (11.5)0.70073.7 (13.6)70.6 (13.0)72.6 (12.7)75.9 (12.0)0.010
BMI (kg/m2)25.8 (4.0)26.3 (4.5)25.8 (3.9)25.3 (3.1)<0.00125.8 (4.0)25.8 (4.2)25.8 (3.9)26.1 (3.4)0.015
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)135.4 (18.5)135.2 (18.5)135.7 (18.8)134.5 (17.0)0.979134.7 (18.4)135.5 (19.1)135.0 (17.7)138.4 (18.1)<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)81.4 (11.3)81.9 (11.3)81.6 (11.3)79.9 (10.8)<0.00181.8 (11.2)81.1 (11.3)80.9 (11.0)82.3 (11.5)0.587
RHR (beats/min)72.7 (13.1)74.7 (13.0)73.0 (12.9)67.7 (12.5)<0.00172.5 (13.3)73.2 (13.1)72.6 (12.7)71.2 (12.5)0.040
Cholesterol (mmol/l)6.59 (1.36)6.59 (1.37)6.63 (1.36)6.42 (1.36)0.0026.53 (1.35)6.61 (1.37)6.55 (1.38)6.79 (1.34)<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/l)c1.86 (1.30)1.97 (1.47)1.83 (1.24)1.80 (1.21)<0.0011.89 (1.20)1.79 (1.33)1.88 (1.37)2.00 (1.36)0.054
Smokers (%)8721 (49.3)2698 (57.6)4963 (47.6)1060 (41.1)<0.0012818 (48.9)3071 (45.6)1968 (53.5)864 (56.8)<0.001
Hypertension treatment (%)1393 (7.9)422 (9.0)852 (8.2)119 (4.6)<0.001493 (8.5)570 (8.5)233 (6.3)97 (6.4)0.001
Myocardial infarction (%)327 (1.8)90 (1.9)210 (2.0)27 (1.0)0.042145 (2.5)118 (1.8)42 (1.1)22 (1.4)<0.001
Angina pectoris (%)710 (4.0)192 (4.1)466 (4.5)52 (2.0)0.001271 (4.7)296 (4.4)96 (2.6)47 (3.1)<0.001
Cerebral insult (%)125 (0.7)37 (0.8)74 (0.7)14 (0.5)0.27757 (1.0)53 (0.8)9 (0.2)6 (0.4)<0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%)234 (1.3)78 (1.7)136 (1.3)20 (0.8)0.00291 (1.6)96 (1.4)33 (0.9)14 (0.9)0.008
Leisure time physical activity (n = 17,697)
Occupational physical activity (n = 17,697)
OverallInactiveModerateActivep for linear trendaMostly sedentaryWalkingWalking and liftingHeavy manual labourp for linear trenda
Overall (%)17,697 (100)4684 (26.5)10431 (58.9)2582 (14.6)5767 (32.6)6729 (38.0)3679 (20.8)1522 (8.6)
Sex<0.001<0.001
 Men (%)8951 (50.6)2316 (25.9)4764 (53.2)1871 (20.9)3221 (36.0)2387 (26.7)2021 (22.6)1322 (14.8)
 Women (%)8746 (49.4)2368 (27.1)5667 (64.8)711 (8.1)2546 (29.1)4342 (49.6)1658 (19.0)200 (2.3)
Age (years)47.2 (9.2)46.5 (9.2)47.9 (9.2)45.3 (9.4)0.01447.2 (9.1)47.9 (9.2)45.8 (9.4)47.2 (8.9)<0.001
Ethnicityb0.012<0.001
 Non-Sami (%)10777 (79.3)2682 (24.9)6523 (60.5)1572 (14.6)3778 (35.1)4111 (38.1)2138 (19.8)750 (7.0)
 Sami2813 (20.7)832 (29.6)1533 (54.5)448 (15.9)790 (28.1)1033 (36.7)638 (22.7)352 (12.5)
Body height (cm)167.3 (9.3)166.8 (9.4)166.8 (9.2)170.6 (9.1)<0.001168.8 (9.4)165.3 (9.2)167.5 (9.1)170.5 (8.3)0.287
Body weight (kg)72.5 (13.2)73.2 (14.3)71.8 (13.0)73.8 (11.5)0.70073.7 (13.6)70.6 (13.0)72.6 (12.7)75.9 (12.0)0.010
BMI (kg/m2)25.8 (4.0)26.3 (4.5)25.8 (3.9)25.3 (3.1)<0.00125.8 (4.0)25.8 (4.2)25.8 (3.9)26.1 (3.4)0.015
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)135.4 (18.5)135.2 (18.5)135.7 (18.8)134.5 (17.0)0.979134.7 (18.4)135.5 (19.1)135.0 (17.7)138.4 (18.1)<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)81.4 (11.3)81.9 (11.3)81.6 (11.3)79.9 (10.8)<0.00181.8 (11.2)81.1 (11.3)80.9 (11.0)82.3 (11.5)0.587
RHR (beats/min)72.7 (13.1)74.7 (13.0)73.0 (12.9)67.7 (12.5)<0.00172.5 (13.3)73.2 (13.1)72.6 (12.7)71.2 (12.5)0.040
Cholesterol (mmol/l)6.59 (1.36)6.59 (1.37)6.63 (1.36)6.42 (1.36)0.0026.53 (1.35)6.61 (1.37)6.55 (1.38)6.79 (1.34)<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/l)c1.86 (1.30)1.97 (1.47)1.83 (1.24)1.80 (1.21)<0.0011.89 (1.20)1.79 (1.33)1.88 (1.37)2.00 (1.36)0.054
Smokers (%)8721 (49.3)2698 (57.6)4963 (47.6)1060 (41.1)<0.0012818 (48.9)3071 (45.6)1968 (53.5)864 (56.8)<0.001
Hypertension treatment (%)1393 (7.9)422 (9.0)852 (8.2)119 (4.6)<0.001493 (8.5)570 (8.5)233 (6.3)97 (6.4)0.001
Myocardial infarction (%)327 (1.8)90 (1.9)210 (2.0)27 (1.0)0.042145 (2.5)118 (1.8)42 (1.1)22 (1.4)<0.001
Angina pectoris (%)710 (4.0)192 (4.1)466 (4.5)52 (2.0)0.001271 (4.7)296 (4.4)96 (2.6)47 (3.1)<0.001
Cerebral insult (%)125 (0.7)37 (0.8)74 (0.7)14 (0.5)0.27757 (1.0)53 (0.8)9 (0.2)6 (0.4)<0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%)234 (1.3)78 (1.7)136 (1.3)20 (0.8)0.00291 (1.6)96 (1.4)33 (0.9)14 (0.9)0.008

BMI: body mass index; RHR: resting heart rate; SD: standard deviation.

Data are presented as mean (SD) or number (%).

a

Age-adjusted; bn=13,590; ctriglycerides were log transformed when computing the p-value.

Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline by leisure time and occupational physical activity: The Finnmark Study.

Leisure time physical activity (n = 17,697)
Occupational physical activity (n = 17,697)
OverallInactiveModerateActivep for linear trendaMostly sedentaryWalkingWalking and liftingHeavy manual labourp for linear trenda
Overall (%)17,697 (100)4684 (26.5)10431 (58.9)2582 (14.6)5767 (32.6)6729 (38.0)3679 (20.8)1522 (8.6)
Sex<0.001<0.001
 Men (%)8951 (50.6)2316 (25.9)4764 (53.2)1871 (20.9)3221 (36.0)2387 (26.7)2021 (22.6)1322 (14.8)
 Women (%)8746 (49.4)2368 (27.1)5667 (64.8)711 (8.1)2546 (29.1)4342 (49.6)1658 (19.0)200 (2.3)
Age (years)47.2 (9.2)46.5 (9.2)47.9 (9.2)45.3 (9.4)0.01447.2 (9.1)47.9 (9.2)45.8 (9.4)47.2 (8.9)<0.001
Ethnicityb0.012<0.001
 Non-Sami (%)10777 (79.3)2682 (24.9)6523 (60.5)1572 (14.6)3778 (35.1)4111 (38.1)2138 (19.8)750 (7.0)
 Sami2813 (20.7)832 (29.6)1533 (54.5)448 (15.9)790 (28.1)1033 (36.7)638 (22.7)352 (12.5)
Body height (cm)167.3 (9.3)166.8 (9.4)166.8 (9.2)170.6 (9.1)<0.001168.8 (9.4)165.3 (9.2)167.5 (9.1)170.5 (8.3)0.287
Body weight (kg)72.5 (13.2)73.2 (14.3)71.8 (13.0)73.8 (11.5)0.70073.7 (13.6)70.6 (13.0)72.6 (12.7)75.9 (12.0)0.010
BMI (kg/m2)25.8 (4.0)26.3 (4.5)25.8 (3.9)25.3 (3.1)<0.00125.8 (4.0)25.8 (4.2)25.8 (3.9)26.1 (3.4)0.015
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)135.4 (18.5)135.2 (18.5)135.7 (18.8)134.5 (17.0)0.979134.7 (18.4)135.5 (19.1)135.0 (17.7)138.4 (18.1)<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)81.4 (11.3)81.9 (11.3)81.6 (11.3)79.9 (10.8)<0.00181.8 (11.2)81.1 (11.3)80.9 (11.0)82.3 (11.5)0.587
RHR (beats/min)72.7 (13.1)74.7 (13.0)73.0 (12.9)67.7 (12.5)<0.00172.5 (13.3)73.2 (13.1)72.6 (12.7)71.2 (12.5)0.040
Cholesterol (mmol/l)6.59 (1.36)6.59 (1.37)6.63 (1.36)6.42 (1.36)0.0026.53 (1.35)6.61 (1.37)6.55 (1.38)6.79 (1.34)<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/l)c1.86 (1.30)1.97 (1.47)1.83 (1.24)1.80 (1.21)<0.0011.89 (1.20)1.79 (1.33)1.88 (1.37)2.00 (1.36)0.054
Smokers (%)8721 (49.3)2698 (57.6)4963 (47.6)1060 (41.1)<0.0012818 (48.9)3071 (45.6)1968 (53.5)864 (56.8)<0.001
Hypertension treatment (%)1393 (7.9)422 (9.0)852 (8.2)119 (4.6)<0.001493 (8.5)570 (8.5)233 (6.3)97 (6.4)0.001
Myocardial infarction (%)327 (1.8)90 (1.9)210 (2.0)27 (1.0)0.042145 (2.5)118 (1.8)42 (1.1)22 (1.4)<0.001
Angina pectoris (%)710 (4.0)192 (4.1)466 (4.5)52 (2.0)0.001271 (4.7)296 (4.4)96 (2.6)47 (3.1)<0.001
Cerebral insult (%)125 (0.7)37 (0.8)74 (0.7)14 (0.5)0.27757 (1.0)53 (0.8)9 (0.2)6 (0.4)<0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%)234 (1.3)78 (1.7)136 (1.3)20 (0.8)0.00291 (1.6)96 (1.4)33 (0.9)14 (0.9)0.008
Leisure time physical activity (n = 17,697)
Occupational physical activity (n = 17,697)
OverallInactiveModerateActivep for linear trendaMostly sedentaryWalkingWalking and liftingHeavy manual labourp for linear trenda
Overall (%)17,697 (100)4684 (26.5)10431 (58.9)2582 (14.6)5767 (32.6)6729 (38.0)3679 (20.8)1522 (8.6)
Sex<0.001<0.001
 Men (%)8951 (50.6)2316 (25.9)4764 (53.2)1871 (20.9)3221 (36.0)2387 (26.7)2021 (22.6)1322 (14.8)
 Women (%)8746 (49.4)2368 (27.1)5667 (64.8)711 (8.1)2546 (29.1)4342 (49.6)1658 (19.0)200 (2.3)
Age (years)47.2 (9.2)46.5 (9.2)47.9 (9.2)45.3 (9.4)0.01447.2 (9.1)47.9 (9.2)45.8 (9.4)47.2 (8.9)<0.001
Ethnicityb0.012<0.001
 Non-Sami (%)10777 (79.3)2682 (24.9)6523 (60.5)1572 (14.6)3778 (35.1)4111 (38.1)2138 (19.8)750 (7.0)
 Sami2813 (20.7)832 (29.6)1533 (54.5)448 (15.9)790 (28.1)1033 (36.7)638 (22.7)352 (12.5)
Body height (cm)167.3 (9.3)166.8 (9.4)166.8 (9.2)170.6 (9.1)<0.001168.8 (9.4)165.3 (9.2)167.5 (9.1)170.5 (8.3)0.287
Body weight (kg)72.5 (13.2)73.2 (14.3)71.8 (13.0)73.8 (11.5)0.70073.7 (13.6)70.6 (13.0)72.6 (12.7)75.9 (12.0)0.010
BMI (kg/m2)25.8 (4.0)26.3 (4.5)25.8 (3.9)25.3 (3.1)<0.00125.8 (4.0)25.8 (4.2)25.8 (3.9)26.1 (3.4)0.015
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)135.4 (18.5)135.2 (18.5)135.7 (18.8)134.5 (17.0)0.979134.7 (18.4)135.5 (19.1)135.0 (17.7)138.4 (18.1)<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)81.4 (11.3)81.9 (11.3)81.6 (11.3)79.9 (10.8)<0.00181.8 (11.2)81.1 (11.3)80.9 (11.0)82.3 (11.5)0.587
RHR (beats/min)72.7 (13.1)74.7 (13.0)73.0 (12.9)67.7 (12.5)<0.00172.5 (13.3)73.2 (13.1)72.6 (12.7)71.2 (12.5)0.040
Cholesterol (mmol/l)6.59 (1.36)6.59 (1.37)6.63 (1.36)6.42 (1.36)0.0026.53 (1.35)6.61 (1.37)6.55 (1.38)6.79 (1.34)<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/l)c1.86 (1.30)1.97 (1.47)1.83 (1.24)1.80 (1.21)<0.0011.89 (1.20)1.79 (1.33)1.88 (1.37)2.00 (1.36)0.054
Smokers (%)8721 (49.3)2698 (57.6)4963 (47.6)1060 (41.1)<0.0012818 (48.9)3071 (45.6)1968 (53.5)864 (56.8)<0.001
Hypertension treatment (%)1393 (7.9)422 (9.0)852 (8.2)119 (4.6)<0.001493 (8.5)570 (8.5)233 (6.3)97 (6.4)0.001
Myocardial infarction (%)327 (1.8)90 (1.9)210 (2.0)27 (1.0)0.042145 (2.5)118 (1.8)42 (1.1)22 (1.4)<0.001
Angina pectoris (%)710 (4.0)192 (4.1)466 (4.5)52 (2.0)0.001271 (4.7)296 (4.4)96 (2.6)47 (3.1)<0.001
Cerebral insult (%)125 (0.7)37 (0.8)74 (0.7)14 (0.5)0.27757 (1.0)53 (0.8)9 (0.2)6 (0.4)<0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%)234 (1.3)78 (1.7)136 (1.3)20 (0.8)0.00291 (1.6)96 (1.4)33 (0.9)14 (0.9)0.008

BMI: body mass index; RHR: resting heart rate; SD: standard deviation.

Data are presented as mean (SD) or number (%).

a

Age-adjusted; bn=13,590; ctriglycerides were log transformed when computing the p-value.

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