Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 33,066 EPIC-NL participants by health behaviour score
From: The impact of a healthy lifestyle on Disability-Adjusted Life Years: a prospective cohort study
| Â | Health behaviour score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|  | n = 621 | n = 7,192 | n = 13,824 | n = 9,215 | n = 2,214 |
Gender, % male | 36.7 | 31.2 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 22.8 |
Age (years) | 53.0 ± 9.4 | 50.8 ± 10.3 | 49.3 ± 11.7 | 47.1 ± 12.7 | 45.2 ± 13.3 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  High | 11.4 | 14.0 | 18.1 | 27.5 | 34.6 |
  Middle | 33.7 | 38.1 | 40.3 | 42.5 | 42.8 |
  Low | 54.9 | 48.0 | 41.6 | 30.1 | 22.6 |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Never | 0.0 | 4.7 | 33.6 | 19.6 | 100 |
  Former | 41.6 | 49.3 | 32.5 | 62.3 | 0.0 |
  Current | 58.5 | 46.0 | 34.0 | 18.1 | 0.0 |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Active | 0.0 | 36.4 | 43.7 | 46.5 | 50.1 |
  Moderately active | 0.0 | 23.2 | 27.2 | 29.1 | 27.1 |
  Moderately inactive | 0.0 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 23.5 | 22.9 |
  Inactive | 100 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 29.1 ± 3.7 | 28.0 ± 3.5 | 25.8 ± 3.9 | 23.9 ± 3.3 | 22.4 ± 1.6 |
Waist (cm) | 95.7 ± 10.7 | 91.6 ± 10.8 | 85.3 ± 10.9 | 80.4 ± 9.6 | 76.6 ± 6.9 |
mMDS score | 3,0 ± 1,0 | 3.1 ± 1.0 | 3.8 ± 1.4 | 4.7 ± 1.4 | 5.6 ± 0.8 |
Energy intake (g/day) | 1976 ± 584 | 2044 ± 609 | 2057 ± 614 | 2082 ± 610 | 2113 ± 590 |
Ethanol (g/day) | 14.5 ± 20.2 | 13.3 ± 18.0 | 11.2 ± 15.3 | 9.8 ± 13.0 | 7.5 ± 10.1 |