Table 1

Characteristics of participants who have or have not had a cardiovascular event

		Cardiovascular event				SMD
		No		Yes
		n	%	n	%
–	All	127 857	98.2	2340	1.8	–
Sex	Women	66 147	51.7	596	25.5	0.560
Sex	Men	61 710	48.3	1744	74.5	0.560
Age (years)	18–39	42 048	32.9	87	3.7	1.147
	40–54	43 890	34.3	380	16.3
	55–75	41 919	32.8	1873	80.0
Parental history of cardiovascular event	No	97 502	76.3	1334	57.0	0.417
Parental history of cardiovascular event	Yes	30 355	23.7	1006	43.0	0.417
Social position	High	37 520	29.3	419	17.9	0.384
	Middle	61 212	47.9	1015	43.4
	Low	29 125	22.8	906	38.7
Work environment	Good	40 354	31.6	386	16.5	0.662
	Average	46 701	36.5	473	20.2
	Bad	40 802	31.9	1481	63.3
Unemployment duration (quarters)	0	109 461	85.6	1946	83.2	0.162
	1–19	12 507	9.8	195	8.3
	20–148	5889	4.6	199	8.5
Lifetime non-moderate alcohol consumption	Rarely	18 104	14.2	272	11.6	0.165
	Sometimes	26 826	21.0	373	15.9
	Often	82 927	64.8	1695	72.5
Smoking	Never	59 425	46.5	704	30.1	0.432
	Former	43 778	34.2	1287	55.0
	Current	24 654	19.3	349	14.9
Leisure-time physical inactivity	No	116 132	90.8	2120	90.6	0.008
Leisure-time physical inactivity	Yes	11 725	9.2	220	9.4	0.008
Body mass index	Optimal	75 836	59.3	793	33.9	0.539
	Overweight	38 037	29.8	1021	43.6
	Obese	13 984	10.9	526	22.5
Hypertension	No	116 148	90.8	1295	55.3	0.874
Hypertension	Yes	11 709	9.2	1045	44.7	0.874
Dyslipidaemia	No	119 939	93.8	1095	46.8	1.200
Dyslipidaemia	Yes	7918	6.2	1245	53.2	1.200
Diabetes	No	126 156	98.7	2113	90.3	0.373
Diabetes	Yes	1701	1.3	227	9.7	0.373
Sleep disorders	No	46 997	36.8	784	33.5	0.068
Sleep disorders	Yes	80 860	63.2	1556	66.5	0.068
Depression	No	109 684	85.8	1967	84.1	0.048
Depression	Yes	18 173	14.2	373	15.9	0.048

The percentages were calculated relatively to the number of participants who have or have not had a cardiovascular event; the differences between the two groups were assessed by computing standardised mean differences (SMD).