Table 1 Descriptive statistics for age, educational level and physical activity level (PAL), by sex

N

10899

5807

5092

Age (sd)

57.1 (10.7)

56.5 (10.5)

57.9 (10.9)

Educational level, n(%):

Low (\(\mathrm {L_{edu}}\))

5114 (\(46.9\%\))

2649 (\(45.6\%\))

2465 (\(48.4\%\))

High (\(\mathrm {H_{edu}}\))

5785 (\(53.1\%\))

3158 (\(54.4\%\))

2627 (\(51.6\%\))

\(40-59\) years old

2302 (\(64.9\%\))

1600 (\(56.8\%\))

60 years old and above

856 (\(37.9\%\))

1027 (\(41.5 \%\))

PAL, n(%):

Low (\(\mathrm {L_{PAL}}\))

7818 (\(71.7\%\))

4511 (\(77.7\%\))

3307 (\(64.9\%\))

High (\(\mathrm {H_{PAL}}\))

3081 (\(28.3\%\))

1296 (\(22.3\%\))

1785 (\(35.1\%\))

\(40-59\) years old

923 (\(26.0\%\))

1120 (\(39.8\%\))

60 years old and above

373 (\(16.5\%\))

665 (\(29.2 \%\))

Education and PAL groups, n (%):

\(\mathrm {L_{edu}L_{PAL}}\)

3971 (\(36.4\%\))

2234 (\(38.5\%\))

1737 (\(34.1\%\))

\(\mathrm {L_{edu}H_{PAL}}\)

1143 (\(10.5\%\))

415 (\(7.1\%\))

728 (\(14.3\%\))

\(\mathrm {H_{edu}L_{PAL}}\)

3847 (\(35.3\%\))

2277 (\(39.2\%\))

1570 (\(30.8\%\))

\(\mathrm {H_{edu}H_{PAL}}\)

1938 (\(17.8\%\))

881 (\(15.2\%\))

1057 (\(20.8\%\))