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Table 1 HUNT 1: Characteristics of participants in the MRI study (MRI-p), non-participants (MRI-np) and non-invited (MRI-ni)

From: Does health differ between participants and non-participants in the MRI-HUNT study, a population based neuroimaging study? The Nord-Trøndelag health studies 1984–2009

VARIABLES

WOMEN

MEN

 

MRI-p

MRI-np

MRI-ni

p

MRI-p

MRI-np

MRI-ni

p

Demographic

(n = 530)

(n = 286)

(n = 6678)

 

(n = 476)

(n = 268)

(n = 5695)

 

Age (mean [SD])

35.1 [4.2]

35.1 [4.3]

35.6 [4.5]

0.0071

35.3 [4.1]

35.2 [4.2]

35.7 [4.5]

0.071

Education >12 years (n [%])

124 [27.3]

58 [24.2]

779 [13.9]

<0.0012

117 [28.1]

57 [27.3]

882 [18.6]

<0.0012

Separated or divorced (n [%])

24 [4.5]

10 [3.5]

303 [4.5]

0.722

10 [2.1]

5 [1.9]

161 [2.8]

0.432

Non-employed (n [%])

16 [3.0]

8 [2.8]

339 [5.0]

0.032

13 [2.7]

5 [1.9]

196 [3.4]

0.282

Health-related

        

Fair or poor health (n [%])

64 [12.1]

28 [9.8]

834 [12.3]

0.452

43 [9.1]

28 [10.5]

619 [10.9]

0.462

Physical inactivity (n [%])

23 [5.0]

14 [5.7]

387 [6.8)]

0.252

31 [7.2]

16 [7.5]

412 [8.6]

0.562

Daily smoking (n [%])

159 [34.3]

84 [34.1]

2108 [37.4]

0.252

119 [27.7]

74 [34.7]

1574 [32.7]

0.082

Alcohol abstainers(n [%])

29 [6.3]

19 [7.8]

29 [6.3]

0.652

13 [3.0]

9 [4.2]

163 [3.4]

0.732

BMI (mean [SD])

22.6 [2.7]

23.5 [3.3]

23.4 [3.4]

<0.0011

24.6 [2.3]

24.9 [2.9]

24.8 [2.8]

0.1281

BMI ≥30 kg/m2 (n [%])

8 [1.5]

19 [6.6]

339 [5.1]

<0.0012

9 [1.9]

18 [6.7]

267 [4.7]

0.0042

Laboratory measurements

        

SBP (mean [SD])

119.3 [13.0]

121.0 [12.5]

121.0 [13.4]

0.0191

129.1 [12.6]

129.9 [12.8]

130.6 [12.8]

0.0521

SBP ≥140 mmHg (n [%])

34 [6.4]

24 [8.4]

603 [9.0]

0.132

93 [19.5]

52 [19.4]

1276 [22.7]

0.142

DBP (mean [SD])

78.6 [8.7]

79.7 [9.3]

77.9 [9.6]

0.0031

83.8 [8.6]

84.2 [9.9]

82.7 [9.3]

0.0031

DBP ≥90 mmHg (n [%])

55 [10.4]

48 [16.8]

759 [11.3]

0.0132

119 [25.0]

76 [28.4]

1253 [22.3]

0.0332

  1. 1. One-way analysis-of-variance 2. Chi-squared test.
  2. BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; Fair or poor health: Fair or poor self-perceived health.