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Table 2 HUNT 2: 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])

45.7 [4.3]

45.8 [4.3]

47.1 [4.5]

<0.0011

46.0 [4.2]

45.9 [4.2]

47.2 [4.5]

<0.0011

Education >12 years (n [%])

179 [34.0]

94 [33.2]

1349 [20.1]

<0.0012

156 [32.9]

79 [29.8]

1292 [22.9]

<0.0012

Separated or divorced (n [%])

72 [13.6]

29 [10.1]

713 [10.5]

0.083

41 [8.6]

32 [11.9]

449 [7.9]

0.0552

Non-employed (n [%])

14 [2.6]

8 [2.8]

220 [3.2]

0.6592

7 [1.5]

7 [2.6]

131 [2.3]

0.4632

Health-related

        

Fair or poor health (n [%])

105 [19.8]

60 [21.1]

1607 [23.9]

0.0632

84 [17.8]

36 [13.5]

1062 [18.8]

0.0872

Physical inactivity (n [%])

18 [3.8]

11 [4.3]

308[5.0]

0.361

22 [5.4]

14 [6.2]

389 [7.8]

0.151

Daily smoking (n [%])

159 [32.6]

88 [33.6]

2321 [36.1]

0.2162

119 [26.9]

82 [32.5]

1568 [28.7]

0.2882

Alcohol abstainers(n [%])

38 [7.3]

28 [9.9]

548 [8.2]

0.4262

19 [4.0]

15 [5.8]

290 [5.2]

0.4982

BMI (mean [SD])

25.1 [3.4]

26.3 [4.3]

26.0 [4.2]

<0.0011

26.3 [2.7]

26.7 [3.4]

26.7 [3.2]

0.0381

BMI ≥30 kg/m2 (n [%])

46 [8.7]

47 [16.4]

1039 [15.4]

<0.0012

44 [9.3]

43 [16.0]

827 [14.6]

0.0042

Headache(n [%])

274 [58.9]

130 [53.9]

3167 [54.4]

0.1622

156 [36.4]

73 [34.6]

1644 [35.4]

0.8832

Musculoskeletal pain(n [%])

281 [53.4]

137 [48.2]

3654 [54]

0.1592

222 [46.8]

113 [42.3]

2618 [46.1]

0.4442

HADS A score(mean [SD])

4.2 [3.4]

4.6 [3.5]

4.6 [3.4]

0.0301

3.7 [2.9]

3.8 [2.8]

4.0 [3.1]

0.0611

HADS D score(mean [SD])

2.9 [2.8]

2.9 [2.9]

3.4 [2.9]

<0.0011

3.5 [2.9]

3.3 [2.6]

3.7 [3.0]

0.0261

Antihypertensive use (n [%])

14 [2.6]

13 [4.5]

370 [5.5]

0.0172

17 [3.6]

9 [3.4]

321 [5.6]

0.0522

Laboratory measurements

        

SBP (mean [SD])

126.1 [15.6]

128.1 [16.6]

130.2 [17.7]

<0.0011

133.2 [13.0]

135.1 [15.3]

135.9 [15.1]

0.0011

SBP ≥140 mmHg (n [%])

83 [15.7]

71 [24.8]

1760 [26.0]

<0.0012

134 [28.2]

89 [33.3]

2046 [36.0]

0.0022

DBP (mean [SD])

77.6 [10.0]

78.7 [10.6]

78.9 [10.7]

0.0221

82.0 [9.1]

83.6 [10.7]

83.3 [10.2]

0.0341

DBP ≥90 mmHg (n [%])

67 [12.6]

43 [15.0]

1038 [15.3]

0.2482

94 [19.8]

64 [24.0]

1417 [25.0]

0.0412

Cholesterol (mean [SD])

5.6 [1.0]

5.6 [1.0]

5.8 [1.1]

<0.0011

5.9 [1.0]

5.8 [1.1]

6.0 [1.1]

0.0011

High cholesterol (n [%])

99 [18.7]

52 [18.2]

1578 [23.3]

0.0082

122 [25.7]

59 [22.1]

1682 [29.6]

0.0082

HDL Cholesterol(mean [SD])

1.5 [0.4]

1.5 [0.4]

1.5 [0.4]

0.0481

1.2 [0.3]

1.2 [0.3]

1.3 [0.3]

<0.0011

Triglycerides (mean [SD])

1.3 [0.8]

1.4 [0.8]

1.4 [0.9]

0.0081

2.1 [1.2]

2.1 [1.3]

2.1 [1.3]

0.8311

Glucose (mean [SD])

5.1 [0.8]

5.3 [1.6]

5.2 [0.9]

0.0051

5.4 [1.2]

5.4 [1.1]

5.4 [1.3]

0.5581

Glucose ≥5.6 mmol/l (n [%])

106 [20.0]

74 [25.9]

1742 [25.8]

0.0132

146 [30.7]

83 [31.1]

1824 [32.1]

0.7832

  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; Antihypertensive use: Current use of antihypertensive medication; Glucose: Non-fasting glucose; High Cholesterol: Cholesterol ≥6.6 mmol/l.