| Mean age at follow-up (years) | 64.1 | 64.0 | −0.02 | − 0.01 |
| Sex |
| Male | 39.7 | 40.0 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Female | 60.3 | 60.0 | −0.01 | 0.00 |
| Smoking status (baseline) |
| Never-smoker | 57.1 | 63.4 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| Former-smoker | 33.3 | 29.3 | −0.09 | −0.02 |
| Current smoker |
| Smoker 1–14 cigarettes/day | 3.6 | 2.9 | −0.04 | −0.01 |
| Smoker > 14 cigarettes/day | 5.9 | 4.4 | −0.07 | 0.03 |
| Education (baseline) |
| Less than high/technical school | 52.1 | 44.4 | −0.16 | 0.01 |
| High/technical school | 14.0 | 14.7 | 0.02 | −0.01 |
| Trade, tertiary degree or diploma | 34.0 | 41.0 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Country of birth |
| Northern European | 80.6 | 91.2 | 0.31 | 0.04 |
| Southern European | 19.4 | 8.8 | −0.31 | −0.04 |
| Physical activity quartile (baseline) |
| 1 (Least active) | 22.5 | 16.5 | −0.15 | −0.04 |
| 2 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| 3 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 4 (Most active) | 30.2 | 35.7 | 0.12 | 0.00 |
