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Table 3 Baseline prevalences (%)

From: Can non-participants in a follow-up be used to draw conclusions about incidences and prevalences in the full population invited at baseline? An investigation based on the Swedish MDC cohort

 

Baseline participants (n = 26,474)

Baseline participants, participating in re-examination (n = 21,868)

Baseline participants, not participating in re-examination (n = 4,606)

Substitution approach to reconstruct background population

Extrapolation approach to reconstruct background population

Smoking

(n = 26,463)

(n = 21,861)

(n = 4,602)

  

 Yes, regularly

23

22

29

27

34

 Yes, occasionally

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.8

 No, stopped

34

34

33

33

32

 No, never

39

40

33

35

29

Alcohol

(n = 26,422)

(n = 21,833)

(n = 4,589)

  

 High risk

8.0

7.8

9.2

8.7

10

Body mass

(n = 26,442)

(n = 21,845)

(n = 4,597)

  

 Normal/underweight (BMI < 25)

47

48

45

46

43

 Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30)

40

40

40

40

40

 Obese (BMI ≥ 30)

13

13

16

15

17

  1. Prevalences are obtained from the MDC baseline screening