| Female | Male | Total | |
| Age yrs | 53.6±12.6 (1426) | 51.2±12.6 (3677) | 51.8±12.6 (5103) |
| BMI | |||
| kg·m−2 | 31.5±7.6 (1420) | 31.0±6.1 (3658) | 31.1±6.5 (5078) |
| Normal, <25 kg·m−2 | 20.1 | 12.4 | 14.5 |
| Overweight, 25–<30 kg·m−2 | 28.1 | 37.5 | 34.8 |
| Obese, 30–<35 kg·m−2 | 23.2 | 28.9 | 27.5 |
| Morbidly obese, ≥35 kg·m−2 | 28.6 | 21.2 | 23.2 |
| Waist cm | 102.3±17.0 (1399) | 108.5±15.0 (3505) | 106.8±15.9 (4904) |
| Hip cm | 109.7±19.6 (1399) | 107.6±14.2 (3498) | 108.2±16.0 (4897) |
| Neck cm | 37.5±5.0 (1404) | 42.5±4.1 (3520) | 41.0±4.9 (4924) |
| Waist/hip ratio | 0.96±0.23 (1399) | 1.02±0.16 (3497) | 1.00±0.19 (4896) |
| Current smoker | 296/1388 (21.3) | 936/3596 (26.0) | 1232/4984 (24.7) |
| Alcohol consumption units·week−1 | 1.9±3.7 (971) | 4.7±7.8 (2726) | 4.0±7.1 (3697) |
| Cardiovascular comorbidity | |||
| Total | 670/1376 (48.7) | 1747/3542 (49.3) | 2417/4918 (49.1) |
| Number of diagnoses | |||
| 1 | 491 (35.7) | 1217 (34.4) | 1708 (34.7) |
| 2 | 129 (9.4) | 384 (10.8) | 513 (10.4) |
| 3 | 30 (2.2) | 110 (3.1) | 140 (2.8) |
| ≥4 | 20 (1.4) | 36 (1.1) | 56 (1.1) |
| Metabolic disease | |||
| Total | 487/1389 (35.0) | 1145/3575 (32.1) | 1632/4964 (32.9) |
| Number of diagnoses | |||
| 1 | 370 (26.6) | 835 (23.4) | 1205 (24.3) |
| 2 | 93 (6.7) | 260 (7.3) | 353 (7.1) |
| ≥3 | 24 (1.7) | 50 (1.4) | 72 (1.5) |
Data are presented as mean±sd (n), %, n/N (%) or n (%). BMI: body mass index.