Country & study | Estonia | Finland | Germany | Italy | The Netherlands | Norway | UK | |||
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 | EGCUT | DILGOM | HeaIth2000 | KORA | CHRIS | MICROS | LifeLines | PREVEND | HUNT2 | NCDS |
Total number of participants (N) | 8,930 | 3,685 | 6,022 | 2,987 | 1,117 | 1,060 | 63,995 | 7,216 | 61,199 | 7,306 |
Number with BMI ≥ 30 (%) | 2,053 (23.0) | 946 (25.7) | 1,342 (22.3) | 786 (26.3) | 130 (11.6) | 157 (14.8) | 9,934 (15.5) | 1,137 (15.8) | 9,922 (16.2) | 1,670 (22.9) |
Gender (M (%)/F) | 698 (34.0)/1,355 | 399 (42.2)/547 | 573 (42.7)/769 | 373 (47.5)/413 | 60 (46.2)/70 | 57 (36.3)/100 | 3,813 (38.4)/6,121 | 514 (45.2)/623 | 4,104 (41.4)/5,818 | 874 (52.3)/796 |
Age (yrs) | 52.6 ± 14.1 | 57.3 ± 11.6 | 54.5 ± 12.8 | 59.6 ± 12.0 | 53.6 ± 12.9 | 54.9 ± 15.2 | 47.4 ± 11.7 | 53.5 ± 11.7 | 53.5 ± 15.4 | 44.0 ± 0 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 34.4 ± 4.1 | 34.2 ± 4.1 | 33.6 ± 3.4 | 33.8 ± 3.7 | 33.1 ± 3.4 | 33.6 ± 4.5 | 33.6 ± 3.6 | 33.2 ± 3.3 | 33.2 ± 3.1 | 33.9 ± 3.8 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 107 ± 12 | 110 ± 11 | 108 ± 10 | 109 ± 11 | NA | NA | 108 ± 10 | 105 ± 11 | 101 ± 10 | 106 ± 10 |
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.52 ± 0.33 | 1.30 ± 0.33 | 1.17 ± 0.32 | 1.31 ± 0.31 | 1.54 ± 0.45 | 1.54 ± 0.34 | 1.28 ± 0.33 | 1.16 ± 0.34 | 1.24 ± 0.35 | 1.38 ± 0.32 |
Men | 1.35 ± 0.28 | 1.15 ± 0.26 | 1.05 ± 0.27 | 1.21 ± 0.29 | 1.31 ± 0.32 | 1.36 ± 0.25 | 1.13 ± 0.26 | 1.01 ± 0.27 | 1.10 ± 0.29 | 1.30 ± 0.30 |
Women | 1.60 ± 0.32 | 1.42 ± 0.33 | 1.26 ± 0.32 | 1.40 ± 0.30 | 1.74 ± 0.45 | 1.65 ± 0.34 | 1.38 ± 0.33 | 1.29 ± 0.33 | 1.35 ± 0.36 | 1.47 ± 0.31 |
Triglycerides (mmol/I) | 2.10 ± 1.16 | 1.82 ± 1.01 | 2.02 ± 1.22 | 1.77 ± 1.09 | 1.53 ± 0.99 | 1.87 ± 1.27 | 1.54 ± 1.02 | 1.88 ± 1.33 | 2.35 ± 1.39 | 2.17 ± 1.63 |
Blood glucose (mmol/I) | 4.8 ± 1.8 | 6.4 ± 1.3 | 5.9 ± 1.7 | 5.9 ± 1.2 | 5.6 ± 0.9 | 5.4 ± 1.5 | 5.4 ± 1.3 | 5.4 ± 1.6 | 5.9 ± 2.0 | 4.9 ± 1.1 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 136 ± 17 | 140 ± 19 | 142 ± 20 | 128 ± 18 | 128 ± 14 | 143 ± 22 | 133 ± 15 | 139 ± 20 | 146 ± 22 | 132 ± 16 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 84 ± 11 | 83 ± 11 | 87 ± 10 | 78 ± 10 | 83 ± 8 | 85 ± 11 | 77 ± 9 | 77 ± 10 | 85 ± 13 | 83 ± 10 |
Current smoking (%) | 30.5 | 15.3 | 23.0 | 17.7 | 15.4 | 28.0 | 19.9 | 26.3 | 30.8 | 23.9 |
Number with MetS (M/F) | 410/606 | 323/355 | 425/515 | 229/216 | 26/26 | 34/33 | 2,208/2,262 | 346/335 | 2,792/3,114 | 513/269 |
Number with MHO (M/F) | 34/166 | 7/37 | 19/43 | 34/61 | 11/12 | 4/9 | 359/1,433 | 26/94 | 180/553 | 79/226 |