Baseline characteristics in the subcohort* representative of the entire study population
| Total subcohort (n=677) | Dutch subcohort (n=334) | SA subcohort (n=343) | |
| Mean age (years) | 45.0 (13.4) | 46.0 (13.8) | 44.0 (12.9) |
| % male (n) | 46.7 (316) | 49.4 (165) | 44.0 (151) |
| Median pack-years of smoking | 0.1 (0.0; 6.5) | 1.2 (0.0; 10.0) | 0.0 (0.0; 2.8) |
| Mean physical activity (MET/week) | 2781 (1578) | 2812 (1312) | 2751 (1802) |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 25.1 (4.1) | 24.4 (3.8) | 25.7 (4.4) |
| Mean waist circumference (cm) | 89.4 (12.3) | 88.9 (12.2) | 90.0 (12.3) |
| Socioeconomic status (%) | |||
| Never been to school/elementary schooling only | 7.4 (50) | 4.2 (14) | 10.5 (36) |
| Lower vocational schooling or lower secondary schooling | 21.8 (148) | 10.8 (36) | 32.7 (112) |
| Intermediate vocational schooling or intermediate/higher secondary schooling | 26.1 (177) | 21.9 (73) | 30.3 (104) |
| Higher vocational schooling or university | 44.6 (302) | 63.2 (211) | 26.5 (91) |
*Baseline characteristics of the subcohort are shown. The subcohort represents the full cohort as it is a random sample of the full cohort.
BMI, body mass index; MET, metabolic equivalent; SA, South-Asian Surinamese.