Socio-demographic characteristics and self-reported health variables according to whether participants of Spanish EPIC cohort self-reported stroke or AMI
| Self-reported prevalent cases of stroke, n (%) | Self-reported prevalent cases of AMI, n (%) | |||
| Yes (n=176) | No (n=33 378) | Yes (n=277) | No (41 161) | |
| Age at recruitment (years) | ||||
| ≤44 | 26 (14.8) | 11 518 (34.5) | 23 (8.3) | 14 150 (34.4) |
| 45–49 | 25 (14.2) | 7381 (22.1) | 34 (12.3) | 8881 (21.6) |
| 50–54 | 35 (19.9) | 5847 (17.5) | 50 (18.1) | 7146 (17.4) |
| ≥55 | 90 (51.1) | 8632 (25.9) | 170 (61.4) | 10 984 (26.7) |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 80 (45.5) | 13 752 (41.2) | 189 (68.2) | 15 441 (37.5) |
| Women | 96 (54.5) | 19 626 (58.8) | 88 (31.8) | 25 720 (62.5) |
| Tobacco status | ||||
| Never | 95 (54.0) | 17 663 (52.9) | 104 (37.5) | 22 872 (55.6) |
| Former smoker | 35 (19.9) | 6109 (18.3) | 114 (41.2) | 7198 (17.5) |
| Smoker | 46 (26.1) | 9584 (28.7) | 58 (20.9) | 11 069 (26.9) |
| Unknown | 0 | 22 (0.1) | 1 (0.4) | 22 (0.1) |
| Self-reported diabetes | 29 (16.5) | 1404 (4.2) | 56 (20.2) | 2025 (4.9) |
| Self-reported high blood pressure | 78 (44.3) | 6545 (19.6) | 122 (44.0) | 8265 (20.1) |
| Self-reported hyperlipidaemia | 55 (31.3) | 6885 (20.6) | 123 (44.4) | 8233 (20.0) |
| Level of education | ||||
| None | 66 (37.5) | 9291 (27.8) | 98 (35.4) | 12 514 (30.4) |
| Primary | 52 (29.5) | 13 895 (41.6) | 77 (27.8) | 15 940 (38.7) |
| Technical | 8 (4.5) | 3057 (9.2) | 19 (6.9) | 3382 (8.2) |
| Secondary | 9 (5.1) | 2236 (6.7) | 16 (5.8) | 2660 (6.5) |
| University degree | 20 (11.4) | 3781 (11.3) | 29 (10.5) | 4735 (11.5) |
| Unknown | 21 (11.9) | 1118 (3.3) | 38 (13.7) | 1930 (4.7) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | ||||
| Underweight | 1 (0.6) | 218 (0.7) | 0 | 280 (0.7) |
| Normal weight | 30 (17.0) | 7465 (22.4) | 27 (9.7) | 8844 (21.5) |
| Overweight | 85 (48.3) | 16 336 (48.9) | 143 (51.6) | 19 650 (47.7) |
| Obesity | 60 (34.1) | 9359 (28.0) | 107 (38.6) | 12 387 (30.1) |
| Total physical activity index | ||||
| Inactive | 26 (14.8) | 4188 (12.5) | 49 (17.7) | 4794 (11.6) |
| Moderately inactive | 49 (27.8) | 7282 (21.8) | 75 (27.1) | 8617 (20.9) |
| Moderately active | 87 (49.4) | 18 410 (55.2) | 120 (43.3) | 23 802 (57.8) |
| Active | 14 (8.0) | 3498 (10.5) | 33 (11.9) | 3948 (9.6) |
| Centre | ||||
| Asturias | 22 (12.5) | 8520 (25.5) | 32 (11.6) | 8510 (20.7) |
| San Sebastian | 34 (19.3) | 8380 (25.1) | 50 (18.1) | 8367 (20.3) |
| Navarra | 35 (19.9) | 8048 (24.1) | 30 (10.8) | 8054 (19.6) |
| Murcia | 85 (48.3) | 8430 (25.3) | 76 (27.4) | 8440 (20.5) |
| Granada | No dates | No dates | 89 (32.1) | 7790 (18.9) |
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; EPIC, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.