Table 2 Characteristics of study participants by number of children (N = 9745): The HUNT Study, Norway
| Â | Number of children | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 +  | ||||||
Characteristics | n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Dementia | ||||||||||
 No | 503 | 77.7 | 571 | 78.7 | 2835 | 87.4 | 2,714 | 86.6 | 1597 | 80.1 |
 Yes | 144 | 22.3 | 155 | 21.3 | 408 | 12.6 | 421 | 13.4 | 397 | 19.9 |
Sex | ||||||||||
 Women | 294 | 45.4 | 382 | 52.6 | 1,693 | 52.2 | 1,720 | 54.9 | 1,211 | 60.7 |
 Men | 353 | 54.6 | 344 | 47.4 | 1550 | 47.8 | 1415 | 45.1 | 783 | 39.3 |
 Age in years in 2018 (mean, SD) | 79.2 | (7.2) | 78.7 | (7.3) | 77.0 | (6.1) | 77.7 | (6.0) | 80.3 | (6.4) |
Education | ||||||||||
 Completed tertiary | 131 | 20.2 | 139 | 19.1 | 755 | 23.3 | 700 | 22.3 | 278 | 13.9 |
 Completed secondary or below | 516 | 79.8 | 587 | 80.9 | 2488 | 76.7 | 2435 | 77.7 | 1716 | 86.1 |
Marital status at age 25Â years | ||||||||||
 Married | 64 | 14.0 | 238 | 46.2 | 1795 | 67.3 | 1889 | 74.0 | 1090 | 80.4 |
 Non married/widow/divorced/separated | 394 | 86.0 | 277 | 53.8 | 872 | 32.7 | 663 | 26.0 | 265 | 19.6 |
Occupational complexity | ||||||||||
 Not working | 15 | 2.3 | 27 | 3.7 | 119 | 3.7 | 117 | 3.7 | 93 | 4.7 |
 Low | 68 | 10.5 | 66 | 9.1 | 196 | 6.0 | 236 | 7.5 | 209 | 10.5 |
 Intermediate | 390 | 60.3 | 452 | 62.3 | 1930 | 59.5 | 1914 | 61.1 | 1333 | 66.9 |
 High | 174 | 26.9 | 181 | 24.9 | 998 | 30.8 | 868 | 27.7 | 359 | 18.0 |
Religious affiliation | ||||||||||
 Humanistic/atheistic | 62 | 14.3 | 88 | 17.4 | 406 | 16.2 | 321 | 13.0 | 150 | 10.1 |
 Christian/other | 373 | 85.7 | 417 | 82.6 | 2099 | 83.8 | 2152 | 87.0 | 1341 | 89.9 |
Hearing impairment | ||||||||||
 No | 555 | 85.8 | 611 | 84.2 | 2818 | 86.9 | 2696 | 86.0 | 1681 | 84.3 |
 Yes | 92 | 14.2 | 115 | 15.8 | 425 | 13.1 | 439 | 14.0 | 313 | 15.7 |
 Life satisfaction (mean, SD) | 5.5 | (1.0) | 5.7 | (1.0) | 5.7 | (1.0) | 5.7 | (1.0) | 5.6 | (1.0) |
Participation in social activities | ||||||||||
 Never or only few times/year | 217 | 49.0 | 258 | 47.5 | 1,021 | 40.2 | 920 | 36.3 | 593 | 37.9 |
 1–2 times/month to more than once/week | 226 | 51.0 | 285 | 52.5 | 1,520 | 59.8 | 1,611 | 63.7 | 971 | 62.1 |
Feeling lonely | ||||||||||
 Never/very rarely | 474 | 89.8 | 570 | 90.8 | 2753 | 94.0 | 2762 | 95.4 | 1701 | 93.4 |
 Sometimes to very often | 54 | 10.2 | 58 | 9.2 | 175 | 6.0 | 132 | 4.6 | 121 | 6.6 |
Daily smoking | ||||||||||
 No | 282 | 52.7 | 268 | 42.1 | 1246 | 41.7 | 1297 | 44.3 | 846 | 45.6 |
 Yes | 253 | 47.3 | 369 | 57.9 | 1739 | 58.3 | 1631 | 55.7 | 1008 | 54.4 |
Physically inactive | ||||||||||
 No | 290 | 57.1 | 306 | 51.4 | 1620 | 56.3 | 1544 | 54.5 | 815 | 47.1 |
 Yes | 218 | 42.9 | 289 | 48.6 | 1260 | 43.8 | 1289 | 45.5 | 914 | 52.9 |
Alcohol intake 5 times or more in the past two weeks | ||||||||||
 No | 475 | 94.1 | 580 | 93.7 | 2631 | 90.4 | 2604 | 91.4 | 1649 | 92.8 |
 Yes | 30 | 5.9 | 39 | 6.3 | 280 | 9.6 | 244 | 8.6 | 127 | 7.2 |
 HADS (mean, SD) | 8.3 | (5.6) | 8.2 | (5.8) | 7.9 | (5.6) | 8.0 | (5.5) | 8.1 | (5.6) |
Diabetes | ||||||||||
 No | 527 | 96.5 | 637 | 97.1 | 2987 | 98.3 | 2915 | 97.8 | 1844 | 97.7 |
 Yes | 19 | 3.5 | 19 | 2.9 | 52 | 1.7 | 65 | 2.2 | 44 | 2.3 |
Hypertension | ||||||||||
 No | 210 | 38.5 | 278 | 42.4 | 1505 | 49.6 | 1427 | 47.9 | 787 | 41.8 |
 Yes | 336 | 61.5 | 378 | 57.6 | 1531 | 50.4 | 1553 | 52.1 | 1098 | 58.2 |
Obesity | ||||||||||
 No | 436 | 80.0 | 554 | 84.6 | 2622 | 86.4 | 2472 | 83.0 | 1511 | 80.2 |
 Yes | 109 | 20.0 | 101 | 15.4 | 412 | 13.6 | 505 | 17.0 | 372 | 19.8 |