Baseline characteristics and distribution of the metrics of cardiovascular health by sex
| Mean (SD) n (%) | Men | Women | p Value* | Missing | |
| Age | 58.95 (6.20) | 60.35 (6.23) | <0.0001 | 0 | |
| Sex | 5539 (61.5) | 3473 (38.5) | <0.0001 | 0 | |
| High education level† | Yes | 2593 (46.8) | 1028 (29.6) | <0.0001 | 0 |
| No | 2946 (53.2) | 2445 (70.4) | |||
| Deprivation score‡ | Q1 | 1616 (29.2) | 778 (22.4) | <0.0001 | 0 |
| Q2 | 1312 (23.7) | 809 (23.2) | |||
| Q3 | 1297 (23.4) | 950 (27.4) | |||
| Q4 | 1314 (23.7) | 939 (27.0) | |||
| High level depression§ | Yes | 295 (5.3) | 510 (14.7) | <0.0001 | 0 |
| No | 5244 (85.3) | 2963 (94.7) | |||
| Smoking | Ideal | 4395 (79.9) | 2944 (85.1) | <0.0001 | 54 |
| Intermediate | 206 (3.8) | 88 (2.5) | |||
| Poor | 898 (16.3) | 427 (12.3) | |||
| Physical activity | Ideal | 2722 (49.3) | 1640 (47.4) | 0.0016 | 28 |
| Intermediate | 1003 (18.2) | 735 (21.2) | |||
| Poor | 1798 (32.6) | 1086 (31.4) | |||
| Body mass index | Ideal | 2358 (42.6) | 2233 (64.3) | <0.0001 | 0 |
| Intermediate | 2616 (47.2) | 944 (27.2) | |||
| Poor | 565 (10.2) | 296 (8.5) | |||
| Healthy diet score | Ideal | 203 (3.7) | 301 (8.9) | <0.0001 | 187 |
| Intermediate | 2416 (44.5) | 1975 (58.3) | |||
| Poor | 2816 (51.8) | 1114 (32.9) | |||
| Blood pressure | Ideal | 897 (16.3) | 1009 (29.2) | <0.0001 | 38 |
| Intermediate | 2969 (53.8) | 1612 (46.6) | |||
| Poor | 1651 (29.9) | 836 (24.2) | |||
| Fasting plasma glucose | Ideal | 2488 (44.9) | 2323 (67.0) | <0.0001 | 6 |
| Intermediate | 2829 (51.1) | 1096 (31.6) | |||
| Poor | 219 (4.0) | 51 (1.5) | |||
| Total cholesterol | Ideal | 1436 (25.9) | 564 (16.2) | <0.0001 | 3 |
| Intermediate | 2727 (49.3) | 1625 (46.8) | |||
| Poor | 1374 (24.8) | 1283 (37.0) | |||
| Personal history of cardiovascular disease | 131 (2.4) | 52 (1.5) | 0.0046 | 20 | |
| Global CVH | Ideal | 379 (6.8) | 513 (14.8) | <0.0001 | 0 |
| Intermediate | 2524 (45.6) | 1924 (55.4) | |||
| Poor | 2636 (47.6) | 1036 (29.8) | |||
| Behavioural CVH | Ideal | 1098 (20.2) | 1073 (31.6) | <0.0001 | 187 |
| Intermediate | 2216 (40.8) | 1435 (42.3) | |||
| Poor | 2120 (39.0) | 883 (26.0) | |||
| Biological CVH | Ideal | 193 (3.5) | 155 (4.5) | <0.0001 | 23 |
| Intermediate | 946 (17.1) | 916 (26.5) | |||
| Poor | 4388 (79.4) | 2391 (69.1) |
*Χ2 for categorical variable or t-test for continuous variable (age).
†High education level was defined by licence, master and more.
‡Evaluation de la Précarité et des Inégalités dans les Centres d’Examens de Santé—Evaluation of Deprivation and Inequalities in Health Examination centres (EPICE) score.
§High level of depressive symptom status was defined as a score ≥7 on the 13-item Questionnaire of Depression 2nd version, Abridged (QD2A) or the use of antidepressants.