Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline according to the number of healthy behaviours

N

339,902

30,101

93,063

118,254

77,287

21,197

Any death**

17,387 (5.1%)

2372 (7.9%)

5638 (6.1%)

5505 (4.7%)

3095 (4.0%)

777 (3.7%)

Incident cardiovascular disease (CVD)

29,545 (8.7%)

3506 (11.6%)

9105 (9.8%)

9837 (8.3%)

5709 (7.4%)

1388 (6.5%)

Male

161,849 (47.6%)

19,152 (63.6%)

53,760 (57.8%)

56,003 (47.4%)

27,446 (35.5%)

5488 (25.9%)

Age, mean (SD)

56.2 (8.0)

56.1 (7.9)

56.1 (8.0)

55.9 (8.1)

56.3 (8.1)

57.1 (7.9)

Body mass index (BMI), mean (SD)

27.1 (4.4)

27.8 (4.4)

27.4 (4.4)

27.0 (4.4)

26.7 (4.4)

26.5 (4.4)

Higher education

144,035 (42.4%)

12,302 (40.9%)

37,999 (40.8%)

50,269 (42.5%)

33,753 (43.7%)

9712 (45.8%)

White ethnicity

326,745 (96.1%)

29,405 (97.7%)

90,696 (97.5%)

113,940 (96.4%)

73,182 (94.7%)

19,522 (92.1%)

Current smoking

33,703 (9.9%)

8062 (26.8%)

15,468 (16.6%)

8555 (7.2%)

1618 (2.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Low fruit and vegetable intake

238,184 (70.1%)

30,101 (100.0%)

84,209 (90.5%)

85,564 (72.4%)

38,310 (49.6%)

0 (0.0%)

High alcohol consumption

188,151 (55.4%)

30,101 (100.0%)

78,082 (83.9%)

63,461 (53.7%)

16,507 (21.4%)

0 (0.0%)

Low physical activity

130,360 (38.4%)

30,101 (100.0%)

49,439 (53.1%)

40,673 (34.4%)

10,147 (13.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Hypertension

173,489 (51.0%)

16,973 (56.4%)

50,031 (53.8%)

58,864 (49.8%)

37,302 (48.3%)

10,319 (48.7%)

Diabetes

12,434 (3.7%)

1349 (4.5%)

3568 (3.8%)

4121 (3.5%)

2591 (3.4%)

805 (3.8%)

Hyperlipidaemia

138,069 (40.6%)

13,547 (45.0%)

39,367 (42.3%)

46,990 (39.7%)

29,849 (38.6%)

8316 (39.2%)

Post-menopause

106,899 (31.4%)

6245 (20.7%)

22,824 (24.5%)

36,706 (31.0%)

30,811 (39.9%)

10,313 (48.7%)

Family history of diabetes

60,259 (17.7%)

5030 (16.7%)

15,692 (16.9%)

21,033 (17.8%)

14,365 (18.6%)

4139 (19.5%)

Family history of CVD

200,113 (58.9%)

17,148 (57.0%)

54,007 (58.0%)

69,870 (59.1%)

46,350 (60.0%)

12,738 (60.1%)