Characteristics of the participants included in the study by socioeconomic status.

<p>SD: Standard Deviation; Rate: Age- and sex- adjusted mortality rate per 1000 person-years (mean follow-up for mortality 15.0 years).</p>a<p><i>p</i> for linear trend across socioeconomic categories.</p>b<p>Age- and sex-adjusted prevalence. Heavy drinking is defined as consuming ≥75 g of ethanol per week; obesity as body mass index≥30 kg/m²; diabetes as fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l (126 mg/dl) (1989, 2004) or positive glucosuria or history of diabetes (1994); hypertension as blood pressure≥140/90 mm Hg; high cholesterol as total cholesterol ≥6.2 mmol/l (240 mg/dl).</p

Survival probability from the age of 25 years by socioeconomic category.

<p>Survival probability from the age of 25 years by socioeconomic category.</p

Socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular mortality (N = 3246, deaths = 219) and in non cancer non cardiovascular mortality (N = 3246, deaths = 171), and contribution of modifiable risk factors.

<p>CI: Confidence Interval; HR: Hazard ratio; SES: Socioeconomic status; Δ: Difference.</p>a<p>Sex- and year of birth-adjusted.</p>b<p>Heavy drinking is defined as consuming ≥75 g of ethanol per week; obesity as body mass index ≥30 kg/m²; diabetes as fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l (126 mg/dl) (1989, 2004) or positive glucosuria or history of diabetes (1994); hypertension as blood pressure≥140/90 mm Hg; high cholesterol as total cholesterol ≥6.2 mmol/l (240 mg/dl).</p

Age-adjusted prevalence and mean values of selected cardiovascular risk factors by level of education and age group among men (N = 2960).

<p>BP: blood pressure; CI: confidence interval; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein. Prevalence and mean values are adjusted for age and place of birth (Switzerland or outside Switzerland).</p>a<p><i>p</i> for linear trend across socioeconomic categories.</p>b<p>Difference in prevalence/mean between the highest and the lowest educational category.</p>c<p><i>p</i> for interaction between educational level and age group.</p>d<p>Analyses restricted to current smokers (N = 515 in the 35–54 years group and N = 293 in the 55–75 years group). 32 smokers with missing information on pack-years were not included.</p>e<p>Overweight: BMI ≥25 kg/m² and <30 kg/m²; obesity: BMI ≥30 kg/m²; abdominal obesity: waist circumference ≥102/88cm in men/women; hypertension: BP≥140/90 mmHg or taking BP treatment; low HDL-cholesterol: <1.0/1.2 mmol/l in men/women; high LDL-cholesterol: ≥3.4 mmol/l; high triglycerides: ≥1.7 mmol/l; diabetes:fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l or taking diabetes treatment.</p

Socio-demographic characteristics by gender and age group.

<p>SD: standard deviation.</p

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Adherence to the different patterns according to socioeconomic indicators assessed by Poisson regression (n = 2476).

<p>Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, year and education; Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, year and income; Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, year, education and income; Model 4: same as Model 3 and including an interaction term for education and income. Low education: secondary (obligatory), post secondary vocational or lower. High education: polytechnic and university. High income defined as income ≥3,001 Rupees in 2004 and ≥8,001 Rupees in 2013. Significant associations are indicated in bold.</p

Factor loadings of the principal dietary patterns identified in 2004 and 2013 (n = 2476).

<p>Factor loadings of the principal dietary patterns identified in 2004 and 2013 (n = 2476).</p

Population characteristics by adherence to dietary patterns.

<p>Population characteristics by adherence to dietary patterns.</p