Table 1 Selected gender-related variables from the BASE-II cohort

Age

68.4 (3.4)

68.8 (3.5)

0.06

n/a

Diabetes mellitus type II, n (%)

54 (9.9)

79 (15.7)

0.007

n/a

Hypertension, n (%)

250 (46.0)

242 (48.2)

0.05

n/a

Current smoking, n (%)

38 (7.0)

58 (11.6)

< 0.001

n/a

Myocardial infarction, n (%)

6 (1.1)

14 (2.8)

0.05

n/a

Risk-taking behaviour

3.05 (1.42)

2.43 (1.65)

< 0.001

Gender identity

PSS

1.52 (0.35)

1.46 (0.34)

< 0.001

Gender identity

TICS

1.36 (0.67)

1.11 (0.63)

< 0.001

Gender identity

BFI: Extraversion

5.07 (1.2)

4.78 (1.17)

< 0.001

Gender identity

BFI: Conscientiousness

5.6 (0.9)

5.50 (1)

0.01

Gender identity

BFI: Agreeableness

5.3 (1.03)

5.13 (0.96)

< 0.001

Gender identity

BFI: Neuroticism

3.76 (1.33)

3.36 (1.25)

< 0.001

Gender identity

The good things in my life

n/a

n/a

Gender identity

BFI: Openness to experience

5.09 (1.18)

4.97 (1.18)

0.05

Gender identity

UCLA-Loneliness

3.05 (0.34)

3.01 (0.33)

0.03

Gender relations

Employment status 2014

n/a

n/a

Gender roles

Family status 2009–2014

n/a

n/a

Institutionalized gender

Education

13.7 (2.76)

14.37 (1.4)

< 0.001

Institutionalized gender