Table 1.
Women’s characteristics at the start of the current study by adherence trajectories in the WIHS cohort
| Characteristic | Adherence trajectories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consistently high (n = 340) |
High decreasing (n = 250) |
Consistently moderate (n = 650) |
Moderate increasing (n = 162) |
Consistently low (n = 136) |
Total (n = 1538) |
P-value | |
| Geographical region | |||||||
|
Midwest West South Northeast |
33 (17.6) 25 (13.4) 143 (25.1) 139 (23.3) |
21(11.2) 21(11.3) 86 (15.1) 122 (20.5) |
100 (53.5) 87 (46.8) 238 (41.8) 225 (37.7) |
20(10.7) 27(14.5) 54 (9.4) 61(10.2) |
13(7.0) 26 (14.0) 48(8.4) 49(9.2) |
187 (12.2) 186 (12.1) 569 (37.0) 596 (38.7) |
< 0.001 |
| Age groups | |||||||
|
< 50 years ≥ 50 years |
166 (48.8) 174 (51.2) |
134 (53.6) 116 (46.4) |
358 (55.1) 292 (44.9) |
79 (48.8) 83 (51.2) |
93 (68.4) 43 (31.6) |
830 (54.0) 708 (46.0) |
0.002 |
| Race | |||||||
|
White African American Hispanic Others |
35 (10.3) 244 (71.8) 54 (15.8) 7 (2.1) |
31 (12.4) 176 (70.4) 36 (14.4) 7 (2.8) |
72 (11.1) 483 (74.3) 74 (11.4) 21 (3.2) |
13 (8.0) 107 (66.0) 37 (22.8) 5 (3.1) |
10 (7.4) 107 (78.7) 14 (10.3) 5 (3.6) |
161(10.5) 1117 (72.6) 215 (14.0) 45 (2.9) |
0.04 |
| Education | |||||||
|
Below secondary school Completed secondary school Some /completed college |
127 (37.4) 118 (34.7) 95 (27.9) |
83 (33.3) 78 (31.3) 88 (35.3) |
186 (28.7) 215 (33.1) 248 (38.2) |
60 (37.0) 48 (29.6) 54 (33.3) |
48 (35.5) 34 (25.2) 53 (39.3) |
504 (32.8) 493 (32.1) 538 (35.1) |
0.024 |
| Employment status | |||||||
|
No Yes |
225 (66.2) 115 (33.8) |
172 (68.8) 78 (31.2) |
416 (64.1) 233 (35.9) |
108 (67.1) 53 (32.9) |
84 (62.2) 51 (37.8) |
1005 (65.5) 530 (34.5) |
0.61 |
| Annual income | |||||||
|
≤ $24,000 >$24,000 |
270 (79.4) 70 (20.6) |
197 (78.8) 53 (21.2) |
478 (73.8) 170 (26.2) |
123 (75.9) 39 (24.1) |
106 (77.9) 30 (22.1) |
1174 (76.4) 362 (23.6) |
0.26 |
| Alcohol categories (%) | |||||||
|
0 drinks/week >0–7 drinks/week >7–12 drinks/week >12 drinks/week |
224 (65.9) 89 (26.2) 13 (3.8) 14 (4.1) |
125 (50.4) 98 (39.5) 8 (3.2) 17 (6.8) |
340 (52.3) 233 (35.8) 32 (4.9) 45 (6.9) |
105 (64.8) 49 (30.2) 3 (1.8) 5 (3.1) |
50 (36.8) 55 (40.4) 13 (9.6) 18 (13.2) |
844 (54.9) 524 (34.1) 69 (4.5) 99 (6.4) |
< 0.001 |
| History of smoking status (%) | |||||||
|
Women who never smoked Women who smoke Women who previously smoked |
130 (38.2) 113 (33.2) 97 (28.5) |
78 (31.2) 98 (39.2) 74 (29.6) |
235 (36.1) 239 (36.8) 176 (27.1) |
51 (31.5) 61 (37.7) 50 (30.7) |
38 (27.9) 69 (50.7) 29 (21.3) |
532 (34.6) 580 (37.7) 426 (27.7) |
0.04 |
| Substance use | |||||||
|
Yes No |
122 (35.9) 218 (64.1) |
70 (28) 180 (72) |
190 (29.4) 456 (70.6) |
47 (29.0) 115 (71.0) |
34 (25.2) 101 (74.8) |
463 (30.2) 1070 (69.8) |
0.1 |
| Depression symptoms (%) | |||||||
|
No Yes |
273 (80.3) 67 (19.7) |
183 (73.2) 67 (26.8) |
418 (64.3) 232 (35.7) |
114 (70.4) 48 (29.6) |
73 (53.7) 63 (46.3) |
1061(69.0) 477 (31.0) |
< 0.001 |