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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Sports Med. 2022 Sep 27;56(22):1277–1283. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105315

Table 1:

Study sample demographics by levels of weightlifting as reported.

None n=75069 (76.8%) Less than 1 times/month n= 1436 (1.5%) 1–3 times/month n=4146 (4.2%) 1–2 times/week n=8311 (8.5%) 3–6 times/week1 n=8224 (8.4%) 7 or more1 times/week n=584 (0.6%)
Age at randomize 62.3 (5.2) 60.6 (4.8) 60.8 (4.8) 61.1 (4.9) 61.6 (4.9) 63.2 (5.3)

Age at follow up 71.4 (5.9) 69.5 (5.7) 69.8 (5.6) 70.2 (5.7) 70.8 (5.6) 72.6 (6.2)

# comorbidities 1.3 (1.2) 1.1 (1.2) 1.1 (1.1) 1.0 (1.1) 1.0 (1.1) 1.2 (1.2)


BMI2 (kg/m2)
<18.5 2956 (3.9%) 56 (3.9%) 147 (3.6%) 312 (3.8%) 312 (3.8%) 34 (5.8%)
18.5–24.9 22804 (30.4%) 488 (34.0%) 1593 (38.4%) 3509 (42.2%) 3505 (42.6%) 245 (41.9%)
25–29.9 31391 (41.8%) 635 (44.2%) 1710 (41.2%) 3299 (39.7%) 3235 (39.3%) 211 (36.1%)
30–34.9 12706 (16.9%) 193 (13.4%) 522 (12.6%) 927 (11.1%) 936 (11.4%) 73 (12.5%)
35+ 5212 (6.9%) 64 (4.5%) 174 (4.2%) 264 (3.2%) 236 (2.9%) 21 (3.6%)

Sex
Men 35737 (46.8%) 654 (45.0%) 1938 (46.1%) 3847 (45.6%) 4604 (55.1%) 347 (58.9%)
Women 40691 (53.2%) 800 (55.0%) 2270 (53.9%) 4594 (54.4%) 3755 (44.9%) 242 (41.1%)

Race
White 68447 (91.4%) 1292 (91.0%) 3767 (91.2%) 7644 (92.5%) 7495 (91.3%) 526 (91.3%)
Black 2474 (3.3%) 49 (3.5%) 115 (2.8%) 183 (2.2%) 158 (1.9%) 13 (2.3%)
Hispanic 1073 (1.4%) 26 (1.8%) 73 (1.8%) 115 (1.4%) 175 (2.1%) 15 (2.6%)
Other 2914 (3.9%) 53 (3.7%) 176 (4.3%) 325 (3.9%) 385 (4.7%) 22 (3.8%)

Smoking
Never 35309 (46.9%) 652 (45.5%) 1935 (46.7%) 3813 (45.7%) 3649 (44.2%) 292 (50.1%)
Former 544 (7.4%) 63 (4.4%) 183 (4.4%) 308 (3.7%) 323 (3.9%) 22 (3.8%)
Current 34386 (45.7%) 717 (50.0%) 2023 (48.9%) 4218 (50.6%) 4286 (51.9%) 269 (46.1%)

Alcohol intake
None 28 (0.1%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.1%) 3 (0.1%) 3 (0.1%) 0 (0%)
<0.2 g/day 8703 (25.6%) 127 (20%) 371 (19.9%) 688 (18.3%) 688 (18.8%) 69 (24.5%)
0.2–1.39 g/day 8388 (24.6%) 143 (22.5%) 422 (22.6%) 774 (20.6%) 793 (21.7%) 69 (25.5%)
1.4–10.7 g/day 8725 (25.6%) 181 (28.5%) 508 (27.3%) 1102 (29.4%) 1009 (27.6%) 61 (22.5%)
10.7 g/day + 8209 (24.1%) 184 (29.0%) 561 (30.1%) 1185 (31.6%) 1170 (31.9%) 72 (26.6%)

Education
 <High School 4445 (5.9%) 19 (1.3%) 82 (2.0%) 161 (2.0%) 226 (2.8%) 39 (6.8%)
 High School 18400 (24.6%) 176 (12.4%) 585 (14.2%) 1113 (13.5%) 1258 (15.4%) 105 (18.3%)
 College 26250 (35.1%) 444 (31.3%) 1345 (32.6%) 2633 (31.9%) 2579 (31.5%) 188 (32.8%)
 College + 25653 (34.3%) 779 (54.9%) 2114 (51.2%) 4346 (52.7%) 4134 (50.4%) 242 (42.2%)

Aerobic MVPA groups
None (0 mins) 27792 (36.7%) 466 (32.2%) 881 (21.1%) 757 (9.0%) 509 (6.1%) 76 (13.0%)
Some (1–149 mins) 27871 (36.8%) 592 (40.9%) 1923 (46.0%) 3603 (48.9%) 2416 (29.1%) 144 (24.5%)
Meets (150–300 mins) 15173 (20.1%) 326 (22.5%) 1096 (26.2%) 3261 (38.9%) 3553 (42.8%) 171 (29.1%)
Exceeds (301+ mins ) 4847 (6.4%) 64 (4.4%) 284 (6.8%) 780 (9.3%) 1834 (22.1%) 196 (33.4%)
1

For regression analysis, these top two categories were combined of 3–6 times/week and 7+ per week due to the small number of deaths in these categories.

2

BMI abbreviates Body Mass Index