Table 1.

Characteristics of the never/former menopausal hormone therapy users (n=920) from the Women’s Health Initiative-Observational Study.

	N	%	N Weighteda
Overall n	920
Age (mean±SD)	64.4±7.2
BMI (mean±SD)	28.4±6.8
Waist-to-hip ratio (mean±SD)	0.82±0.08
Age at blood draw
<60 years old	244	26.5	7529
60–69 years old	416	45.2	13822
70+ years old	260	28.3	8936
Race and ethnicityb
Non-Hispanic White	807	87.7	26865
Other	113	12.3	3423
Education
HS education or less	203	22.1	6546
Some post-HS education	313	34.0	10814
College graduate	394	42.8	12669
Missing	10	1.1
Smoking status
Never smoked	468	50.9	15161
Past smoker	382	41.5	12199
Current smoker	63	6.8	2603
Missing	7	0.8
Current alcohol consumption
No	184	20.0	6426
Yes	626	68.0	20360
Missing	110	12.0
BMI
< 25 kg/m2	335	36.4	13436
25–29.9 kg/m2	292	31.7	9425
30+ kg/m2	291	31.6	7420
Missing	2	0.2
Number of term pregnancies
Never pregnant	130	14.1	4235
Never had term pregnancy	19	2.1	509
1	80	8.7	2549
2	211	22.9	6706
3	221	24.0	7134
4	136	14.8	4670
5+	120	13.0	4239
Missing	3	0.3
OC use
Never	601	65.3	18868
Ever	319	34.7	11420
Time since menopause
< 10 years	299	32.5	9299
10–20 years	364	39.6	11701
≥ 20 years	257	27.9	9288
Ever diagnosed with diabetes?
No	868	94.3	29110
Yes	52	5.7	1178
Tubal ligation
No	781	84.9	25334
Yes	139	15.1	4954
Age at tubal ligation
<30 years old	14	1.5	324
30–34 years old	42	4.6	1143
35–39 years old	45	4.9	1565
40–44 years old	27	2.9	1286
45+ years old	11	1.2	635
Hysterectomy
No	818	88.9	26325
Yes	102	11.1	3963
Age at hysterectomy
<30 years old	5	0.5	124
30–34 years old	10	1.1	245
35–39 years old	28	3.0	985
40–44 years old	19	2.1	782
45+ years old	37	4.0	1825

^aWeighted n reflects weighted counts and refers to the study cohort.

^bCategories were dichotomized to non-Hispanic White women and other due to small numbers. Other is defined as women that self-identified as Black or African American, Hispanic/Latino, or other (American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Other Pacific Islander, or other).