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. 2025 May 29;13(11):1286. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13111286

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of participants by WWI.

Characteristics Overall WWI
Q1 (<7.31) Q2 (7.31–7.99) Q3 (7.99–8.72) Q4 (>8.72)
Count 155,683 38,934 38,910 38,918 38,921
Age at base (mean (SD)) 63.23 (2.36) 63.30 (2.38) 63.28 (2.37) 63.27 (2.36) 63.07 (2.32)
Sex = 1 (%) 74,369 (47.8) 6275 (16.1) 15,436 (39.7) 23,609 (60.7) 29,049 (74.6)
BMI (mean (SD)) 27.57 (4.46) 23.77 (2.64) 26.33 (2.74) 28.22 (3.05) 31.97 (4.48)
WWI_quantile (%)
   Q1 38,934 (25.0) 38,934 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
   Q2 38,910 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 38,910 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
   Q3 38,918 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 38,918 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
   Q4 38,921 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 38,921 (100.0)
Ethnicity (%)
   White 145,821 (93.7) 35,847 (92.1) 36,431 (93.6) 36,658 (94.2) 36,885 (94.8)
   Asian 3927 (2.5) 1212 (3.1) 974 (2.5) 915 (2.4) 826 (2.1)
   Black 473 (0.3) 208 (0.5) 131 (0.3) 77 (0.2) 57 (0.1)
   Mixed 4603 (3.0) 1257 (3.2) 1184 (3.0) 1118 (2.9) 1044 (2.7)
   Other 859 (0.6) 410 (1.1) 190 (0.5) 150 (0.4) 109 (0.3)
Chronic condition (%)
   Heart attack 6308 (4.1) 839 (2.2) 1272 (3.3) 1723 (4.4) 2474 (6.4)
   Angina 6628 (4.3) 1136 (2.9) 1464 (3.8) 1829 (4.7) 2199 (5.6)
   Stroke 3085 (2.0) 627 (1.6) 711 (1.8) 817 (2.1) 930 (2.4)
   High blood pressure 50,143 (32.2) 10,093 (25.9) 11,330 (29.1) 12,996 (33.4) 15,724 (40.4)
   Other 89,519 (57.5) 26,239 (67.4) 24,133 (62.0) 21,553 (55.4) 17,594 (45.2)
College = 1 (%) 38,144 (24.5) 9222 (23.7) 9577 (24.6) 9910 (25.5) 9435 (24.2)
Ever drinker = 1 (%) 147,845 (95.0) 36,317 (93.3) 36,837 (94.7) 37,294 (95.8) 37,397 (96.1)
Current smoker = 1 (%) 12,402 (8.0) 3751 (9.6) 2936 (7.5) 2853 (7.3) 2862 (7.4)
Outcome = 1 (%) 3211 (2.1) 894 (2.3) 819 (2.1) 750 (1.9) 748 (1.9)