TABLE 4—

Prevalence of Risk Factors and Health Status Indicators Among Women in the Health Supplement to the Women’s Employment Study (WES-HS) 2000–2001 and in the Welfare Subpopulation of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III, 1988–1994

	Age-Standardized Prevalence (95% CI)
	NHANES (n = 359)	WES-HS (n = 299)	Prevalence Ratio (WES-HS/NHANES) (95% CI)
Smoking status
Ever	0.49 (0.40, 0.57)	0.63 (0.57, 0.69)	1.29 (1.02, 1.55)
Past	0.09 (0.03, 0.15)	0.12 (0.08, 0.16)	1.32 (0.30, 2.34)
Current	0.40 (0.31, 0.48)	0.51 (0.44, 0.57)	1.27 (0.95, 1.60)
Obesity and overweight
BMI, mean	29.2 (27.84, 30.62)	32.6 (31.49, 33.74)	1.1 (1.05, 1.18)
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)	0.42 (0.34, 0.51)	0.56 (0.50, 0.63)	1.33 (1.02, 1.65)
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)	0.62 (0.53, 0.70)	0.79 (0.74, 0.84)	1.28 (1.08, 1.47)
Waist–hip ratio > 0.8	0.82 (0.75, 0.89)	0.72 (0.66, 0.78)	0.88 (0.77, 0.98)
Hypertension (systolic ≥ 140 or diastolic ≥ 90)	0.15 (0.09, 0.21)	0.22 (0.16, 0.27)	1.47 (0.78, 2.16)
High cholesterol ( ≥ 240 mg/dL)	0.09 (0.04, 0.14)	0.11 (0.06, 0.15)	1.18 (0.31, 2.06)
Low HDL ( ≥ 35 mg/dL)	0.09 (0.03, 0.16)	0.11 (0.07, 0.15)	1.18 (0.27, 2.10)
C-reactive protein ( ≥ 1 mg/dL)	0.20 (0.13, 0.27)	0.18 (0.13, 0.23)	0.90 (0.49, 1.30)
Glycosylated hemoglobin ≥ 6%	0.15 (0.10, 0.20)	0.22 (0.17, 0.28)	1.50 (0.82, 2.17)
Doctor’s diagnosis of
Hypertension	0.27 (0.20, 0.34)	0.19 (0.14, 0.25)	0.73 (0.45, 1.01)
Diabetes	0.05 (0.03, 0.08)	0.08 (0.04, 0.11)	1.41 (0.45, 2.37)
Breathing problems	0.29 (0.20, 0.38)	0.25 (0.19, 0.31)	0.89 (0.54, 1. 23)
Arthritis	0.13 (0.09, 0.18)	0.37 (0.31, 0.44)	2.76 (1.66, 3.87)
Self-reported health poor/fair	0.30 (0.22, 0.38)	0.39 (0.33, 0.46)	1.31 (0.90, 1.72)

Note. CI = confidence interval; BMI = body mass index; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.