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. 2003 May 17;326(7398):1057. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7398.1057

Table 2.

Personal and lifestyle characteristics of male 1959 never smokers in California cancer prevention study (CPS I) cohort by smoking status of spouse

Smoking status of spouse, 1959
1999 respondents
Current (cigarettes/day)
Characteristic Never Former 1-19 20-39 ≥40 Total 1959 value 1999 value
No of participants in 1959 7458 624 905 587 45 9619
No of participants in 1999 498 59 69 51 4 681 681 681
Withdrawn as of 1972 (%) 2.0 (146) 2.4 (15) 2.1 (19) 2.7 (16) 2.2 (1) 2.0 (197)
Lost to follow up as of 1999 (%) 5.9 (441) 4.6 (29) 5.4 (49) 6.3 (37) 8.9 (4) 5.8 (560)
Unknown cause of death (%) 6.6 (371) 6.1 (26) 6.6 (42) 5.4 (22) 8.8 (3) 6.5 (464)
Widowed as of 1999 28.2 (1649) 25.1 (124) 31.9 (231) 38.1 (174) 39.4 (13) 29.0 (2191)
Mean age (years) at enrolment 56.5 (7458) 51.9 (624) 52.8 (905) 51.7 (587) 52.6 (45) 55.5 (9619) 45.5 (681) 45.5 (681)
White people (%) 97.8 (7292) 98.6 (615) 98.0 (887) 98.1 (577) 100.0 (45) 97.9 (9416) 98.6 (672)
Education ≥12 years (%) 67.3 (5017) 80.6 (403) 71.3 (645) 74.2 (436) 84.5 (38) 69.0 (6639) 89.0 (606) 92.9 (633)
Mean height (cm) 175.8 (7328) 176.3 (614) 176.3 (898) 176.5 (582) 176.8 (43) 175.8 (9465) 177.0 (681) 175.3 (681)
Mean weight (kg) 78.9 (7137) 79.7 (602) 79.6 (881) 80.9 (573) 82.2 (44) 79.1 (9237) 78.6 (681) 74.9 (681)
History of serious diseases (%): 13.8 (965) 10.0 (59) 11.9 (102) 11.9 (65) 12.5 (5) 13.3 (1196) 4.1 (28)
Cancer 5.0 (369) 4.7 (29) 5.5 (50) 4.6 (27) 2.2 (1) 5.0 (476) 2.9 (20) 39.9 (272)
Heart disease 7.0 (471) 4.8 (27) 5.4 (44) 5.6 (29) 7.7 (3) 6.6 (574) 1.0 (7)
Stroke 1.8 (125) 0.5 (3) 1.0 (8) 1.7 (9) 2.6 (1) 1.7 (146) 0.2 (1)
Sick at present time (%) 6.4 (475) 4.8 (30) 6.3 (57) 5.6 (33) 4.4 (2) 6.2 (597) 4.2 (29) 22.2 (151)
Professional occupation (%) 14.3 (1068) 14.9 (93) 11.1 (100) 10.5 (62) 17.8 (8) 13.8 (1331) 17.8 (121)
Urban residence (%) 85.9 (6404) 90.7 (566) 88.7 (803) 90.0 (529) 88.9 (40) 86.7 (8342) 86.0 (586)
Moderate or heavy exercise (%) 76.2 (5683) 70.2 (438) 72.5 (656) 71.1 (418) 57.8 (26) 75.0 (7221) 70.7 (481) 70.9 (483)
Eat green salads (mean days/week) 4.8 (7201) 4.9 (617) 5.0 (887) 5.0 (573) 4.9 (45) 4.8 (9323) 5.1 (681) 4.5 (681)
Eat fruits or drink fruit juice (mean days/week) 6.0 (7226) 6.0 (614) 5.9 (886) 5.5 (574) 5.3 (43) 5.9 (9343) 5.9 (681) 5.6 (681)
Often use vitamin pills (%) 38.1 (2841) 39.7 (248) 33.2 (300) 28.7 (169) 42.2 (19) 37.2 (3577) 34.0 (232) 79.2 (539)
Some values do not agree with denominators due primarily to missing data.