TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics according to BMI, waist circumference, and smoking for men and women 1
| BMI (kg/m2) |
Waist circumference quintile 2 |
Smoking
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <18.5 | 18.5– <23.5 |
23.5– <25 |
25– <30 |
30– <35 |
≥35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Never | Former ≥ 10 yrs | Former<10 yrs | Current | |
| MEN | |||||||||||||||
| N | 864 | 23,681 | 23,877 | 72,948 | 22,195 | 5,937 | 26,867 | 30,293 | 30,411 | 28,849 | 33,082 | 46,905 | 69,793 | 18,793 | 14,011 |
| Age (yrs), Mean (SD) |
63.8 (5.1) |
63.5 (5.3) |
63.5 (5.2) |
63.2 (5.2) |
62.6 (5.2) |
61.6 (5.2) |
62.6 (5.4) |
63.1 (5.2) |
63.3 (5.2) |
63.5 (5.2) |
63.1 (5.2) |
62.7 (5.3) |
63.8 (5.1) |
62.6 (5.3) |
61.9 (5.4) |
| Non-Hispanic white, % | 92.8 | 93.5 | 94.2 | 94.4 | 94.3 | 94.1 | 90.1 | 93.8 | 95.0 | 95.8 | 95.8 | 93.8 | 94.7 | 93.8 | 93.7 |
| College or post graduate, % | 54.1 | 55.9 | 53.3 | 47.2 | 40.9 | 38.2 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 49.2 | 48.7 | 43.0 | 60.1 | 46.0 | 38.2 | 34.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2), Mean (SD) |
17.3 (0.9) |
22.1 (1.1) |
24.2 (0.4) |
27.1 (1.4) |
31.9 (1.4) |
38.5 (3.6) |
23.3 (2.2) |
25.1 (2.1) |
26.4 (2.4) |
27.7 (2.6) |
31.6 (4.3) |
26.6 (4.0) |
27.2 (4.0) |
27.7 (4.2) |
26.2 (4.1) |
| Waist circumference (cm) mean (SD) |
87.8 (10.5) |
87.5 (6.4) |
91.7 (6.0) |
98.2 (7.4) |
108.8 (8.5) |
122.2 (11.8) |
84.3 (3.4) |
90.9 (1.3) |
95.9 (1.3) |
101.8 (2.0) |
113.8 (8.0) |
96.7 (10.7) |
98.5 (10.9) |
100.1 (11.4) |
96.1 (11.5) |
| Current smokers, % | 16.8 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 13.7 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Physical activity (times/week), Mean (SD) |
2.7 (2.0) |
3.1 (2.0) |
3.0 (1.9) |
2.7 (1.9) |
2.3 (1.9) |
1.8 (1.8) |
3.2 (1.9) |
3.0 (1.9) |
2.8 (1.9) |
2.6 (1.9) |
2.2 (1.9) |
2.8 (1.9) |
2.9 (1.9) |
2.5 (1.9) |
2.0 (1.9) |
| Alcohol intake ≥15 g/day, % | 29.3 | 30.1 | 31.3 | 29.6 | 25.5 | 20.1 | 28.6 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 26.9 | 20.5 | 32.1 | 32.0 | 37.5 |
| WOMEN | |||||||||||||||
| N | 1,334 | 30,788 | 12,936 | 27,329 | 10,545 | 5,252 | 17,069 | 18,077 | 19,821 | 15,873 | 17,344 | 40,860 | 24,865 | 10,986 | 11,473 |
| Age (yrs), Mean (SD) |
63.2 (5.5) |
62.6 (5.4) |
62.9 (5.3) |
62.9 (5.3) |
62.7 (5.3) |
61.7 (5.3) |
61.9 (5.4) |
62.5 (5.3) |
63.0 (5.2) |
63.2 (5.2) |
62.9 (5.3) |
62.9 (5.3) |
63.0 (5.3) |
62.3 (5.3) |
61.8 (5.4) |
| Non-Hispanic white, % | 94.5 | 94.4 | 93.4 | 91.6 | 89.6 | 88.8 | 93.4 | 93.4 | 91.7 | 92.1 | 91.8 | 91.8 | 93.4 | 92.4 | 92.7 |
| College and post graduate, % | 41.4 | 39.0 | 34.2 | 31.9 | 29.4 | 27.8 | 39.0 | 37.4 | 33.5 | 31.8 | 29.7 | 36.2 | 37.7 | 28.4 | 26.1 |
| BMI (kg/m2), Mean (SD) |
17.7 (0.8) |
21.6 (1.3) |
24.3 (0.4) |
27.2 (1.4) |
32.1 (1.4) |
39.5 (4.3) |
21.5 (2.3) |
23.3 (2.4) |
25.4 (3.0) |
27.5 (3.4) |
32.4 (5.6) |
26.1 (5.2) |
26.1 (5.2) |
26.4 (5.2) |
24.6 (4.6) |
| Waist circumference (cm) mean (SD) |
69.6 (7.8) |
74.8 (7.2) |
81.4 (7.5) |
88.5 (9.0) |
98.2 (10.1) |
109.6 (13.4) |
68.6 (3.0) |
76.3 (1.9) |
83.4 (2.1) |
91.0 (2.3) |
105.5 (9.1) |
84.5 (13.2) |
85.1 (13.4) |
86.9 (13.8) |
83.0 (12.8) |
| Current smokers, % | 27.4 | 16.4 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 16.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 10.5 | ||||
| Physical activity (times/week), Mean (SD) |
2.5 (2.1) |
2.7 (2.0) |
2.5 (1.9) |
2.3 (1.9) |
1.9 (1.8) |
1.5 (1.7) |
2.9 (2.0) |
2.7 (1.9) |
2.4 (1.9) |
2.2 (1.9) |
1.8 (1.8) |
2.5 (1.9) |
2.6 (1.9) |
2.3 (1.9) |
1.9 (1.8) |
| Alcohol intake ≥15 g/day, % | 18.1 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 20.4 |
1
Differences in baseline characteristics between BMI, waist circumference, or smoking status groups were tested using chi-square tests for categorical and analysis of variance for continuous variables: all p<0.01
2
Quintile cut-off points men: 88.9, 94.0, 99.1, 106.7 cm; women: 73.7, 80.0, 87.0, 95.9 cm