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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jan 26;169(2):163–171. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.544

Table 1.

Participant characteristics at Baseline.

Characteristic
Number 5145
Average age (y) 58.7 ± 6.9
Number (%) Female 3003 (59.5%)
Race/Ethnicity
   African American/Black (not Hispanic) 803 (15.6%)
   American Indian/Native American/Alaskan Native 258 (5.0%)
   Asian/Pacific Islander 50 (1.0%)
   White 3246 (63.3%)
   Hispanic 677 (13.2%)
   Other 98 (1.9%)
Marital Status
   Never Married 386 (7.5%)
   Married/Marriage-like Relationship 3461(67.3%)
   Widowed 359 (7.0%)
   Divorced/Separated 934 (18.2%)
Mean Body Mass Index (Kg/m2) 36.0 ± 5.9
Number (%) taking anti-depressant medications 848 (16.5%)
Average Maximal MET value 7.2 ± 2.0
Average Maximal MET value (at 80% HR) 5.2 ± 1.5
Average SF-36 Physical Composite Score (PCS) 47.9 ± 7.9
Average SF-36 Mental Composite Score (MCS) 54.0 ± 8.1
Average Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) Score 5.7 ± 5.0
Number (%) with BDI-II scores > 19 94 (1.8%)
SF-36 Subscale Scores
   Mean Physical Functioning 48.5 ± 7.9
   Mean Physical Role Functioning 50.2 ± 8.1
   Mean Bodily Pain 50.7 ± 8.8
   Mean General Health 47.2 ± 8.9
   Mean Vitality 53.0 ± 9.0
   Mean Social Functioning 52.2 ± 7.6
   Mean Emotional Role 51.5 ± 7.9
   Mean Mental Health 53.7 ± 8.0