Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics by Quintile of Neighborhood SES, BWHS 1995
| Neighborhood SES | Quintile 1 (lowest) |
Quintile 2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 (highest) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All participants (N=48,359) | |||||
| Mean of characteristic | |||||
| Age (years) | 38.9 | 38.7 | 38.5 | 38.3 | 39.3 |
| BMI | 29.3 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 26.5 |
| Energy intake (kcal) | 1663 | 1605 | 1562 | 1534 | 1518 |
| % energy from fat | 34.2 | 33.5 | 33.2 | 32.8 | 32.0 |
| % of participants with characteristic | |||||
| Obese | 38.5 | 33.3 | 28.7 | 26.5 | 21.0 |
| Education (≥16 years) | 28.7 | 38.4 | 46.0 | 52.5 | 65.1 |
| Family income (≥$ 100,000) | 3.7 | 7.0 | 10.9 | 15.4 | 27.0 |
| Marital status: single | 38.7 | 36.0 | 34.8 | 32.8 | 31.1 |
| No vigorous activity | 38.8 | 34.9 | 31.3 | 27.3 | 24.8 |
| No walking for exercise | 20.5 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 15.4 |
| Cigarettes per day (≥15) | 13.5 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| Drinks per week (≥7) | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| Participants with BMI<25 at baseline (N=18.777) | |||||
| Mean of characteristic | |||||
| Age (years) | 35.5 | 35.8 | 35.6 | 35.9 | 37.1 |
| BMI | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.1 |
| Energy intake (kcal) | 1597 | 1534 | 1488 | 1443 | 1456 |
| % energy from fat | 34.0 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 32.1 | 31.4 |
| % of participants with characteristic | |||||
| Education (≥16 years) | 34.2 | 44.8 | 51.2 | 59.4 | 71.5 |
| Family income (≥$ 100,000) | 5.8 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 20.4 | 30.8 |
| Marital status: single | 46.3 | 41.5 | 40.8 | 39.2 | 35.4 |
| No vigorous activity | 31.3 | 28.1 | 23.3 | 21.7 | 18.8 |
| No walking for exercise | 23.0 | 21.2 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 17.2 |
| Cigarettes per day (≥15) | 11.3 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Drinks per week (≥7) | 7.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
BMI, body mass index; BWHS, Black Women's Health Study; SES, socioeconomic status