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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2008 Jan 22;117(5):598–604. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.705947

Table 3.

Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Physical Activity, and BMI by Age Group and Follow-Up Time

Age Group, y
40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 75–79
No. (%) of current smokers
 Baseline 626 (36.7) 703 (41.6) 731 (43.7) 687 (40.4)
 5 y 479 (29.6) 535 (33.2) 533 (33.9) 460 (29.9)
 13 y 88 (22.2) 279 (19.0) 280 (20.3) 236 (18.9) 131 (15.9)
 17 y 104 (15.9) 206 (15.3) 196 (16.2) 149 (14.4) 51 (11.1)
 20 y 157 (13.1) 151 (13.5) 116 (12.7) 57 (8.9)
No. (%) of regular drinkers
 Baseline 1229 (72.0) 1213 (71.6) 1162 (69.4) 1173 (69.0)
 5 y 1049 (64.9) 1023 (63.1) 885 (56.3) 908 (59.2)
 13 y 250 (65.8) 904 (64.1) 742 (57.1) 667 (55.6) 437 (55.6)
 17 y 424 (67.1) 885 (67.4) 697 (59.5) 577 (58.6) 250 (55.8)
 20 y 789 (67.0) 723 (65.5) 516 (57.8) 359 (57.5)
No. (%) of men with at least moderate
physical activity*
 Baseline 768 (45.4) 675 (40.3) 583 (35.2) 555 (33.2)
 5 y
 13 y 169 (43.3) 659 (45.8) 587 (44.2) 500 (44.4) 297 (39.5)
 17 y 268 (42.4) 548 (41.7) 482 (42.1) 325 (35.2) 126 (30.6)
 20 y 590 (50.7) 556 (50.9) 405 (46.1) 228 (37.4)
Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD)
 Baseline 25.3 (3.1) 25.4 (3.1) 25.6 (3.2) 25.4 (3.2)
 5 y 26.1 (3.3) 26.1 (3.2) 26.2 (3.2) 26.1 (3.2)
 13 y 26.9 (3.6) 26.7 (3.5) 26.5 (3.3) 26.5 (3.3) 26.2 (3.3)
 17 y 27.2 (3.5) 27.1 (3.9) 26.9 (3.5) 26.5 (3.6) 26.1 (3.3)
 20 y 27.3 (3.8) 27.1 (3.7) 26.8 (3.7) 26.2 (3.5)
*

Corresponds to men judged to have moderate, moderately vigorous, or vigorous activity levels (as opposed to inactive, occasional, or light).