Table 2.

Baseline characteristics at study entry for 39,815 women free of cardiovascular disease and heart failure at baseline

Characteristic	Vitamin E (n=19913)	Placebo (n=19902)
Age, %
45–54 y	60.3	60.3
55–64 y	29.5	29.5
>=65 y	10.2	10.3
Non-Hispanic White race/ethnicity, %	94.7	94.9
Hypertension, %	25.6	26.1
Hypercholesterolemia, %	29.3	29.6
Diabetes, %	2.9	2.8
Smoking, %
Current smoking	13.0	13.3
Past smoking	36.1	35.6
Never smoking	51.0	51.2
Body mass index, %
<25.0 kg/m2	50.5	50.8
25.0–29.9 kg/m2	31.2	30.9
>=30 kg/m2	18.3	18.3
Menopausal status and hormone therapy use, %
Premenopausal	27.5	27.8
Uncertain/perimenopausal	17.9	18.0
Postmenopausal and current hormone therapy	30.1	30.0
Postmenopausal and no hormone therapy	24.5	24.2
Physical activity (at least 1000 kcal/week in leisure-time activities)	33.7	34.2
Alcohol consumption (at least 1 drink per month), %	54.6	55.3
Multivitamin use, %	39.2	38.4
Aspirin assignment, %	50.0	50.0
Beta carotene assignment, %	50.0	50.0