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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2011 Feb;68(2):207–213. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.367

Table 2.

Selected characteristics of smokers and nonsmokers*

Nonsmokers Smokers
NHS
 BMI at baseline, mean (kg/m2) 24.1 23.5
 physical activity, mean, (mets/week) 14.0 14.2
HPFS
 BMI at baseline, mean (kg/m2) 25.3 25.7
 physical activity, mean, (mets/week) 21.8 19.7
CPS-II Nutrition Cohort
 Education, %, above high school 65.0 68.3
 BMI at baseline, mean (kg/m2) 25.9 26.0
 physical activity, mean, (mets/week) 13.4 13.4
MEC
 Education, %, above high school 56.1 54.6
 BMI at baseline, mean (kg/m2) 25.7 26.2
 physical activity, mean, (mets/week) 11.2 11.2
AARP-DH
 Education, %, above high school 64.2 60.5
 BMI at baseline, mean (kg/m2) 27.0 27.1
 physical activity, %, >=3 times/week 47.5 45.5
*

age adjusted