Table 2.
Health Behaviors by Age and Previous Cancer
| No Previous Cancer | Previous Cancer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Level | Age 30–49 | Age 50–64 | Age 65+ | Age 30–49 | Age 50–64 | Age 65+ |
| Regular Mammography | Missing | 78 (1.5%) | 42 (0.6%) | 58 (1.3%) | 8 (1.5%) | 9 (1.7%) | 20 (3.8%) |
| No | 1294 (25.7%) | 522 (8.4%) | 327 (7.4%) | 102 (19.8%) | 63 (6.7%) | 74 (6.1%) | |
| Yes | 3745 (74.3%) | 5659 (91.6%) | 4072 (92.6%) | 413 (80.2%) | 876 (93.3%) | 1148 (93.9%) | |
| Smoke N/F/C | Missing | 2 (0%) | 0 (%) | 2 (0%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) |
| never | 3436 (67.2%) | 3747 (60.2%) | 2870 (64.4%) | 314 (60%) | 504 (53.2%) | 784 (63.1%) | |
| former | 1245 (24.3%) | 2108 (33.9%) | 1454 (32.6%) | 141 (27%) | 377 (39.8%) | 421 (33.9%) | |
| current | 434 (8.5%) | 368 (5.9%) | 131 (2.9%) | 68 (13%) | 67 (7.1%) | 37 (3%) | |
| Regular Alcohol Use? | Missing | 2 (0%) | 0 (%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) |
| No | 1128 (22.1%) | 1694 (27.2%) | 1688 (37.9%) | 109 (20.8%) | 306 (32.3%) | 484 (39%) | |
| Yes | 3987 (77.9%) | 4529 (72.8%) | 2768 (62.1%) | 414 (79.2%) | 642 (67.7%) | 758 (61%) | |
| Frequency of Alcohol use | Missing | 8 (0.1%) | 13 (0.2%) | 8 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (%) | 2 (0.1%) |
| daily | 336 (6.6%) | 680 (11%) | 564 (12.7%) | 26 (5%) | 105 (11.1%) | 183 (14.8%) | |
| weekly | 1570 (30.7%) | 1687 (27.2%) | 857 (19.3%) | 166 (31.8%) | 224 (23.6%) | 212 (17.1%) | |
| monthly | 1936 (37.9%) | 1966 (31.7%) | 1222 (27.5%) | 205 (39.3%) | 279 (29.4%) | 330 (26.6%) | |
| never | 1267 (24.8%) | 1877 (30.2%) | 1806 (40.6%) | 125 (23.9%) | 340 (35.9%) | 515 (41.5%) | |
| Caffeine usage | Missing | 27 (0.5%) | 33 (0.5%) | 60 (1.3%) | 3 (0.5%) | 7 (0.7%) | 8 (0.6%) |
| no | 559 (11%) | 814 (13.2%) | 912 (20.7%) | 50 (9.6%) | 154 (16.4%) | 274 (22.2%) | |
| 1 or less/day | 1271 (25%) | 1525 (24.6%) | 1103 (25.1%) | 137 (26.3%) | 207 (22%) | 332 (26.9%) | |
| 2 to 3/day | 2289 (45%) | 2673 (43.2%) | 1718 (39.1%) | 228 (43.8%) | 399 (42.4%) | 458 (37.1%) | |
| 4+/day | 971 (19.1%) | 1178 (19%) | 664 (15.1%) | 105 (20.2%) | 181 (19.2%) | 170 (13.8%) | |
| Physical Activity | Missing | 20 (0.3%) | 43 (0.6%) | 142 (3.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 7 (0.7%) | 24 (1.9%) |
| low/none | 329 (6.5%) | 506 (8.2%) | 507 (11.7%) | 41 (7.9%) | 97 (10.3%) | 129 (10.6%) | |
| mild only | 976 (19.1%) | 1643 (26.6%) | 1763 (40.9%) | 103 (19.7%) | 259 (27.5%) | 537 (44.1%) | |
| moderate only | 2048 (40.2%) | 2838 (45.9%) | 1718 (39.8%) | 220 (42.1%) | 428 (45.5%) | 473 (38.8%) | |
| strenuous | 1744 (34.2%) | 1193 (19.3%) | 327 (7.6%) | 158 (30.3%) | 157 (16.7%) | 79 (6.5%) | |
| BMI* | Missing | 8 (0%) | 18 (0.2%) | 10 (0.2%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (0.2%) |
| under | 69 (1.4%) | 58 (0.9%) | 69 (1.6%) | 10 (1.9%) | 18 (1.9%) | 27 (2.2%) | |
| normal | 2254 (44.1%) | 2203 (35.5%) | 1652 (37.1%) | 229 (43.9%) | 357 (37.7%) | 478 (38.5%) | |
| overwt | 1422 (27.8%) | 2017 (32.5%) | 1658 (37.3%) | 141 (27%) | 265 (28%) | 425 (34.3%) | |
| obese | 1364 (26.7%) | 1927 (31.1%) | 1068 (24%) | 142 (27.2%) | 307 (32.4%) | 310 (25%) | |
| Weight change over last 5 years | Mean (N, S.D.) | 4.3 (5088, 21.65) | 3 (6175, 19.74) | −0.3 (4407, 14.09) | 5.4 (520, 21.8) | 1.6 (943, 21.91) | −0.7 (1233, 14.25) |
| Weight change over last 10 years | Mean (N, S.D.) | 13 (5074, 23.74) | 10.7 (6132, 22.03) | 4.1 (4358, 17) | 13.7 (519, 24.07) | 9.8 (930, 24.82) | 3.6 (1223, 17.96) |
| Health Assessment | Missing | 42 (0.8%) | 95 (1.5%) | 137 (3.1%) | 2 (0.3%) | 10 (1.1%) | 33 (2.7%) |
| excellent | 1321 (26%) | 1429 (23.3%) | 588 (13.6%) | 101 (19.4%) | 153 (16.3%) | 108 (8.9%) | |
| very good | 2102 (41.4%) | 2425 (39.6%) | 1588 (36.8%) | 203 (39%) | 346 (36.9%) | 373 (30.9%) | |
| good | 1292 (25.5%) | 1734 (28.3%) | 1625 (37.6%) | 147 (28.2%) | 282 (30.1%) | 533 (44.1%) | |
| fair/poor | 360 (7.1%) | 540 (8.8%) | 519 (12%) | 70 (13.4%) | 157 (16.7%) | 195 (16.1%) | |
| Number of Vitamins Used | Mean (N, S.D.) | 1.5 (5015, 2.13) | 2.2 (6137, 2.33) | 2.5 (4382, 2.26) | 1.6 (510, 2.22) | 2.2 (933, 2.33) | 2.6 (1228, 2.3) |
| Categorical # Vitamins | Missing | 102 (1.9%) | 86 (1.3%) | 75 (1.6%) | 13 (2.4%) | 15 (1.6%) | 14 (1.1%) |
| None | 1945 (38.8%) | 1278 (20.8%) | 565 (12.9%) | 178 (34.9%) | 194 (20.8%) | 152 (12.4%) | |
| 1 | 1354 (27%) | 1405 (22.9%) | 962 (22%) | 137 (26.9%) | 223 (23.9%) | 276 (22.5%) | |
| 2 | 904 (18%) | 1558 (25.4%) | 1218 (27.8%) | 96 (18.8%) | 216 (23.2%) | 328 (26.7%) | |
| 3+ | 812 (16.2%) | 1896 (30.9%) | 1637 (37.4%) | 99 (19.4%) | 300 (32.2%) | 472 (38.4%) | |
| Number of CAM Modalities Used | Mean (N, S.D.) | 1.2 (5041, 1.31) | 1.2 (6091, 1.31) | 0.8 (4276, 1.02) | 1.4 (515, 1.41) | 1.3 (931, 1.3) | 0.8 (1188, 1.01) |
| Categorical # CAM | Missing | 76 (1.4%) | 132 (2.1%) | 181 (4.1%) | 8 (1.5%) | 17 (1.8%) | 54 (4.3%) |
| None | 1805 (35.8%) | 2232 (36.6%) | 2092 (48.9%) | 175 (34%) | 329 (35.3%) | 616 (51.9%) | |
| 1 | 1509 (29.9%) | 1765 (29%) | 1272 (29.7%) | 141 (27.4%) | 265 (28.5%) | 345 (29%) | |
| 2 | 1012 (20.1%) | 1174 (19.3%) | 620 (14.5%) | 108 (21%) | 189 (20.3%) | 152 (12.8%) | |
| 3+ | 715 (14.2%) | 920 (15.1%) | 292 (6.8%) | 91 (17.7%) | 148 (15.9%) | 75 (6.3%) | |
| Number of Supplements Used | Mean (N, S.D.) | 0.2 (4932, 0.62) | 0.3 (5900, 0.72) | 0.2 (4153, 0.56) | 0.3 (498, 0.8) | 0.3 (899, 0.67) | 0.2 (1177, 0.59) |
| Categorical # Supplements | Missing | 185 (3.6%) | 323 (5.1%) | 304 (6.8%) | 25 (4.7%) | 49 (5.2%) | 65 (5.2%) |
| None | 4204 (85.2%) | 4831 (81.9%) | 3636 (87.6%) | 407 (81.7%) | 724 (80.5%) | 1018 (86.5%) | |
| 1 | 503 (10.2%) | 732 (12.4%) | 362 (8.7%) | 62 (12.4%) | 129 (14.3%) | 107 (9.1%) | |
| 2 | 143 (2.9%) | 201 (3.4%) | 104 (2.5%) | 15 (3%) | 29 (3.2%) | 34 (2.9%) | |
| 3+ | 82 (1.7%) | 136 (2.3%) | 51 (1.2%) | 14 (2.8%) | 17 (1.9%) | 18 (1.5%) | |