Table 4.

Health Behaviors of Sample^a

Health Behavior		n (Total n = 20)
Body mass index, kg/m2	Underweight: <18.5	0
	Normal weight: 18.5–24.9	9
	Overweight: 25–29.9	6
	Obese: ≥30	5
Current smoking status	Yes	4
	No	16
Exercise	Yes	7
	No	10
	Attempting	3
Chemoprevention	Yes	2
	No	18
Prophylactic mastectomy	Yes	1
	No	19

^aEight of the 11 women overweight or obese were postmenopausal; BMI criteria based on guidelines determined by the National Institute of Health51 (http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/); the woman who had prophylactic mastectomy had a known genetic mutation; exercise was coded based on interview transcripts. If a woman discussed exercising, she was coded as “yes”; if she mentioned exercise being important but was not currently exercising, she was coded as “no”; and if she did not mention exercise at all, she was coded as “no.”