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. 2012 Oct 25;68(6):733–740. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls216

Table 1.

Description of the Analytical Sample, Mean (SD), or Count (percent), by Age

Age, y
30–39 (N = 10) 40–49 (N = 147) 50–59 (N = 515) 60–69 (N = 475) 70–79 (N = 288) 80+ (N = 26)
Current smoking 1 (10%) 35 (24%) 91 (18%) 48 (10%) 14 (5%)
Alcohol consumption, ounces/mo
   0 4 (40%) 34 (23%) 112 (22%) 123 (26%) 112 (39%) 11 (42%)
   1–14 2 (20%) 61 (41%) 214 (42%) 178 (38%) 81 (28%) 9 (35%)
   >14 4 (40%) 52 (35%) 187 (36%) 173 (36%) 93 (33%) 6 (23%)
Body mass index, kg/m2 27.9 (4.5) 28.9 (4.9) 29.0 (4.7) 29.2 (4.6) 27.93 (3.8) 26.8 (4.1)
Body mass index, kg/m2
   <25 3 (30%) 29 (20%) 82 (16%) 86 (18%) 65 (23%) 11 (42%)
   25–30 4 (40%) 69 (47%) 263 (51%) 216 (45%) 151 (53%) 8 (31%)
   30–35 3 (30%) 32 (22%) 121 (24%) 118 (25%) 57 (20%) 5 (19%)
   >35 16 (11%) 49 (10%) 55 (12%) 13 (5%) 2 (8%)
Cardiovascular disease 2 (1%) 51 (10%) 99 (21%) 91 (32%) 15 (58%)
Diabetes 8 (5%) 64 (12%) 80 (17%) 61 (21%) 13 (50%)
Cancer 1 (10%) 2 (1%) 16 (3%) 56 (12%) 64 (22%) 3 (12%)
Estrone, pg/mL 44.2 (9.1) 48.0 (18.1) 50.3 (18.2) 52.9 (18.6) 52.4 (18.3) 58.2 (18.1)
Estradiol, pg/mL 25.1 (7.4) 25.7 (12.5) 25.7 (8.7) 27.1 (9.0) 27.5 (9.6) 29.7 (11.4)
Free estradiol, pg/mL 0.54 (0.11) 0.56 (0.27) 0.53 (0.19) 0.53 (0.18) 0.49 (0.18) 0.46 (0.17)

Note: To convert estrone and estradiol to pg/mL, multiply by 3.7 and 3.67, respectively.