Table 2.

Characteristics of Men and Women in the Longitudinal Analysis Boston Area Community Health Survey Subsample, Overall and by Consumption of Coffee, Cola, and Citrus Juice at Baseline (2002–2005)

Characteristic	Overall	Average No. of 8-oz. Servings/Day
		Coffee		All Cola-Type Soda		Orange/Grapefruit Juice
		0	>2.0	0	>2.0	0	>1.0
Men
No. of participants	1,101	285	165	262	102	150	146
Mean age, years	49.9	49.3	52.5	52.1	46.1	50.9	48.6
Mean waist circumference, cm	97.7	98.5	99.6	95.6	104.0	98.2	97.5
Physical activity, %
Low	30	35	27	29	26	37	27
Medium	46	44	53	48	48	45	45
High	24	21	20	23	27	18	28
Cigarette smoking, %
Never	39	51	23	42	33	29	48
Past	31	25	31	32	29	31	25
Current	30	25	46	26	38	40	27
Diabetes, %	12	12	13	9	19	17	8
Alcoholic drinks/day, %
None	32	36	35	32	45	30	37
0.1–0.9	37	37	34	37	32	37	38
≥1	31	27	32	31	23	33	25
Race/ethnicity, %
Black	28	37	12	29	39	22	36
Hispanic	26	19	19	24	22	25	28
White	47	44	69	47	39	53	36
Women
No. of participants	1,727	461	196	537	115	372	142
Mean age, years	51.3	49.8	53.0	52.6	48.7	52.9	51.0
Mean waist circumference, cm	92.7	92.6	93.5	88.5	98.7	93.7	93.0
Physical activity, %
Low	33	31	41	32	37	38	37
Medium	51	54	46	51	53	47	55
High	16	15	13	17	10	16	9
Cigarette smoking, %
Never	51	58	34	50	42	40	58
Past	28	27	31	32	21	37	23
Current	21	16	35	17	37	23	19
Diabetes, %	12	11	12	9	17	14	10
Alcoholic drinks/day, %
None	47	50	51	43	55	46	57
0.1–0.9	41	40	37	45	31	43	30
≥1	12	10	13	13	14	11	13
Race/ethnicity, %
Black	32	43	15	26	44	27	39
Hispanic	26	19	26	25	22	18	39
White	41	38	59	49	34	55	22