Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of CRP and its covariates for females and males.

	Females N = 2,704		Males N = 3,191
	N/M	%/SD	N/M	%/SD
CRP
Raw hs-CRP variable	0.97	1.71	0.80	1.35
BMI
Raw BMI Score	22.60	6.08	22.09	5.14
Physical/Sexual Maturation
Menarche before 11 (0,1)	327	13.03	--	--
Oral Contraceptive (0,1)	147	6.51	--	--
Pregnancies (0, 1, 2+)	0.06	0.26	--	--
Ever sexually active (0,1)	644	19.38	620	14.88
Multiple sex. partners (0, 1)	89	2.75	132	3.24
Substance Use
Nicotine Use (0,1)	440	12.25	673	14.27
Alcohol Use (0,1)	375	13.78	450	11.47
Illicit Drug Use (0,1)	202	6.93	354	8.94
Controls
Low SES	835	23.15	896	19.36
Sick in past 12 months (0,1)	960	37.13	1005	31.81
Medication Use (0,1)	903	31.35	888	28.72

N = number of observations

M = mean

% = weighted percentage

SD = standard deviation