Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants overall and by cancer mortality status

	All participants (N=3,935)	Cancer death
		Yes (N=386)	No (N=3,549)
Age, years	56.2 (8.0)	59.8 (8.1)	55.9 (7.9)
Men, %	40.7	41.5	40.7
Post-menopausal women, %†	77.0	87.6	75.8
Arizona, %	33.4	28.2	34.0
Oklahoma, %	33.5	32.4	33.6
Dakota, %	33.1	39.4	32.4
< High school, %	47.3	53.4	46.6
Current smoking, %	33.3	42.8	32.4
Former Smoking, %	34.0	31.1	34.3
Current drinking, %	41.9	35.5	42.6
BMI, kg/m2	30.9 (6.3)	30.4 (6.6)	30.9 (6.3)
Diabetes, %	49.4	50.4	49.3

Data in the table are percentages for categorical variables or means (SD) for continuous variables.

^†Subsample of women (N=2,332)