Table 1.
Pain and Drinking Characteristics of HRS Late-Middle-Aged Adults (N = 5,446).
| Pain Characteristics | Baseline
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|---|---|---|
| % or M | (SD) | |
| Overall group | ||
| % 1+ painful medical conditions | 57.0 | |
| Number of painful medical conditions | 0.88 | (0.94) |
| % with joint pain | 42.5 | |
| % with back pain | 30.4 | |
| % with headaches | 10.0 | |
| % with chest pain | 5.1 | |
| Severity of pain | 0.38 | (0.79) |
| Interference by pain (% yes) | 16.1 | |
| Of those who reported pain | ||
| Number of painful medical conditions | 1.76 | (0.95) |
| Severity of pain (range = 1–3) | 1.55 | (0.85) |
| Interference by pain (% yes) | 65.9 | |
| Drinking Characteristics | Baseline | 2 years | 4 years | 6 years | 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol consumption | |||||
| Consumed alcohol, last 3 months (% yes) | 53.2 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 47.5 |
| If consumed alcohol, mean number of drinks per day | 1.75 | 1.69 | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.66 |
| Frequency of alcohol consumption | |||||
| Drank once a week or more, last 3 months (% yes) | 35.8 | 33.1 | 30.6 | 33.3 | 32.1 |
| If drank once a week or more, mean number of days per week | 3.10 | 3.33 | 3.46 | 3.45 | 3.50 |
| Drinking problems | |||||
| One or more drinking problems (% yes) | 22.7 | ||||
| Of those with drinking problems, number of CAGE items affirmed | 1.89 | (0.98) | |||