Table 1.

Baseline characteristics in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health study population by level of moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) (N=293,511)

Frequency of MVPA (h/wk)	Never/rare	<1	1–3	4–7	>7
Cancer Deaths/Total participants	2,524/41,165	1,659/31,095	3,756/74,502	3,636/76,049	3,426/70,700
Age at MVPA assessment, years	62.8	62.4	62.6	62.8	63.2
Sex, %
Women	41.7	41.8	41.8	41.3	41.3
Body mass index, kg/m2	28.4	27.9	27.1	26.4	25.9
Education, %
<High school/ high school graduate	28.5	23.6	21.0	20.5	24.1
Post high school/ some college	32.9	34.4	33.8	32.5	33.0
College or graduate degree	36.1	39.7	42.9	44.7	40.3
Race/ethnicity, %
Non-Hispanic White	90.4	91.4	92.8	93.6	93.7
African American	4.7	4.1	3.3	2.6	2.4
Other	3.7	3.4	2.8	2.8	2.9
Married or living as married, %	63.4	67.2	68.3	69.9	70.1
Television or video watching ≤2 h/d, %	28.3	33.2	35.8	38.6	37.9
Self-reported diabetes, %	12.6	9.6	8.2	6.8	6.1
Family history of cancer, %	52.4	52.8	53.3	53.4	54.3
Daily aspirin use, %	26.0	24.4	24.5	24.9	25.4
Daily ibuprofen use, %	11.8	10.1	10.0	9.5	9.8
Smoke, %
Never	33.7	35.6	36.4	36.5	36.6
Former	48.0	48.3	49.3	50.8	50.8
Current	14.8	12.9	11.2	9.6	9.2
Total energy intake, kcal/d	1845	1810	1805	1823	1931
Healthy Eating Index-2010 score	62.8	64.7	66.2	67.7	68.1
Red meat intake, grams/1000 kcal/day	37.0	36.6	34.8	32.5	31.4
Alcohol intake, g/d	13.7	12.9	12.5	12.9	14.1
Coffee intake, g/d	769.0	774.9	766.1	767.3	767.6
Multivitamin use, %	51.5	54.7	56.4	57.6	57.3
Age at menarche<12 yearsa, %	51.5	50.0	49.0	47.7	46.8
Ever MHT usea, %	21.0	22.4	23.0	23.5	22.5

^aMeasured only among women