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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2014 Sep;25(5):697–706. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000137

Table 1.

Distribution of indoor and outdoor light-at-night estimates by selected characteristics of study population (n=106,731).

Characteristics Used a Bright Light While Sleeping Outdoor Light-at-Night Quintiles All

No Yes Lowest 2nd 3rd 4th Highest

(n=101,779) (n=4,952) (n=21,350) (n=21,350) (n=21,336) (n=21,346) (n=21,349) (n=106,731)

% % % % % % % % N
Age at baseline (years)
 20–39 19 22 15 18 20 20 21 19 19,910
 40–49 27 28 30 29 27 26 24 27 29,223
 50–59 25 24 25 25 24 25 24 25 26,325
 60–69 16 14 16 15 16 16 17 16 16,968
 ≥70 13 12 14 13 13 13 14 13 14,305
Race/Birthplace
 White 87 74 92 89 88 86 77 87 92,339
 Non-white US-born 10 21 6 8 9 10 17 10 10,871
 Non-white foreign-born 2 4 1 2 2 3 5 2 2,684
 Other/Unknown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 837
Family history of breast cancer
 No 84 85 85 85 85 84 85 85 90,369
 Yes 12 11 12 11 11 12 11 12 12,461
 Unknown 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3,901
Age at menarche (years)
 ≤11 22 26 22 22 22 22 23 23 23,761
 12–13 56 53 56 57 57 56 56 56 59,893
 ≥14 20 19 21 20 20 20 20 20 21,535
 Unknown/Never 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1,542
Age at first full-term pregnancy (years)
 Nulliparous or Nulligravid 26 32 21 24 25 29 34 27 28,261
 ≤24 25 26 29 26 26 24 22 25 27,117
 25–29 30 25 31 31 30 28 25 29 31,223
 ≥30 17 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 18,144
 Unknown 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1,986
Breastfeeding history (months)
 Nulliparous 20 24 16 19 20 22 26 21 21,912
 Nulligravid 6 8 5 5 6 6 8 6 6,223
 Never breastfed 16 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16,851
 <6 17 16 18 18 17 18 16 17 18,598
 6–11 14 12 14 14 14 13 12 13 14,425
 ≥12 25 23 30 26 25 22 20 25 26,245
 Unknown 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2,477
Strenuous Physical Activity (hours per week)
 0–0.50 29 29 28 29 29 30 32 29 31,570
 0.51–2.00 32 32 32 33 32 31 31 32 34,167
 2.01–3.50 18 17 18 18 17 18 17 18 18,768
 3.51–5.00 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10,235
 >5.00 10 12 11 10 11 11 10 10 11,252
 Unknown 1 1 1 <1 1 1 1 1 739
Body mass index (kg/m2)
 16.0–24.9 59 49 59 60 59 59 57 59 62,765
 25.0–29.9 24 26 24 23 24 23 24 24 25,273
 30.0–54.8 13 21 13 13 13 14 14 13 14,395
 Unknown 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4,298
Alcohol Consumption (g/day)
 None 32 38 30 31 31 32 36 32 34,113
 <20 55 50 56 56 56 56 52 55 58,808
 ≥20 8 6 9 8 8 7 6 8 8,251
 Unknown 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5,559
Menopausal Status/Hormone Therapy Use
 Premenopausal 41 44 40 42 42 42 42 41 44,264
 Peri/post-menopausal
  never used hormone therapy 12 13 11 11 11 11 14 12 12,293
  former hormone therapy use 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7,038
  current estrogen use 13 11 14 13 13 13 12 13 13,842
  current estrogen/progestin use 14 11 14 15 14 15 13 14 15,144
 Other/unknown 13 14 14 13 13 13 12 13 14,150
Smoking Status
 Never 66 62 66 66 66 66 66 66 70,758
 Former 28 30 29 28 28 28 27 28 29,922
 Current 5 7 4 5 5 5 6 5 5,390
 Unknown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 661
Smoking pack-years
 Never smoker 67 62 66 66 66 66 66 66 70,758
 ≤10 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 17,378
 11–20 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6,036
 21–30 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3,573
 ≥31 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5,244
 Unknown 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3,742
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status
 Lowest quartile 25 29 33 19 21 23 29 25 26,684
 2nd quartile 25 24 27 24 24 23 26 25 26,688
 3rd quartile 25 25 21 25 26 27 26 25 26,677
 Highest quartile 25 22 19 32 29 27 19 25 26,682
Urban/Rural (2000 block group baseline residence)
 Rural 8 5 36 1 <1 <1 <1 7 7,904
 Town 4 3 14 5 1 <1 <1 4 4,346
 Non-metropolitan City 29 24 33 48 36 23 3 28 30,331
 Suburban 54 59 17 45 60 71 79 55 58,272
 Urban 5 9 0 1 3 6 18 6 5,878
Residentially stable (non-movers) 53 49 54 53 52 52 53 53 56,112