Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, according to body mass index (BMI)

	Baseline BMI (kg/m2)
	<21.0	21.0–22.9	23.0–24.9	25.0–26.9	27.0–29.9	≥30.0
N (participants)	1,750	6,807	13,280	12,756	8,645	3,882
Mean age, years	54.2	53.7	54.1	54.7	54.8	54.2
SD†	10.6	10.1	9.9	9.6	9.4	9.0
Non-white race, %	8	6	5	5	5	5
Regular user of Aspirin‡, %	25	27	29	30	31	32
Regular user of NSAID‡, %	3	5	5	5	6	8
Periodontal disease, %	15	15	15	16	16	17
Physical Activity (MET-hours/week), %
<3.0	20	16	16	20	24	32
3.0–8.9	21	19	21	23	26	29
9.0–17.9	19	20	20	20	19	16
18.0–26.9	14	13	14	13	13	10
≥27.0	27	31	29	24	19	13
Smoking, %
Never	50	51	47	43	42	40
Past	32	36	41	44	44	47
Current	13	10	9	10	10	9
Missing	4	3	4	4	4	4
Alcohol intake (g/day), %
0.0	29	24	21	22	24	28
0.1–4.9	23	23	23	24	24	25
5.0–14.9	27	29	31	30	28	27
≥15.0	21	24	25	25	24	20

^†Standard Deviation

^‡Defined as intake ≥2 times/week.