Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of HRS participants, by gender (weighted): Health and Retirement Study, United States, 1998
|
Overall (married) |
Women (married) |
Men (married) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/mean | % | n/mean | % | n/mean | % | |
| N | 12,316 | 100 | 5840 | 100 | 6476 | 100 |
| Mean months of follow-up (SD) | 106.4 | (0.34) | 110.0 | (0.4) | 103.4 | (0.4) |
| Total person-months of follow-up | 1 292 063 | 638 190 | 653 873 | |||
| Number of deaths | 2912 | 1003 | 1909 | |||
| Number of Widows | 2373 | 703 | 1670 | |||
| Core demographic variables | ||||||
| Mean age at enrollment (SD) | 63.3 | (0.2) | 62.6 | (0.2) | 63.9 | (0.2) |
| White | 9987 | 81.1 | 4746 | 81.3 | 5241 | 80.9 |
| Black | 1218 | 9.9 | 578 | 9.9 | 640 | 9.9 |
| Hispanic | 894 | 7.3 | 420 | 7.2 | 474 | 7.3 |
| Other race | 217 | 1.8 | 96 | 1.6 | 121 | 1.9 |
| Adult SES risk factors | ||||||
| Mean years of education (SD) | 12.6 | (0.1) | 12.5 | (0.1) | 12.7 | (0.1) |
| Median income in $1000 s (25th, 75th percentile) | 40.5 | (23.9, 69.6) | 39.7 | (23.5, 67.6) | 41.4 | (24.3, 71.0) |
| Median wealth in $1000 s (25th, 75th percentile) | 182.0 | (70.0, 411.5) | 183.0 | (70.0, 414.0) | 181.8 | (70.0, 409.6) |
| Behavioral risk factors | ||||||
| Overweight | 5093 | 41.4 | 1978 | 33.9 | 3115 | 48.1 |
| Obese | 2623 | 21.3 | 1234 | 21.1 | 1389 | 21.4 |
| Moderate alcohol use | 1905 | 15.5 | 779 | 13.3 | 1126 | 17.4 |
| Heavy alcohol use | 2148 | 17.4 | 700 | 12.0 | 1448 | 22.4 |
| Current Smoker | 1811 | 14.7 | 786 | 13.5 | 1025 | 15.8 |
| Past smoker | 7458 | 60.6 | 2713 | 46.5 | 4745 | 73.3 |
| Chronic cardiovascular conditions | ||||||
| CES-D ≥3 | 2106 | 17.1 | 1244 | 21.3 | 862 | 13.3 |
| Hypertension | 5519 | 44.8 | 2596 | 44.5 | 2923 | 45.1 |
| Diabetes | 1681 | 13.7 | 682 | 11.7 | 999 | 15.4 |
Some categories do not sum to 100% because of rounding. Sample members were all married couples at baseline (1998). White, Black and Hispanic do not add up to total because 384 (1.92%) ‘others’ are not presented separately but are included in the total.
CES-D, 8-item Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale; SD, standard deviation; IQR, inter-quartile range (25th–75th percentile).