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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2014 Aug 25;130(17):1466–1473. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.012069

Table 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics among non-smokers in the sampled cases, sub-cohort, and weighted to the WHI-OS non-smoking population*

Sample Weighted to Population

Subcohort (n=1,808) Cases (n=1,587) Cohort (N=50,577) Cases (N=2,138)
Age (years) 69 (63, 73) 69 (64, 73) 62 (56, 68) 69 (64, 73)
Race
 White 83% 84% 86% 88%
 Black 9% 8% 6% 6%
 Other 8% 8% 8% 6%
BMI (kg/m2) 26 (23, 29) 27 (24, 31) 26 (23, 30) 27 (24, 31)
Waist circumference (cm) 83 (75, 92) 85 (77, 96) 83 (75, 92) 85 (77, 95)
Physical activity (MET-hrs/week) 11 (4, 20) 8 (3, 18) 10 (3, 20) 8 (2, 17)
AHEI score 35 (29, 42) 35 (29, 41) 35 (29, 42) 35 (29, 41)
Alcohol use
 Never 41% 45% 40% 44%
 ≤1 drink/day 47% 42% 47% 43%
 >1 drinks/day 13% 13% 13% 13%
Number of healthy lifestyle factors
 1 11% 15% 12% 15%
 2 29% 34% 27% 34%
 3 33% 29% 31% 29%
 4 20% 17% 22% 17%
 5 7% 5% 8% 6%
Anti-hypertensive medication use 26% 38% 22% 37%
Cholesterol-lowering medication 9% 10% 7% 9%
Diabetes 4% 10% 3% 10%
Family history of early MI 18% 22% 18% 22%
Systolic Blood pressure (mmHg) 128 (117, 140) 134 (122, 148) 123 (114, 135) 133 (122, 148)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 226 (201, 257) 225 (198, 251) 225 (201, 257) 225 (198, 251)
HDL (mg/dL) 54 (45, 66) 49 (40, 60) 55 (46, 67) 49 (40, 60)
hsCRP (mg/L) 2.3 (1.0, 4.9) 2.9 (1.3, 5.9) 2.3 (1.0, 5.1) 2.9 (1.4, 5.8)
HbA1c % (if diabetic) 6.9 (6.2, 7.7) 7.5 (6.6, 9.0) 6.9 (6.0, 7.7) 7.5 (6.6, 8.9)
*

median (25th percentile, 75th percentile) for continuous variables, percent for categorical

Using the sampling weights from the case-cohort design