Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| Descriptive variable | No. participants (%) |
| Mean purpose (SD) | 4.52 (0.93) |
| Mean age (SD) (y) | 69.06 (9.84) |
| Female | 4,139 (57.74) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Caucasian | 5,607 (78.22) |
| African American | 936 (13.06) |
| Hispanic | 527 (7.35) |
| Other | 98 (1.37) |
| Married status | 4,639 (64.72) |
| Education | |
| <High school | 1,366 (19.07) |
| High school | 3,952 (55.14) |
| ≥College | 1,850 (25.80) |
| Total wealth | |
| First quintile | 1,437 (20.05) |
| Second quintile | 1,431 (19.96) |
| Third quintile | 1,436 (20.03) |
| Fourth quintile | 1,431 (19.96) |
| Fifth quintile | 1,433 (19.99) |
| Mean no. of chronic illnesses (SD) | 2.11 (1.43) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 3,116 (43.47) |
| Former smoker | 3,145 (43.88) |
| Current smoker | 907 (12.65) |
| Exercise | |
| Never | 4,528 (63.17) |
| One to four times per month | 1,008 (14.05) |
| More than once per week | 1,632 (22.77) |
| Alcohol frequency (d/wk) | |
| Never | 3,486 (48.63) |
| <1 | 1,300 (18.14) |
| 1–2 | 1,134 (15.82) |
| 3+ | 1,248 (17.40) |
| Insured | 6,850 (95.58) |
| Urbanicity | |
| Urban | 3,332 (46.49) |
| Suburban | 1,535 (21.41) |
| Rural | 2,301 (32.10) |
Unless otherwise noted, values are number of participants (percentage).