Table 1. Baseline Characteristics According to the Healthy Lifestyle Score, Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
| Healthy lifestyle score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| (n =1,529) | (n =19,389) | (n =27,366) | (n =24,271) | (n =11,982) | |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 60.5 (6.9) | 63.2(7.3) | 63.7 (7.3) | 63.8 (7.3) | 63.6 (7.4) |
| African American, % | 18.8 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| Hispanic/Latino, % | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| Non-Hispanic white, % | 73.2 | 79.1 | 84.1 | 88.2 | 90.8 |
| Less than High school, % | 10.1 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Never married, % | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Divorced/separated, % | 27.7 | 17.3 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 13.6 |
| history of diabetes, % | 6.5 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| History of hypertension, % | 37.3 | 43.6 | 35.4 | 27.9 | 19.9 |
| History of CHD*, % | 7.8 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 30.8 (5.5) | 31.3 (6.0) | 28.1 (5.4) | 25.5 (4.5) | 22.4 (1.6) |
| AHEI score, mean (SD) | 45.1 (7.8) | 47.2 (7.5) | 53.1 (9.4) | 60.2 (9.7) | 67.4 (6.4) |
abbreviations: AHEI, Alternative Healthy Eating Index; BMI, body mass index; CHD, coronary heart disease
*
Self-reported CHD includes cardiac arrest, CABG, PTCA, angina, and MI
Categories of a given variable (e.g. race) may not necessarily add up to 100%, given that not all categories were included