Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for all study variables

	Full sample			Aged 45–64			Aged 65–84
	Female (n = 416)	Male (n = 435)	p	Female (n = 215)	Male (n = 247)	p	Female (n = 201)	Male (n = 188)	p
LTL (T/S ratio)	.85 (.22)	.80 (.23)	.0007	.91 (.24)	.83 (.22)	<.0001	.81 (.23)	.79 (.23)	.16
Estradiol (nmol/L)	.07 (.08)	.11 (.06)	<.0001	.08 (.13)	.12 (.06)	<.0001	.06 (.05)	.11 (.06)	<.0001
Total testosterone (nmol/L)	.94 (.75)	13.91 (6.32)	<.0001	.97 (.80)	14.64 (6.73)	<.0001	.90 (.69)	13.55 (6.40)	<.0001
Oxidative stress (GGT [U/L])	7.89 (7.34)	11.20 (11.45)	<.0001	8.07 (7.56)	11.93 (12.48)	<.0001	7.47 (6.87)	10.18 (8.75)	<.0001
Pack-years smoking	.00 (3.90)	2.55 (17.00)	<.0001	.00 (3.50)	1.15 (12.60)	<.0001	.00 (6.40)	5.20 (20.50)	<.0001
Processed meat consumption (servings per day)	.03 (.14)	.09 (.17)	<.0001	.05 (.14)	.11 (.18)	<.0001	.02 (.12)	.08 (.16)	<.0001
Body mass index (BMI)	28.59 (7.41)	27.78 (5.29)	.0009	29.44 (7.58)	28.01 (5.87)	.003	28.05 (7.31)	27.66 (4.70)	.08
Age (in years)	64.00 (14.00)	62.00 (15.00)	.04	56.00 (8.00)	55.00 (10.00)	.002	70.00 (7.00)	70.00 (8.00)	.24
White	.17	.19	.45	.15	.17	.48	.20	.21	.61
African American	.30	.27	.27	.33	.30	.46	.27	.22	.34
Latino	.53	.54	.67	.53	.54	.86	.53	.57	.68
Less than high school	.29	.27	.52	.24	.25	.91	.33	.31	.52
High school	.23	.18	.06	.22	.15	.20	.24	.18	.16
Some college	.28	.30	.56	.33	.34	.97	.24	.28	.46
College	.20	.25	.06	.21	.26	.17	.19	.24	.18
Per capita household income (in 10,000s)	1.50 (1.89)	1.50 (2.38)	.98	1.50 (2.11)	1.40 (2.17)	.81	1.40 (1.83)	1.63 (2.41)	.62

Notes: Proportions are shown for categorical variables; medians with interquartile ranges in parentheses are shown for continuous variables; p-value for comparison across gender groups is based on chi-square for proportions and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for medians.