Table 2.
Lifestyle and health characteristics of the study population (N = 1372 twenty to fifty year old nonsmokers)
| N | Weighted percentf (SE) | N | Weighted percentf (SE) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home ownership | Self-reported health status | ||||
| Owned or being bought | 807 | 68.1 (2.5) | Excellent | 309 | 24.0 (1.5) |
| Rented | 531 | 30.1 (2.4) | Very good | 442 | 35.9 (1.4) |
| Other arrangement | 34 | 1.8 (0.4) | Good | 434 | 30.9 (1.7) |
| Watch TV 3+ hours/day | Fair | 166 | 8.1 (0.8) | ||
| No | 948 | 72.5 (1.4) | Poor | 21 | 1.2 (0.3) |
| Yes | 424 | 27.5 (1.4) | High blood pressured | ||
| Worried would run out of fooda | No | 1238 | 88.8 (1.1) | ||
| Often true | 88 | 4.4 (0.8) | Yes | 134 | 11.2 (1.1) |
| Sometimes true | 198 | 9.1 (1.0) | Diabetese | ||
| Never true | 845 | 62.4 (2.4) | No | 1306 | 95.3 (0.5) |
| Screened out | 219 | 22.5 (1.6) | Yes | 64 | 4.5 (0.5) |
| Missing | 22 | 1.6 (0.4) | Missing | 2 | <0.3c |
| Worried couldn’t afford balanced mealsa | Ever had asthmae | ||||
| Often true | 44 | 2.6 (0.5) | No | 1203 | 86.6 (1.0) |
| Sometimes true | 146 | 6.4 (0.9) | Yes | 169 | 13.4 (1.0) |
| Never true | 939 | 66.8 (2.1) | Current asthmae | ||
| Screened out | 219 | 22.5 (1.6) | No | 1268 | 92.1 (0.9) |
| Don’t know/ Missing | 24 | 1.7 (0.4) | Yes | 102 | 7.8 (0.9) |
| Health insurance | Missing | 2 | <0.3c | ||
| No | 350 | 20.0 (1.7) | Asthma attack past yeare | ||
| Yes | 1022 | 80.0 (1.7) | No | 1319 | 95.7 (0.5) |
| Number of prescription medicationsb | Yes | 51 | 4.1 (0.5) | ||
| 0 | 833 | 54.3 (1.5) | Missing | 2 | <0.3c |
| 1 | 245 | 19.6 (1.3) | Ever had thyroid probleme | ||
| 2 | 125 | 10.4 (1.0) | No | 1289 | 92.6 (0.9) |
| 3 to 4 | 121 | 11.3 (1.1) | Yes | 82 | 7.3 (0.9) |
| >4 | 48 | 4.4 (0.8) | Missing | 1 | <0.3c |
| Body Mass Index | Ever had cancer/malignancye | ||||
| Underweight (<18.5) | 19 | 1.4 (0.4) | No | 1348 | 97.3 (0.5) |
| Normal weight (18.5–< 25) | 414 | 32.2 (1.5) | Yes | 23 | 2.7 (0.5) |
| Overweight (25–< 30) | 461 | 31.8 (1.5) | Missing | 1 | <0.3c |
| Obese (≥30) | 478 | 34.6 (1.6) | Stomach illnessa | ||
| HDL <60 mg/dL | No | 1165 | 85.2 (1.1) | ||
| No | 477 | 30.7 (1.4) | Yes | 115 | 9.0 (1.0) |
| Yes | 895 | 69.3 (1.4) | Missing | 92 | 5.8 (0.7) |
| Glucose ≥88 mg/dL | Physical health poora | ||||
| No | 698 | 46.6 (1.8) | 0 days | 874 | 64.5 (1.3) |
| Yes | 674 | 53.4 (1.8) | 1 to 3 days | 178 | 13.2 (0.9) |
| CRP ≥ 1 mg/dL | 4 to 6 days | 78 | 5.8 (0.8) | ||
| No | 1202 | 90.8 (0.7) | 7 or more days | 150 | 10.8 (1.0) |
| Yes | 170 | 9.2 (0.7) | Missing | 92 | 5.8 (0.7) |
| Anyone smoke in home?a | Mental health poora | ||||
| No | 1302 | 95.8 (0.7) | 0 days | 776 | 56.8 (1.8) |
| Yes | 67 | 4.1 (0.7) | 1 to 7 days | 361 | 27.3 (1.4) |
| Missing | 3 | <0.3c | 7 to 14 days | 46 | 3.6 (0.7) |
| 15 to 30 days | 97 | 6.4 (0.8) | |||
| Missing | 92 | 5.8 (0.7) | |||
apast year; bpast 30 days; cWeighted percentage less than 0.3 (SE not calculated); dHigh blood pressure was determined using measured values at the examination; eSelf-reported that respondents were told by doctor or other health care provider that they had the condition; fThe weighted percent adjusts for differential probabilities of selection, nonresponse, and differences between the final sample and the total population