TABLE 1.
Baseline WHI OS participant characteristics across quintiles of a body shape index (ABSI) (n = 77,505)
| ABSI quintile
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (n = 15,501) |
2nd (n = 15,501) |
3rd (n = 15,501) |
4th (n = 15,501) |
5th (n = 15,501) |
|
| Age (years) | 61.3 ± 7.1 | 62.4 ± 7.2 | 63.3 ± 7.3 | 64.1 ± 7.2 | 65.4 ± 7.1 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| NHW | 81.9 | 83.7 | 83.0 | 83.1 | 84.0 |
| Black | 10.5 | 8.18 | 7.59 | 6.85 | 7.00 |
| Hispanic | 3.97 | 3.70 | 4.22 | 4.06 | 3.76 |
| Asian | 1.92 | 2.86 | 3.46 | 3.90 | 3.11 |
| Native | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.52 | 0.71 |
| Other | 1.37 | 1.23 | 1.42 | 1.61 | 1.38 |
| Education | |||||
| < High school | 3.97 | 3.91 | 4.69 | 5.57 | 7.11 |
| High school | 14.5 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 18.6 |
| Some college | 35.0 | 36.0 | 35.7 | 37.2 | 37.5 |
| ≥College | 46.5 | 44.9 | 43.2 | 40.4 | 36.8 |
| Alcohol (drink/day) | 0.38 ± 0.73 | 0.40 ± 0.76 | 0.41 ± 0.80 | 0.43 ± 0.85 | 0.43 ± 0.92 |
| < 1 | 88.2 | 86.8 | 86.2 | 85.7 | 85.9 |
| ≥ 1 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| Smoking pack-years | |||||
| 0 (never smoked) | 56.6 | 54.2 | 53.8 | 51.3 | 47.6 |
| < 5 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 13.0 |
| 5 to < 20 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
| ≥ 20 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 20.2 | 25.2 |
| Energy intake (kcal/day) | 1544 ± 585 | 1553 ± 580 | 1565 ± 589 | 1587 ± 597 | 1608 ± 631 |
| HEI-2005 | 70.4 ± 9.9 | 70.1 ± 10.1 | 69.7 ± 10.3 | 68.9 ± 10.7 | 67.8 ± 11.0 |
| 1st quintile | 16.4 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 21.7 | 25.0 |
| 2nd quintile | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 21.1 |
| 3rd quintile | 20.6 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 19.5 | 19.0 |
| 4th quintile | 21.5 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 17.7 |
| 5th quintile | 21.8 | 21.7 | 20.2 | 19.2 | 17.2 |
| Moderate-strenuous physical activity (MET-h/week) | 8.65 ± 11.9 | 7.99 ± 11.4 | 7.44 ± 10.9 | 6.71 ± 10.3 | 5.80 ± 9.7 |
| < 7.5 | 62.2 | 64.8 | 66.4 | 69.4 | 73.9 |
| ≥ 7.5 | 37.8 | 35.2 | 33.6 | 30.6 | 26.2 |
| Sedentary time (h/day) | 8.4 ± 3.9 | 8.4 ± 3.8 | 8.4 ± 3.9 | 8.5 ± 3.9 | 8.6 ± 4.0 |
| < 8 | 44.7 | 45.3 | 45.6 | 44.6 | 43.4 |
| ≥ 8 | 55.3 | 54.8 | 54.4 | 55.4 | 56.6 |
| Sleep (h/day) | 6.8 ± 1.1 | 6.9 ± 1.1 | 6.9 ± 1.1 | 6.9 ± 1.1 | 6.8 ± 1.2 |
| < 7 | 34.7 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 35.4 | 36.4 |
| 7–9 | 65.0 | 65.1 | 65.3 | 64.0 | 62.8 |
| ≥ 10 | 0.37 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.78 |
| Hormone replacement therapy | |||||
| Never | 25.1 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 31.2 | 34.6 |
| Former | 17.0 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 21.9 |
| Current | 57.8 | 55.0 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 43.6 |
| Treated diabetes mellitus | 1.45 | 1.78 | 2.76 | 4.26 | 8.73 |
| History of myocardial infarction | 1.19 | 1.59 | 1.67 | 2.27 | 3.62 |
| General health construct (SF-36; %) | 77.7 ± 17.1 | 76.5 ± 17.2 | 75.0 ± 17.7 | 73.5 ± 18.1 | 70.4 ± 18.9 |
| 1st tertile | 32.8 | 35.6 | 38.7 | 42.1 | 49.3 |
| 2nd tertile | 35.0 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 31.7 |
| 3rd tertile | 32.2 | 29.8 | 26.9 | 23.6 | 19.0 |
Values given as mean + SD or %.