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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2016 Nov 8;166(2):89–98. doi: 10.7326/M16-0742

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Characteristic Siblings Survivors
N=3149 1970-1979 N=4618 Survivors 1980-1989 N=4669 1990-1999 N=5279
Attained age at questionnaire (years) Mean (SD) 29.6 (7.3) 28.5 (6.4) 26.9 (6.0) 25.7 (5.8)
Median (Range) 29.0 (18.0, 56.0) 28.0 (18.0, 47.0) 26.0 (18.0, 48.2) 24.9 (18.0, 42.4)
Age at diagnosis (years) Mean (SD) 8.7 (5.8) 10.1 (5.8) 9.0 (6.1)
Median (Range) 7.7 (0.0, 21.0) 10.3 (0.0, 21.0) 8.5 (0.0, 21.0)
Survival time (years) Mean (SD) 20.3 (3.0) 17.0 (5.6) 16.8 (3.5)
Median (Range) 20.1 (12.9, 30.2) 15.6 (6.4, 27.3) 16.9 (8.4, 23.9)
% % %§ %§
Sex Male 47.2 51.1 52.3 50.6
Female 52.8 48.9 47.7 49.4
Race/ethnicity Non-Hispanic White 88.3 90.5 83.4 74.0
Non-Hispanic Black 2.5 2.8 4.8 8.2
Hispanic 3.4 4.3 7.0 11.9
Asian 0.9 0.6 1.7 1.9
Other/Unknown 4.9 1.8 3.2 4.0
High school graduate Yes 94.1 91.7 92.7 91.5
No 5.9 8.3 7.3 8.5
Health insurance Yes 89.0 84.7 83.2 79.8
No 11.0 15.3 16.8 20.2
Body mass index* Underweight 3.6 6.3 5.4 3.8
Normal 51.4 52.1 51.0 47.2
Overweight 29.1 27.7 27.4 27.6
Obese 15.9 13.9 16.2 21.3
Smoking status Never 58.3 69.9 68.2 67.6
Former 17.1 11.5 14.8 16.1
Current 24.6 18.6 16.9 16.3
Heavy drinking Yes 13.3 10.1 16.2 22.5
No 86.7 89.9 83.8 77.5
Meets physical activity guidelines Yes 40.4 34.7 42.4 46.2
No 59.6 65.3 57.6 53.8

SD=standard deviation, %=percent, N=number, kg=kilogram, m=meter

*

Underweight: <18.5 kilograms/square meter (kg/m2), Normal: 18.5-24.9 kg/m2, Overweight: 25-29.9 kg/m2, Obese: ≥30kg/m2;

Consuming > 4 drinks/day or > 14 drinks/week for males and consuming > 3 drinks/day or > 7 drinks/week for females,

≥150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week;

§

Sampling weights applied