Table 1.
Descriptive Data
| AGE 20 (Baseline) |
AGE 62 (VETSA 2) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) or % | ||
| Age (Years) | 19.8 (1.3; range 17–25) | 61.6 (2.4; range 56–66) |
| Ethnicity (% Non-Hispanic white) | 90% | |
| Marital status (% single) | 92.7% | 4.70% |
| Education (Years) | 12.3 (1.2) | 13.9 (2.1) |
| Low SES Family (%) | 24.7% | |
| Systolic BP | 124.6 (10.8) | 128.1 (16.1) |
| Diastolic BP | 74.2 (8.0) | 78.6 (9.0) |
| Height (in) | 68.9 (2.6) | 69.1 (2.6) |
| Weight (lbs) | 153.4 (22.7) | 203.3 (40.0) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.7 (3.0) | 29.9 (5.2) |
| Normal BMI (%) | 741 (75.8%) | 148 (15.2%) |
| Overweight (%) | 173 (17.7%) | 416 (42.6%) |
| Obese (%) | 22 (2.3%) | 412 (42.2%) |
| Level 1 | 22 (2.3%) | 278 (28.5%) |
| Level 2 | 0 | 86 (8.8%) |
| Level 3 | 0 | 48 (4.9%) |
| Smoking (VETSA 2) | ||
| Never | 339 (34.7%) | |
| Former | 443 (45.3%) | |
| Current | 195 (20.0%) | |
Notes. Single = never married; BP= Blood Pressure; BPM=beats per minute; Ethnicity=non-Hispanic white versus Other; Low SES=Father less than high school education and unskilled/semi-skilled laborer reported at VETSA 1 (age 56); BMI=Body Mass Index. Normal BMI: ≥ 18.5 and <25.0 kg/m2; Overweight BMI ≥25 and <30; Obese BMI: BMI ≥ 30; level 1 obesity: BMI ≥30.0 and <35.0; level 2 obesity: BMI ≥35.0 and <40.0, level 3 obesity: BMI ≥40.0.