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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Mar 15;52(6):e173–e181. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.01.036

Table 1. Baseline Study Characteristics According to Quintiles of Deprivation Index Among 258,875 Participants.

Neighborhood deprivation

Characteristics Overal l Q1 (high SES) Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (low SES)
Age at baseline, mean (SD) 61.9 (5.3) 61.6 (5.4) 61.7 (5.4) 62.0 (5.3) 62.2 (5.3) 62.0 (5.3)
BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) 26.9 (4.5) 26.2 (4.1) 26.7 (4.3) 27.0 (4.5) 27.2 (4.6) 27.6 (4.9)
BMI, kg/m2, %
 15-<18.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
 18.5-<25 35.5 41.2 37.3 35.1 32.9 31.2
 25-<30 42.9 42.9 43.2 43.0 43.4 42.0
 30-<35 15.3 11.8 14.2 15.6 16.7 18.0
 35-50 5.6 3.4 4.6 5.7 6.3 8.0
Female, % 40.6 34.6 37.8 40.3 42.7 47.7
White, non-Hispanic, % 92.7 95.5 95.1 95.2 94.2 83.4
College and post-college, % 43.2 65.1 49.8 39.7 32.8 28.5
Married, % 70.4 77.3 72.9 71.0 69.2 61.6
Smoking, %
 Never 38.3 40.5 38.3 37.4 37.4 37.8
 Former 49.0 49.7 50.2 50.1 49.0 46.3
 Current 9.4 6.6 8.3 9.5 10.4 12.3
Vigorous physical activity, %
 Never/rarely 15.2 11.5 13.8 15.6 16.3 19.6
 <3 times/month 13.5 12.7 13.6 13.6 13.6 14.2
 1-2 times/week 22.1 22.5 22.6 22.4 22.0 21.3
 3-4 times/week 28.1 30.8 28.9 28.0 27.4 25.2
 ≥5 times/week 20.1 22.0 20.5 19.7 19.9 18.6
TV viewing, %
 ≤2 hours/day 36.5 47.1 40.0 35.5 32.6 31.3
 3-4 hours/day 43.7 40.3 43.5 44.9 45.5 43.9
 5-6 hours/day 14.3 10.0 12.7 15.0 16.4 17.6
 ≥7 hours/day 4.3 2.3 3.5 3.1 5.0 6.6
Nighttime sleep, %
 ≤5 hours 2.4 1.4 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.6
 6-7 hours 30.9 28.2 29.9 30.4 31.3 34.7
 7-8 hours 63.1 66.9 64.7 63.6 62.4 57.8
 ≥9 hours 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4
Alcohol consumption, g/d, mean (SD) 12.7 (34.2) 14.3 (29.9) 13.4 (32.5) 13.0 (35.5) 12.2 (36.0) 10.9 (36.8)
Fruits and vegetables, servings/1,000 kcal, mean (SD) 4.0 (1.8) 4.1 (1.8) 4.0 (1.8) 4.0 (1.8) 3.9 (1.8) 3.9 (1.9)
Whole grains, servings per 1,000 kcal, mean (SD) 0.69 (0.46) 0.71 (0.44) 0.69 (0.45) 0.69 (0.46) 0.69 (0.46) 0.68 (0.48)
Total fat, % of energy, mean (SD) 0.30 (0.08) 0.29 (0.07) 0.30 (0.07) 0.30 (0.08) 0.30 (0.07) 0.31(0.0 8)
Red meat, g/1,000 kcal, mean (SD) 33.8 (21.0) 31.6 (20.5) 33.3 (20.6) 34.6 (21.1) 35.1 (21.1) 34.6 (21.5)
Total energy, kcal/d, mean (SD) 1,846 (886) 1,795 (749) 1,825 (813) 1,848 (869) 1,857 (914) 1,907 (1051)
HEI-2005 total score 67.4 (11.1) 68.6 (10.5) 67.8 (10.9) 67.2 (11.1) 66.9 (11.3) 66.4 (11.5)
Self-reported health, excellent, % 18.9 26.0 20.9 17.9 15.8 13.8
Chronic conditions
 Heart disease 11.9 10.8 11.5 12.1 12.8 12.6
 Stroke 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.7 2.0
 Cancer 12.1 12.8 12.0 12.1 12.1 11.6
 Diabetes 7.2 5.1 6.2 7.2 8.1 9.6

HEI, health eating index