TABLE 1—
Baseline Characteristics and 2-Year Average Change in Women: Mexican Teachers’ Cohort, 2006–2008
| Characteristic | 2006, % or Mean (SD) | 2-Year Change, % or Mean (IQR) |
| Age, y | 43.3 (5.2) | |
| State of residency | ||
| Jalisco | 22.5 | |
| Veracruz | 77.5 | |
| Menopausal status | ||
| Premenopausal | 77.3 | |
| Postmenopausal | 14.1 | |
| Unknown | 8.6 | |
| Postmenopausal hormone therapy usea | ||
| Ever | 37.0 | |
| Never | 59.1 | |
| Missing | 3.9 | |
| Oral contraceptive use | ||
| Ever | 50.6 | |
| Never | 48.7 | |
| Missing | 0.8 | |
| BMI | 27.2 (4.4) | |
| BMI category (kg/m2) | ||
| Normal (< 25) | 35.0 | |
| Overweight (25–29.9) | 42.0 | |
| Obese (≥ 30) | 23.0 | |
| Physical activityb | ||
| Low | 28.7 | 33.8 |
| Medium | 37.3 | 32.4 |
| High | 33.7 | 32.8 |
| Missing | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Alcohol intake | ||
| Nondrinkers | 34.3 | |
| Drinkers | 62.1 | |
| Missing | 3.6 | |
| Change in alcohol intake | ||
| No change | 41.4 | |
| Increase | 26.5 | |
| Decrease | 26.3 | |
| Missing | 5.8 | |
| Smoking | ||
| Current | 8.1 | |
| Past | 9.1 | |
| Never | 81.3 | |
| Missing | 1.5 | |
| Change in smoking | ||
| Starters | 1.7 | |
| Quitters | 2.0 | |
| Smokers | 5.6 | |
| Nonsmokers | 86.4 | |
| Missing | 4.3 | |
| Energy, kcal/d | 1756 (614) | |
| Changes in food and beverage intake, servings/wk | ||
| Dairy foods | 14.9 (10.1) | −0.6 (−18.8–16.4) |
| Yogurt | 2.1 (2.4) | −0.4 (−5.2–3.0) |
| Fruit | 19.3 (15.0) | 3.2 (−22.1–29.4) |
| Vegetable | 24.6 (17.2) | −1.0 (−29.0–25.9) |
| Red meat | 6.4 (3.9) | −0.1 (−6.4–6.1) |
| Nuts | 1.0 (1.4) | 0.2 (−0.25–0.43) |
| White bread | 2.8 (2.7) | −0.2 (−4.9–5.0) |
| Corn tortillas | 10.7 (8.9) | 0.9 (−14.5–14.5) |
| Flour tortillas | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.0 (−2.4–2.5) |
| Homemade sweetened beverages | 10.6 (11.0) | −4.9 (−40.0–14.6) |
| Orange/grapefruit juice | 1.7 (2.0) | 0.3 (−4.0–4.9) |
Note. IQR = interquartile range. n = 11 218.
a
Among postmenopausal women only.
b
Values in the 2-year change column represent 2008 physical activity levels.