Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics between entire VITAL cohort and Knee Pain Subcohort
| VITAL (n=25,874) |
'Knee Pain' Subcohort (n=1070) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age, mean years, SD | 67.14 (7.1) | 66.9 (6.7) |
| Female, % | 13,081 (50.6) | 699 (65.3) |
| Race | ||
| -White, % | 18,047 (71.3) | 785 (73.4) |
| -Black, % | 5,107 (20.2) | 285 (26.6) |
| Geographic Location | ||
| -Northeast, % | 7,162 (27.7) | 230 (21.5) |
| -Midwest, % | 5,541 (21.4) | 264 (24.7) |
| -West, % | 5,928 (22.9) | 179 (16.7) |
| - South, % | 7,242 (28.0) | 397 (37.1) |
| > High School Education, % | 22,517 (87.2) | 878 (82.4) |
| Income >=$50,000/ year, % | 14,752 (63.4) | 507 (47.4) |
| Physical activity, ≥ 2 met hours/week, % | 21,895 (85.5) | 789 (74.7) |
| Smoking, % | 12,301 (48.3) | 495 (47.1) |
| Depression, % | 4,876 (20.7) | 289 (27.0) |
| Diabetes mellitus, % | 3,402 (13.2) | 221 (21.0) |
| Hypertension, % | 13,721 (53.6) | 741 (69.7) |
| Body Mass Index, ≥30 kg/m2 % | 7,205 (28.8) | 564 (54.8) |
SD; standard deviation