Table 2.
Age-Standardized Characteristics of Male Participants at Age 55 Years, by Body Shape Trajectory Over the Life Course, Health Professionals Follow-up Study (n = 37,636), 1986a
| Characteristic | Trajectory of Body Shape From Age 5 Years to Age 55 Years | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lean-Stable (n = 6,378) | Medium-Stable (n = 6,298) | Lean-Moderate Increase (n = 6,927) | Lean-Marked Increase (n = 13,327) | Heavy-Increase (n = 4,706) | ||||||
| % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | |
| Physical activity, MET-hours/week | 29.2 (28.9) | 31.5 (29.1) | 26.5 (26.1) | 25.9 (25.8) | 25.4 (26.1) | |||||
| Alcohol intake, g/day | 11.1 (14.7) | 11.5 (15.1) | 11.4 (14.6) | 11.6 (15.2) | 10.6 (14.1) | |||||
| Never smoker | 50.6 | 44.7 | 45.2 | 44.0 | 40.2 | |||||
| Pack-years of smoking | 11.6 (18.3) | 13.5 (19.3) | 13.4 (19.1) | 14.1 (19.5) | 16.5 (21.5) | |||||
| AHEI score | 42.1 (10.3) | 42.4 (9.8) | 41.0 (9.9) | 40.2 (9.6) | 41.2 (9.8) | |||||
| Current aspirin user | 44.6 | 49.4 | 50.1 | 51.4 | 54.7 | |||||
| Family history of diabetes | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 20.1 | |||||
| Family history of CHD | 31.8 | 33.7 | 33.2 | 34.0 | 37.0 | |||||
| Hypertension | 17.2 | 19.9 | 23.6 | 28.9 | 32.3 | |||||
| Type 2 diabetes | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 7.1 | |||||
| Hypercholesterolemia | 21.5 | 21.2 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 25.6 | |||||
| Cancer | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | |||||
| Cardiovascular disease | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 12.5 | |||||
Abbreviations: AHEI, Alternate Healthy Eating Index; CHD, coronary heart disease; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; SD, standard deviation.
a Data were standardized to the age distribution of the study population. Prevalent cases of chronic disease at baseline were included.