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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2018 Apr 9;54(6):786–794. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.02.022

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics Overall by Employment Status at Follow-up, MESA (N=4,091)

Baseline characteristics Overalla
(N=4,091)
Retirement status at follow-up
Not retireda
(N=3,079)
Retireda
(N=1,012)
Age (years), mean ± SD 57.3 ± 8.9 56.9 ± 9.4 58.4 ± 6.9
Female 2,309 (56) 1,768 (57) 541 (53)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 Non-Hispanic white 1,628 (40) 1,193 (39) 435 (43)
 Chinese American 522 (13) 416 (14) 106 (10)
 Non-Hispanic black 975 (24) 680 (22) 295 (29)
 Hispanic 966 (24) 790 (26) 176 (17)
Education, n (%)
 <High school 684 (17) 581 (19) 103 (10)
 Some college, no degree 1,303 (32) 950 (31) 353 (35)
 ≥Bachelor’s degree 2,102 (51) 1,547 (50) 555 (55)
Low SEP, n (%) 2,003 (49) 1,568 (51) 435 (43)
Married / with partner, n (%) 2,636 (65) 1,994 (65) 642 (64)
Baseline job, n (%)
 Homemaker 749 (18) 694 (23) 55 (5)
 Employed full time 2,549 (62) 1,799 (58) 750 (74)
 Employed part time 570 (14) 411 (13) 159 (16)
 On leave or unemployed 221 (5) 174 (6) 47 (5)
Self-rated health, n (%)
 Better 2,131 (53) 1,554 (51) 577 (57)
 Same 1,612 (40) 1,261 (41) 351 (35)
 Worse 316 (8) 239 (8) 77 (8)
MESA site, n (%)
 Forsyth, NC 594 (15) 383 (12) 211 (21)
 New York City, NY 653 (16) 488 (16) 165 (16)
 Baltimore, MD 584 (14) 442 (14) 142 (14)
 St. Paul, MN 713 (17) 527 (17) 186 (18)
 Chicago, IL 743 (18) 543 (18) 200 (20)
 Los Angeles, CA 804 (20) 696 (23) 108 (11)
Physical activity, median (IQR)
 MVPA (MET-minutes/week) 4,590 (2,190, 8,475) 4,425 (2,098, 8,370) 5,220 (2,513, 9,025)
 Non-walking leisure (minutes/week) 10 (0, 180) 3 (0, 180) 15 (0, 180.0)
 Recreation walking (minutes/week) 90 (0, 225) 90 (0, 225) 90 (0, 240.0)
 Transport walking (minutes/week) 180 (45, 420) 150 (35, 375) 180 (60, 420.0)
 Household/yard (minutes/week) 810 (420, 1,370) 815 (420, 1,380) 765 (390, 1,290)
 Caregiving (minutes/week) 0 (0, 180) 0 (0, 180.0) 0 (0, 165)
 Occupational/volunteer 0 (0, 2,880) 0 (0, 2,700) 450 (0, 3,600)
 MVPA (MET-minutes/week)
 TV watching (hours/week), median (IQR) 12 (5, 18) 12 (5, 19) 12 (6, 18)

MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; SEP, socioeconomic position; IQR, interquartile range; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis