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