Table 1.
Characteristic | CARDIA Examination Year | |||||||||||
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Year 0 | Year 7 | Year 10 | Year 15 | Year 20 | Year 25 | |||||||
No. of Persons | % | No. of Persons | % | No. of Persons | % | No. of Persons | % | No. of Persons | % | No. of Persons | % | |
All Participants | ||||||||||||
Total no. of participants | 5,071 | 4,006 | 3,895 | 3,644 | 3,510 | 3,446 | ||||||
Age, yearsa | 24.8 (3.7) | 32.0 (3.6) | 35.0 (3.7) | 40.2 (3.6) | 45.2 (3.6) | 50.2 (3.6) | ||||||
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 2,304 | 45 | 1,832 | 46 | 1,748 | 45 | 1,615 | 44 | 1,519 | 43 | 1,503 | 44 |
Female | 2,767 | 55 | 2,174 | 54 | 2,147 | 55 | 2,029 | 56 | 1,991 | 57 | 1,943 | 56 |
Race | ||||||||||||
Black | 2,612 | 52 | 1,940 | 48 | 1,903 | 49 | 1,718 | 47 | 1,633 | 47 | 1,609 | 47 |
White | 2,459 | 48 | 2,066 | 52 | 1,992 | 51 | 1,926 | 53 | 1,877 | 53 | 1,837 | 53 |
Education, yearsa | 13.8 (2.3) | 14.5 (2.5) | 14.6 (2.6) | 14.9 (2.5) | 15.0 (2.6) | 15.1 (2.7) | ||||||
Education category | ||||||||||||
High school diploma or less | 2,011 | 40 | 1,160 | 29 | 1,144 | 30 | 834 | 23 | 837 | 24 | 771 | 22 |
Some college/associate’s degree | 1,676 | 33 | 1,216 | 31 | 1,096 | 28 | 1,134 | 31 | 955 | 27 | 957 | 28 |
Bachelor’s degree or more | 1,384 | 27 | 1,606 | 40 | 1,633 | 42 | 1,665 | 46 | 1,703 | 49 | 1,706 | 50 |
Unemployed | 1,405 | 28 | 900 | 23 | 814 | 21 | 732 | 20 | 780 | 22 | 1,123 | 33 |
Married | 1,130 | 22 | 1,737 | 44 | 1,906 | 49 | 2,187 | 60 | 2,194 | 63 | 2,109 | 62 |
Living with children | 1,355 | 27 | 1,934 | 49 | 2,110 | 55 | 2,174 | 60 | 2,012 | 58 | 1,703 | 50 |
Annual household income (increments of $10,000)a,b | 5.7 (3.7) | 4.7 (3.0) | 4.9 (2.9) | 6.9 (4.6) | 6.8 (4.3) | 6.3 (4.1) | ||||||
Current alcohol use | 4,366 | 86 | 3,271 | 82 | 3,092 | 80 | 2,878 | 79 | 2,713 | 79 | 2,676 | 78 |
Current cigarette smoker | 1,545 | 31 | 1,087 | 27 | 1,001 | 26 | 805 | 22 | 687 | 20 | 597 | 17 |
Exposure to 100% smoking bansc | ||||||||||||
Restaurant ban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | <1 | 923 | 25 | 1,085 | 31 | 2,760 | 80 |
Bar ban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | <1 | 916 | 25 | 1,022 | 29 | 2,428 | 71 |
Participants Who Had Ever Smoked During Follow-up | ||||||||||||
Total no. of participants | 1,913 | 1,468 | 1,419 | 1,284 | 1,200 | 1,200 | ||||||
Average no. of cigarettes smoked per daya | 10.6 (9.7) | 9.7 (9.9) | 9.1 (9.1) | 7.7 (9.5) | 6.8 (9.1) | 5.5 (7.8) | ||||||
Smoking intensity, cigarettes/day | ||||||||||||
<10 | 922 | 48 | 782 | 53 | 780 | 55 | 812 | 63 | 816 | 68 | 870 | 73 |
≥10 | 991 | 52 | 686 | 47 | 639 | 45 | 472 | 37 | 384 | 32 | 330 | 27 |
Current Smokers | ||||||||||||
Total no. of participants | 1,545 | 1,087 | 1,001 | 805 | 687 | 597 | ||||||
Attempt to quit smoking in past (2, 3, or 5) yearsd | 922 | 60 | 549 | 51 | 518 | 52 | 483 | 60 | 431 | 63 | 367 | 62 |
Abbreviation: CARDIA, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults.
a Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation).
b Household income was converted to year 2000 US dollars using the Consumer Price Index (33).
c Participants were linked to state, county, and city-level smoking ban exposures on the basis of their census tract of residence.
d At baseline, participants were asked about attempts to quit smoking in the past 2 years. At follow-up examinations, quitting attempts since the past examination were assessed (2-year interval for year 7, 3-year interval for year 10, and 5-year intervals for years 15, 20, and 25). Examination years 2 and 5 were not included in this analysis.