Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics by Outcomes
| Lived to Age 85 y With: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Chronic Disease and No Mobility Disability, N (%) or Mean ± SD | Mobility Disability With or Without Disease, N (%) or Mean ± SD | Chronic Disease but no Mobility Disability, N (%) or Mean ± SD | Died Before Age 85, N (%) or Mean ± SD | |
| Overall | 10,716 (21.6) | 11,414 (23.0) | 12,949 (26.1) | 14,533 (29.3) |
| WHI Observation Study Only | 6,011 (20.7) | 6,126 (21.1) | 7,804 (26.8) | 9,149 (31.5) |
| Age, years | 71.0 ± 3.7 | 69.7 ± 3.3 | 70.6 ± 3.8 | 69.8 ± 3.4 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 9,769 (22.3) | 10,081 (23.1) | 11,381 (26.0) | 12,500 (28.6) |
| Black/African American | 401 (13.1) | 692 (22.6) | 772 (25.2) | 1,200 (39.2) |
| Hispanic/Latina | 172 (17.7) | 226 (23.3) | 253 (26.1) | 320 (33.0) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 220 (22.0) | 218 (21.8) | 313 (31.2) | 251 (25.1) |
| College Graduate | 4,524 (25.1) | 3,879 (21.5) | 4,851 (26.9) | 4,795 (26.6) |
| Married/Living as married | 6,292 (22.9) | 6,413 (23.4) | 7,401 (27.0) | 7,344 (26.8) |
| Uses Hormone Therapy | 4,714 (22.6) | 4,985 (23.9) | 5,363 (25.7) | 5,813 (27.9) |
| Current Smoker | 266 (10.1) | 490 (18.7) | 470 (17.9) | 1,401 (53.3) |
| Alcohol Intake | ||||
| Nondrinker | 1,064 (18.3) | 1,479 (25.5) | 1,498 (25.8) | 1,763 (30.4) |
| Past Drinker | 1,421 (14.9) | 2,375 (24.9) | 2,225 (23.3) | 3,537 (37.0) |
| <1 drink/week | 3,345 (21.5) | 3,762 (24.2) | 4,177 (26.8) | 4,276 (27.5) |
| ≥1 drink/week | 4,823 (26.4) | 3,698 (20.2) | 4,955 (27.1) | 4,825 (26.4) |
| General Health SF-36 Score | 80.1 ± 13.9 | 70.9 ± 17.0 | 75.4 ± 15.7 | 68.5 ± 19.1 |
| Depression | 526 (13.0) | 1,123 (27.7) | 872 (21.5) | 1,533 (37.8) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.0 ± 4.4 | 29.1 ± 5.7 | 27.1 ± 4.9 | 28.1 ± 6.1 |
| Total physical activity (MET-hours/week) | ||||
| None (0) | 933 (13.7) | 1896 (27.9) | 1432 (21.1) | 2536 (37.3) |
| Low (0.5 to <7) | 2563 (18.6) | 3431 (24.9) | 3369 (24.5) | 4406 (32.0) |
| Moderate (≥7 to <16.5) | 2950 (23.0) | 2872 (22.4) | 3548 (27.6) | 3482 (27.1) |
| High (≥16.5) | 3657 (26.7) | 2662 (19.4) | 3972 (29.0) | 3407 (24.9) |
| Hours/day Sittinga | ||||
| 10 or more | 959 (17.9) | 1210 (22.5) | 1314 (24.4) | 1893 (35.2) |
| 6–9 | 2712 (20.9) | 2813 (21.7) | 3460 (26.7) | 3985 (30.7) |
| 5 or less | 2296 (21.9) | 2063 (19.7) | 2953 (28.2) | 3168 (30.2) |
Note: Row percentages shown. MET = Metabolic equivalents; WHI = Women’s Health Initiative. General Health SF-36 score ranges from 1 to 100, with higher scores suggestive of a more favorable health state.
aObservational Study only.