Table 2.
Health and lifestyle characteristics among participants who completed the first (N=31,609) and second (N=21,256) study interviews. GuLF STUDY 2010–2016
| Interview #1 (N=31,609) |
Interview #2 (N=21,256) |
Did not Complete interview #2 (N=10,353) |
Risk difference for non- response |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | RD (95%CI) | |||
| Report of ever having had a nonfatal | ||||||
| MI | ||||||
| Yes | 724 (2.3) | 548 (2.6) | 176 (1.7) | 0.0863 (0.0546, 0.118) | ||
| No | 30783 (97.7) | 20643 (97.4) | 10140 (98.3) | ref | ||
| Missing | 102 (0.3) | 65 (0.3) | 37 (0.4) | |||
| First incident nonfatal MI/fatal CHD since the oil | ||||||
| spill/study enrollment | ||||||
| Yes | 395 (1.9) | 314 (1.5) | 81 (0.8) | −0.2051 (−0.2472, −0.1629) | ||
| No | 20299 (98.1) | 20299 (98.5) | 10112 (99.2) | ref | ||
| Missing | 10915 (34.5) | 643 (3.0) | 160 (1.5) | |||
| Report of ever having had a diagnosis of hypertension | ||||||
| Yes | 8573 (27.2) | 6135 (29.0) | 2438 (23.6) | 0.0591 (0.0477, 0.0705) | ||
| No | 22927 (72.8) | 15052 (71.0) | 7875 (76.4) | ref | ||
| Missing | 109 (0.3) | 69 (0.3) | 40 (0.4) | |||
| Perceived health | ||||||
| Excellent | 5353 (17.0) | 3526 (16.7) | 1827 (17.8) | −0.0104 (−0.0261, 0.0053) | ||
| Very good | 10102 (32.1) | 6857 (32.4) | 3245 (31.5) | 0.0096 (−0.0033, 0.0226) | ||
| Good | 10010 (31.8) | 6698 (31.7) | 3312 (32.2) | ref | ||
| Fair | 4510 (14.3) | 3061 (14.5) | 1449 (14.1) | 0.0096 (−0.0069, 0.026) | ||
| Poor | 1478 (4.7) | 1017 (4.8) | 461 (4.5) | 0.019 (−0.0064, 0.0443) | ||
| Missing | 156 (0.5) | 97 (0.5) | 59 (0.6) | |||
| Health compared to several years ago | ||||||
| Better | 2664 (8.5) | 1787 (8.5) | 877 (8.5) | 0.0035 (−0.0156, 0.0225) | ||
| Worse | 9432 (30.1) | 6455 (30.6) | 2977 (29.0) | 0.017 (0.0055, 0.0285) | ||
| About the Same | 19269 (61.4) | 12859 (60.9) | 6410 (62.5) | ref | ||
| Missing | 244 (0.8) | 155 (0.7) | 89 (0.9) | |||
| Cigarette smoking | ||||||
| Current | 9449 (30.1) | 5884 (27.9) | 3565 (34.8) | −0.0676 (−0.0798, −0.0554) | ||
| Former | 6777 (21.6) | 4785 (22.7) | 1992 (19.4) | 0.0158 (0.0026, 0.0289) | ||
| Never | 15144 (48.3) | 10454 (49.5) | 4690 (45.8) | ref | ||
| Missing | 239 (0.8) | 133 (0.6) | 106 (1.0) | |||
| Heavy smoker (>1 pack per day) | ||||||
| Yes | 3178 (10.2) | 1979 (9.4) | 1199 (11.8) | −0.0569 (−0.0746, −0.0392) | ||
| No | 27966 (89.8) | 19006 (90.6) | 8960 (88.2) | ref | ||
| Missing | 465 (1.5) | 271 (1.3) | 194 (1.9) | |||
| Current drinker | ||||||
| Yes | 23774 (75.8) | 16098 (76.2) | 7676 (74.9) | 0.0159 (0.0037, 0.0281) | ||
| No | 7593 (24.2) | 5021 (23.8) | 2572 (25.1) | ref | ||
| Missing | 242 (0.8) | 137 (0.6) | 105 (1.0) | |||