Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants in Moving to Health Cohort Study, King County, Washington, 2005 to 2017.
| Characteristic | Total (N=229,755) | Moved within county (n=55,152) | Never moved within county (n=174,603) | |
| Years of follow-up, mean (SD) | 5.0 (3.7) | 6.1 (3.5) | 4.6 (3.7) | |
| Year of cohort entry, n (%) | ||||
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2005-2007 | 101,543 (44.2) | 26,501 (48.1) | 75,042 (43.0) |
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2008-2010 | 38,487 (16.8) | 11,308 (20.5) | 27,179 (15.6) |
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2011-2013 | 49,410 (21.5) | 11,692 (21.2) | 37,718 (21.6) |
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2014-2017 | 40,315 (17.5) | 5651 (10.2) | 34,664 (19.9) |
| Age in years at cohort entry, mean (SD) | 45.0 (17.3) | 41.5 (17.1) | 46.2 (17.2) | |
| Age categories (years), n (%) | ||||
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18-29 | 55,624 (24.2) | 17,519 (31.8) | 38,105 (21.8) |
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30-44 | 62,861 (27.4) | 17,504 (31.7) | 45,357 (26.0) |
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45-54 | 42,030 (18.3) | 7991 (14.5) | 34,039 (19.5) |
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55-64 | 38,212 (16.6) | 5940 (10.8) | 32,272 (18.5) |
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65-89 | 31,007 (13.5) | 6194 (11.2) | 24,813 (14.2) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
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Male | 96,429 (42.0) | 21,658 (39.3) | 74,771 (42.8) |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
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Asian | 27,573 (12.0) | 6496 (11.8) | 21,077 (12.1) |
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Black | 13,420 (5.8) | 4096 (7.4) | 9324 (5.3) |
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Hawai’ian/Pacific Islander | 2278 (1.0) | 694 (1.3) | 1584 (0.9) |
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Hispanic | 11,275 (4.9) | 3127 (5.7) | 8148 (4.7) |
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Native American/Alaskan Native | 2585 (1.1) | 671 (1.2) | 1914 (1.1) |
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Other | 2797 (1.2) | 726 (1.3) | 2071 (1.2) |
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Unknown | 33,034 (14.4) | 6745 (12.2) | 26,289 (15.1) |
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Non-Hispanic white | 136,793 (59.5) | 32,597 (59.1) | 104,196 (59.7) |
| Height (m), mean (SD)a | 1.69 (0.1) | 1.69 (0.1) | 1.69 (0.1) | |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 79.3 (21.0) | 78.6 (21.1) | 79.5 (21.0) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27.7 (6.4) | 27.5 (6.5) | 27.8 (6.4) | |
| BMI categories (kg/m2), n (%)a | ||||
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<18.5 | 3399 (1.5) | 873 (1.6) | 2526 (1.5) |
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18.5-25.0 | 85,572 (37.4) | 22,114 (40.2) | 63,458 (36.6) |
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25.0-29.9 | 75,674 (33.1) | 17,325 (31.5) | 58,349 (33.6) |
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30.0-34.9 | 36,745 (16.1) | 8266 (15.0) | 28,479 (16.4) |
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≥35.0 | 27,056 (11.8) | 6395 (11.6) | 20,661 (11.9) |
| Weight measurements | ||||
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Number of BMI measures, mean (SD) | 13.3 (17.8) | 17.0 (19.4) | 12.2 (17.2) |
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Any BMI measures 1+ years apart, n (%) | 154,040 (67.0) | 46,868 (85.0) | 107,172 (61.4) |
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Any BMI measures 3+ years apart, n (%) | 103,314 (45.0) | 33,847 (61.4) | 69,467 (39.8) |
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Any BMI measures 5+ years apart, n (%) | 72,726 (31.7) | 23,798 (43.2) | 48,928 (28.0) |
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Any BMI measures 9+ years apart, n (%) | 37,612 (16.4) | 10,971 (19.9) | 26,641 (15.3) |
| Elixhauser score, mean (SD) | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.7 (1.1) | 0.7 (1.2) | |
| Comorbidities prior to baseline, n (%) | ||||
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Diabetes | 13,345 (5.8) | 2786 (5.1) | 10,559 (6.0) |
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Hypertension | 30,182 (13.1) | 5907 (10.7) | 24,275 (13.9) |
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Dyslipidemia | 17,964 (7.8) | 3165 (5.7) | 14,799 (8.5) |
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Depression | 23,385 (10.2) | 6166 (11.2) | 17,219 (9.9) |
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Anxiety | 18,636 (8.1) | 5016 (9.1) | 13,620 (7.8) |
| Smoking status, n (%)b | ||||
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Current | 23,920 (13.2) | 6237 (14.4) | 17,683 (12.8) |
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Former | 35,915 (19.7) | 8198 (19.0) | 27,717 (20.0) |
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Never | 120,654 (66.3) | 28,511 (66.0) | 92,143 (66.5) |
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Did not respond | 1362 (0.7) | 265 (0.6) | 1097 (0.8) |
| Property value per unit at home address, 2017 (US $), mean (SD)c | 354,464 (265,517) | 313,455 (263,759) | 366,932 (264,795) | |
aModal height missing from 0.5% of the cohort.
bSmoking status missing from 20.9% of the cohort who never received survey.
cProperty values at home address missing from 9.8% of the cohort.