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. 2020 May 19;9(5):e16787. doi: 10.2196/16787

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 (%)

2005-2007 101,543 (44.2) 26,501 (48.1) 75,042 (43.0)

2008-2010 38,487 (16.8) 11,308 (20.5) 27,179 (15.6)

2011-2013 49,410 (21.5) 11,692 (21.2) 37,718 (21.6)

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 (%)

18-29 55,624 (24.2) 17,519 (31.8) 38,105 (21.8)

30-44 62,861 (27.4) 17,504 (31.7) 45,357 (26.0)

45-54 42,030 (18.3) 7991 (14.5) 34,039 (19.5)

55-64 38,212 (16.6) 5940 (10.8) 32,272 (18.5)

65-89 31,007 (13.5) 6194 (11.2) 24,813 (14.2)
Gender, n (%)

Male 96,429 (42.0) 21,658 (39.3) 74,771 (42.8)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)

Asian 27,573 (12.0) 6496 (11.8) 21,077 (12.1)

Black 13,420 (5.8) 4096 (7.4) 9324 (5.3)

Hawai’ian/Pacific Islander 2278 (1.0) 694 (1.3) 1584 (0.9)

Hispanic 11,275 (4.9) 3127 (5.7) 8148 (4.7)

Native American/Alaskan Native 2585 (1.1) 671 (1.2) 1914 (1.1)

Other 2797 (1.2) 726 (1.3) 2071 (1.2)

Unknown 33,034 (14.4) 6745 (12.2) 26,289 (15.1)

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

<18.5 3399 (1.5) 873 (1.6) 2526 (1.5)

18.5-25.0 85,572 (37.4) 22,114 (40.2) 63,458 (36.6)

25.0-29.9 75,674 (33.1) 17,325 (31.5) 58,349 (33.6)

30.0-34.9 36,745 (16.1) 8266 (15.0) 28,479 (16.4)

≥35.0 27,056 (11.8) 6395 (11.6) 20,661 (11.9)
Weight measurements

Number of BMI measures, mean (SD) 13.3 (17.8) 17.0 (19.4) 12.2 (17.2)

Any BMI measures 1+ years apart, n (%) 154,040 (67.0) 46,868 (85.0) 107,172 (61.4)

Any BMI measures 3+ years apart, n (%) 103,314 (45.0) 33,847 (61.4) 69,467 (39.8)

Any BMI measures 5+ years apart, n (%) 72,726 (31.7) 23,798 (43.2) 48,928 (28.0)

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 (%)

Diabetes 13,345 (5.8) 2786 (5.1) 10,559 (6.0)

Hypertension 30,182 (13.1) 5907 (10.7) 24,275 (13.9)

Dyslipidemia 17,964 (7.8) 3165 (5.7) 14,799 (8.5)

Depression 23,385 (10.2) 6166 (11.2) 17,219 (9.9)

Anxiety 18,636 (8.1) 5016 (9.1) 13,620 (7.8)
Smoking status, n (%)b

Current 23,920 (13.2) 6237 (14.4) 17,683 (12.8)

Former 35,915 (19.7) 8198 (19.0) 27,717 (20.0)

Never 120,654 (66.3) 28,511 (66.0) 92,143 (66.5)

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.