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. 2019 Nov 16;75(7):1411–1417. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz243

Table 1.

Baseline Participant Characteristics by Chronic Medical Condition (CMC) Development

Participant Characteristics No CMCs Through Follow-up
N = 166
No Baseline CMCs, Developed ≥1
N = 513
≥1 Baseline CMC, No New
N = 517
≥1 Baseline CMC, Developed ≥1
N = 1,087
p Value
Age, years, mean ± SDa 49.5 ± 2.6 49.8 ± 2.7 50.0 ± 2.6 50.2 ± 2.7 .002
Race/ethnicity, n (%) <.0001
 Non-Hispanic white 91 (54.8) 273 (53.2) 263 (50.9) 495 (45.5)
 African American 24 (14.5) 92 (17.9) 125 (24.2) 352 (32.4)
 Hispanic 5 (3.0) 13 (2.5) 32 (6.2) 67 (6.2)
 Chinese 26 (15.7) 62 (12.1) 48 (9.3) 73 (6.7)
 Japanese 20 (12.1) 73 (14.2) 49 (9.5) 100 (9.2)
Education, n (%) <.0001
 High school or less 26 (15.8) 85 (16.7) 100 (19.5) 259 (24.0)
 Some college 43 (26.1) 149 (29.3) 187 (36.4) 357 (33.1)
 College degree 44 (26.7) 119 (23.4) 107 (20.8) 221 (20.5)
 Post college 52 (31.5) 156 (30.7) 120 (23.4) 241 (22.4)
Financial strain, any, n (%) 32 (19.4) 124 (24.8) 190 (37.6) 439 (41.3) <.0001
Marital status, n (%) <.0001
 Single/never married 23 (13.9) 54 (10.6) 65 (12.7) 165 (15.2)
 Married/living as married 128 (77.1) 370 (72.6) 323 (62.8) 659 (60.9)
 Separated/widowed/divorced 15 (9.0) 86 (16.9) 126 (24.5) 259 (23.9)
Menopausal status, n (%) .0002
 Premenopausal 19 (11.5) 45 (8.8) 41 (8.0) 57 (5.3)
 Early peri-menopausal 82 (49.4) 258 (50.6) 230 (44.8) 447 (41.3)
 Late peri-menopausal 14 (8.4) 42 (8.2) 53 (10.3) 122 (11.3)
 Postmenopausal 34 (20.5) 78 (15.3) 113 (22.0) 240 (22.2)
 Surgical menopause 1 (0.6) 13 (2.6) 15 (2.9) 33 (3.1)
 Unknown 16 (9.6) 74 (14.5) 62 (12.1) 184 (17.0)
Self-rated health, n (%) <.0001
 Excellent 65 (39.2) 142 (28.1) 70 (13.7) 90 (8.4)
 Very good 72 (43.4) 231 (45.7) 192 (37.5) 363 (33.8)
 Good 26 (15.7) 113 (22.3) 175 (34.2) 410 (38.2)
 Fair 3 (1.8) 20 (4.0) 69 (13.5) 178 (16.6)
 Poor 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (1.2) 33 (3.1)
BMIb (kg/m2), mean ± SD 24.9 ± 4.2 26.2 ± 5.8 28.9 ± 7.3 30.5 ± 7.9 <.0001
Current smoker, n (%) 9 (5.4) 57 (11.2) 58 (11.2) 182 (16.8) <.0001
Bodily painc, median (interquartile range) 84 (74, 100) 84 (62, 84) 72 (51, 84) 62 (51, 84) <.0001
Fracture history, n (%) 2 (1.2) 7 (1.4) 13 (2.5) 17 (1.6) .43
KPASd score, mean ± SD 8.2 ± 1.7 8.0 ± 1.7 7.7 ± 1.7 7.5 ± 1.8 <.0001
Physical functione, median (interquartile range) 100 (95–100) 95 (90–100) 90 (75–100) 85 (70–95) <.0001
Symbol Digit Modalities Test, mean ± SD 57.2 ± 9.6 57.6 ± 10.5 54.9 ± 11.8 53.3 ± 11.9 <.0001

Note: Percentages are reflective of participants with complete data for the measure. Missing data <5%. aStandard deviation; bBody mass index; cSF-36 Bodily Pain subscale, dKaiser Physical Activity Survey; eSF-36 Physical Function subscale.