Table 1.
Participant characteristics at analytic baseline (follow-up visit 4) by chronic condition status
| Participant Characteristics | All Participants N = 2283 |
No Chronic Conditions through Follow-Up N = 166 | Developed Condition During Follow-Up N = 513 |
Has Prevalent Chronic Conditiona N = 1604 |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years, mean ± SDb | 50.0 ± 2.7 | 49.5 ± 2.6 | 49.8 ± 2.7 | 50.1 ± 2.7 | 0.003 |
| Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1122 (49.2) | 91 (54.8) | 273 (53.2) | 758 (47.3) | |
| African American | 593 (26.0) | 24 (14.5) | 92 (17.9) | 477 (29.7) | |
| Hispanic | 117 (5.1) | 5 (3.0) | 13 (2.5) | 99 (6.2) | |
| Chinese | 209 (9.2) | 26 (15.7) | 62 (12.1) | 121 (7.5) | |
| Japanese | 242 (10.6) | 20 (12.1) | 73 (14.2) | 149 (9.3) | |
| Education, n (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| High school or less | 470 (20.7) | 26 (15.8) | 85 (16.7) | 359 (22.6) | |
| Some college | 736 (32.5) | 43 (26.1) | 149 (29.3) | 544 (34.2) | |
| College degree | 491 (21.7) | 44 (26.7) | 119 (23.4) | 328 (20.6) | |
| Post college | 569 (25.1) | 52 (31.5) | 156 (30.7) | 361 (22.7) | |
| Financial strain, any, n (%) | 785 (35.1) | 32 (19.4) | 124 (24.8) | 629 (40.1) | <.0001 |
| Marital status, n (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| Single/never married | 307 (13.5) | 23 (13.9) | 54 (10.6) | 230 (14.4) | |
| Married/living as married | 1480 (65.1) | 128 (77.1) | 370 (72.6) | 982 (61.5) | |
| Separated/Widowed/Divorced | 486 (21.4) | 15 (9.0) | 86 (16.9) | 385 (24.1) | |
| Menopausal Status, n (%) | 0.0002 | ||||
| Premenopausal | 162 (7.1) | 19 (11.5) | 45 (8.8) | 98 (6.1) | |
| Early peri-menopausal | 1017 (44.7) | 82 (49.4) | 258 (50.6) | 677 (42.4) | |
| Late peri-menopausal | 231 (10.2) | 14 (8.4) | 42 (8.2) | 175 (11.0) | |
| Postmenopausal | 465 (20.5) | 34 (20.5) | 78 (15.3) | 353 (22.1) | |
| Surgical menopause | 62 (2.7) | 1 (0.6) | 13 (2.6) | 48 (3.0) | |
| Unknown status | 336 (14.8) | 16 (9.6) | 74 (14.5) | 246 (15.4) | |
| Self-rated health status, n (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| Excellent | 367 (16.3) | 65 (39.2) | 142 (28.1) | 160 (10.1) | |
| Very Good | 858 (38.0) | 72 (43.4) | 231 (45.7) | 555 (35.0) | |
| Good | 724 (32.1) | 26 (15.7) | 113 (22.3) | 585 (36.9) | |
| Fair | 270 (12.0) | 3 (1.8) | 20 (4.0) | 247 (15.6) | |
| Poor | 39 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (2.5) | |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD | 28.8 ± 7.4 | 24.9 ± 4.2 | 26.2 ± 5.8 | 30.0 ± 7.7 | <.0001 |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 306 (13.4) | 9 (5.4) | 57 (11.2) | 240 (15.0) | 0.0006 |
| Bodily painc, median (q1, q3) | 72 (51, 84) | 84 (74, 100) | 84 (62, 84) | 62 (51, 84) | <.0001 |
| Fracture history, n (%) | 39 (1.7) | 2 (1.2) | 7 (1.4) | 30 (1.9) | 0.651 |
| KPASd score, mean ± SD | 7.7 ± 1.8 | 8.2 ± 1.7 | 8.0 ± 1.7 | 7.5 ± 1.8 | <.0001 |
| Physical functione, median (q1, q3) | 90.0 (75.0, 100.0) | 100 (95, 100) | 95 (90,100) | 90 (70, 100) | <.0001 |
Note: aOf the women with baseline chronic conditions, 1087 also developed another during follow-up. bStandard deviation; c SF-36 Bodily Pain subscale, scores range from 0 to 100, dKaiser Physical Activity Survey; eSF-36 Physical Function subscale, scores range from 0 to 100