Table 2.
Individual Chronic Conditions, initial and follow-up status
| Chronic Condition | Women with prevalent condition at analytic baseline (follow-up visit 4) N (%) |
Women who developed condition during follow-up N (%) |
Time Before Condition Developed Median Years (Interquartile Range) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depressive Symptomsa | 958 (44.6) | 316 (13.8) | 4.8 (2.1–7.6) |
| Osteoarthritis | 697 (30.5) | 714 (31.3) | 6.5 (4.0–11.0) |
| Hypertension | 693 (30.4) | 580 (25.4) | 6.9 (4.0–10.3) |
| Diabetes | 163 (7.1) | 307 (13.5) | 7.5 (4.0–10.4) |
| Osteoporosis | 96 (4.2) | 471 (20.6) | 7.8 (5.6–11.3) |
| Cancer | 84 (3.7) | 212 (9.3) | 9.7 (6.0–14.6) |
| Heart Disease | 68 (3.0) | 107 (4.7) | 6.6 (4.0–9.9) |
| Stroke | 30 (1.3) | 60 (2.6) | 7.8 (5.1–11.4) |
aClinically relevant depressive symptoms, defined as Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of ≥16 points