Table 1.

Eating and food procurement and preparation behaviors among postmenopausal women in the WHI Long Life Study^*

Characteristic	Total (N= 5,910)		Eat <2 meals/day (N = 314)		Eat alone most of the time (N = 2,950)		Presence of eating difficulties due to tooth/mouth problems (N = 290)		Not always able to physically shop, cook and feed self (N = 381)		Insufficient economic resources to purchase food (N = 297)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age at start of WHI Ext 2, y
<75	2553	43.2	182	58.0	1102	37.4	139	47.9	131	34.4	176	59.3
≥75	3357	56.8	132	42.0	1848	62.6	151	52.1	250	65.6	121	40.7
Race/ethnicity
White	2993	50.6	90	28.7	1513	51.3	125	43.1	172	45.1	69	23.2
Black	1912	32.4	151	48.1	1068	36.2	109	37.6	161	42.3	164	55.2
Hispanic	1005	17.0	73	23.2	369	12.5	56	19.3	48	12.6	64	21.5
Body mass index (BMI), kg/m2
18.5 – 24.9	69	1.2	5	1.6	43	1.5	5	1.7	8	2.1	4	1.4
25.0 – 29.9	1784	30.5	68	22.0	854	29.3	72	25.2	92	24.6	59	20.1
≥30.0	3995	68.3	236	76.4	2019	69.2	209	73.1	274	73.3	231	78.6
History of multimorbidity*	3700	66.1	223	74.8	1923	68.7	223	79.1	288	80.0	228	79.4

^*Defined as 2 or more of the following conditions at baseline or during follow-up: coronary disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, hip fracture, osteoarthritis, depression, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cognitive impairment, sensory impairment, frequent faller, or urinary incontinence.

^*cell sizes, including for BMI, may vary due to missing values