Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the population by obese status and menopausal status
| Characteristic | Premenopausal women |
Postmenopausal women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-obese† |
Obese† |
Non-obese† |
Obese† |
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| N = 36 | (%) | N = 42 | (%) | N = 104 | (%) | N = 88 | (%) | |
| Race | ||||||||
| AA/African American | 6 | (16.7) | 25 | (59.5) | 26 | (25.0) | 33 | (37.5) |
| EA/European American | 28 | (77.8) | 17 | (40.5) | 72 | (69.2) | 53 | (60.2) |
| Missing | 2 | (5.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 6 | (5.8) | 2 | (2.3) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Rural | 36 | (100.0) | 37 | (88.1) | 99 | (95.2) | 84 | (95.5) |
| Urban | 0 | (0.0) | 5 | (11.9) | 4 | (3.8) | 3 | (3.4) |
| Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.0) | 1 | (1.1) |
| Hormone use | ||||||||
| Yes | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 12 | (11.5) | 10 | (11.4) |
| No | 36 | (100.0) | 42 | (100.0) | 92 | (88.5) | 78 | (88.6) |
| Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 2 | (5.6) | 3 | (7.1) | 16 | (15.4) | 14 | (15.9) |
| High school graduate or GED | 11 | (30.5) | 16 | (38.1) | 42 | (40.4) | 35 | (39.8) |
| Some college or technical school | 14 | (38.9) | 15 | (35.7) | 26 | (25.0) | 30 | (34.1) |
| College or post graduate | 9 | (25.0) | 8 | (19.1) | 20 | (19.2) | 9 | (10.2) |
| Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Menopausal status | ||||||||
| Premenopausal | 36 | (100.0) | 42 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Postmenopausal for ≤ 10 years | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 34 | (32.7) | 29 | (33.0) |
| Postmenopausal for 10–21 years | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 33 | (31.7) | 34 | (38.6) |
| Postmenopausal for > 21 years | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 37 | (35.6) | 25 | (28.4) |
| Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Children and breastfeeding | ||||||||
| Not given birth and not breastfeed | 2 | (5.5) | 5 | (11.9) | 8 | (7.7) | 12 | (13.6) |
| Given birth and not breastfed | 15 | (41.7) | 21 | (50.0) | 57 | (54.8) | 43 | (48.9) |
| Given birth and breastfed | 19 | (52.8) | 16 | (38.1) | 38 | (36.5) | 30 | (34.1) |
| Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.0) | 3 | (3.4) |
| Alcohol use | ||||||||
| Never to once a year | 26 | (72.2) | 26 | (61.9) | 78 | (75.0) | 77 | (87.5) |
| Once a month | 5 | (13.9) | 11 | (26.2) | 10 | (9.6) | 3 | (3.4) |
| Once a week to several times a week | 4 | (11.1) | 4 | (9.5) | 14 | (13.5) | 5 | (5.7) |
| Every day | 1 | (2.8) | 1 | (2.4) | 2 | (1.9) | 2 | (2.3) |
| Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.1) |
| Mean‡ | (SD) | Mean‡ | (SD) | Mean‡ | (SD) | Mean‡ | (SD) | |
| BMI | 24 | (3.0) | 38 | (6.0) | 27 | (2.7) | 37 | (4.8) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Weight at 18 years of age (lbs.) | 117.4 | (16.5) | 140.3 | (38.8) | 122.2 | (26.1) | 129.6 | (29.3) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Baseline Age (yrs.) | 44 | (6.7) | 46 | (5.2) | 59 | (8.8) | 58 | (8.1) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Physical Activity (hrs. per week) | 17.5 | (1207.3) | 20.5 | (1590.7) | 15.3 | (1290.6) | 12.1 | (874.3) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Age at first menstrual cycle | 13 | (2.0) | 13 | (2.0) | 13 | (1.8) | 12 | (1.8) |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
SD standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, lbs. Pounds, hrs. Hours, yrs. Years
†
Chi-square test for categorical variables
‡
T-test for continuous variables
p values calculated excluding the missing values