Table 1.
Baseline sociodemographic and health-related characteristics for SWAN participants, n = 2711.
| Age, years (std) | 46.4 (2.7) |
| Race/ethnicity, % | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 48.3 |
| African American | 27.6 |
| Hispanic | 6.0 |
| Chinese | 8.4 |
| Japanese | 9.9 |
| Educational attainment, % | |
| High school or less | 22.3 |
| Some college | 32.3 |
| College degree | 45.4 |
| Marital Status, % | |
| Never married | 13.5 |
| Currently married | 67.7 |
| Formerly married | 18.8 |
| Difficulty paying for basics, % | |
| Not difficult | 62.6 |
| Somewhat/very difficult | 37.4 |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 (std) | 28.1 (7.3) |
| Body Mass Index categories, % | |
| Underweight or Normal | 38.6 |
| Overweight | 26.8 |
| Obese | 34.6 |
| Smoking status, % | |
| Never | 58.9 |
| Former | 25.9 |
| Current | 15.2 |
| Diabetes, % | 4.5 |
| Depressive symptoms, % | 22.9 |
| Osteoarthritis, % | 19.6 |
| Physical functioning, SF-36 Role Physical score (std) | 75.1 (36.3) |
| Menopause status, % | |
| Early perimenopause | 44.8 |
| Premenopause | 55.2 |