Table 2.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Healthy and Elite Healthy Women in the Boston Area Community Health Survey, 2008–2010
| Healthy Women (n = 1,505) | Elite Healthy Women (n = 300) | |
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| Age (Years, Mean, SD) | 54.1 (13.7) | 48.4 (11.1) |
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| Age range | 31.7–84.5 | 34.4–84.5 |
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| Age groups (%) | ||
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| 31–44 | 35.2 | 49.4 |
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| 45–64 | 40.0 | 38.1 |
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| 65+ | 24.8 | 12.5 |
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| Race/ethnicity (%) | ||
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| White | 55.4 | 60.8 |
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| Black | 31.6 | 28.7 |
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| Hispanic | 12.9 | 10.6 |
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| BMI (kg/m2, %) | ||
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| < 24.9 | 30.9 | 43.6 |
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| 25–29.9 | 32.6 | 30.0 |
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| 30+ | 36.2 | 26.3 |
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| Hormonal status (%) | ||
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| Premenopausal, not using hormonal contraceptives | 56.0 | 56.5 |
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| Premenopausal, using hormonal contraceptives | 6.4 | 15.2 |
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| Menopausal | 37.4 | 28.3 |
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| Parity | ||
| Never pregnant | 20.6 | 18.8 |
| 1–3 pregnancies | 46.4 | 49.9 |
| 4+ pregnancies | 32.9 | 31.3 |
| Missing | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Medical conditions (%) | ||
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| Cardiovascular disease | 10.8 | 2.4 |
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| Hypertension | 33.7 | 6.1 |
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| Diseases causing joint pain | 36.6 | 17.9 |
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| Type 1 or 2 Diabetes | 11.3 | 1.3 |
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| Depression/Anxiety | 46.8 | 34.4 |
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| Sleep Problems | 50.1 | 32.9 |
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| Self-Rated health (%) | ||
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| Excellent | 16.0 | 32.3 |
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| Very good | 33.7 | 42.3 |
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| Good | 33.2 | 25.3 |
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| Fair | 15.4 | 0.0 |
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| Poor | 1.7 | 0.0 |
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| Smoking Status (%) | ||
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| Never smoked | 52 | 60.2 |
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| Former smoker | 27.5 | 22.7 |
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| Current smoker | 17.5 | 13.8 |
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| Missing | 3.0 | 3.2 |
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| Total daily fluid intake (%) | ||
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| ≤ 49 oz | 19.7 | 23.1 |
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| 50–74 oz | 35.6 | 36.1 |
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| 75+ oz | 43.8 | 39.9 |
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| Daily carbonated fluid intake (%) | ||
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| 0–7 oz | 65.6 | 71.1 |
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| 8–15 oz | 15.8 | 14.9 |
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| 16+ oz | 18.4 | 13.0 |
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| Daily caffeinated fluid intake (%) | ||
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| 0 oz | 15.5 | 14.7 |
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| 1–16 oz | 45.1 | 44.0 |
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| 17–60 oz | 36.4 | 39.2 |
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| 61+ oz | 2.8 | 1.1 |
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| Daily alcohol intake (%) | ||
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| 0 oz | 56.4 | 41.5 |
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| 1–24 oz | 37.9 | 53.7 |
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| 25+ oz | 5.7 | 4.8 |
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| Time of day most fluids consumed (%) | ||
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| Before noon | 39.9 | 39.5 |
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| Noon to 5 p.m. | 33.9 | 32.2 |
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| After 5 p.m. | 11.1 | 6.6 |
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| Missing | 15.0 | 21.7 |
Note. Groups are not mutually exclusive. SD = standard deviation.