Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants by tertiles of WWI
Variable | WWI (cm/√kg) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total n = 9,566 (%) | Tertile 1 | Tertile 2 | Tertile 3 | p | |
Age (in years), n (%) | < .01 | ||||
20—39 | 3127 (32.69) | 1764 (55.33) | 880 (27.59) | 483 (15.15) | |
40—59 | 3164 (33.08) | 1014 (31.81) | 1209 (37.91) | 941 (29.51) | |
60 + | 3275 (34.23) | 410 (12.86) | 1100 (34.50) | 1765 (55.34) | |
Gender, n (%) | < .01 | ||||
Males | 4693 (49.06) | 1878 (58.91) | 1676 (52.56) | 1139 (35.72) | |
Females | 4873 (50.94) | 1310 (41.09) | 1513 (47.44) | 2050 (64.28) | |
Education, n (%) | < .01 | ||||
Less than high School | 2028 (21.22) | 463 (14.53) | 661 (20.73) | 904 (28.40) | |
High school or GED | 2165 (22.65) | 676 (21.21) | 749 (23.49) | 740 (23.25) | |
Some college/AA degree | 2974 (31.11) | 1018 (31.94) | 988 (30.98) | 968 (30.41) | |
College graduate/above | 2392 (25.02) | 1030 (32.32) | 791 (24.80) | 571 (17.94) | |
Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | < .01 | ||||
Hispanics | 2569 (26.86) | 609 (19.10) | 896 (28.10) | 1064 (33.36) | |
Non-Hispanic White | 3227 (33.73) | 1023 (32.09) | 997 (31.26) | 1207 (37.84) | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 2111 (22.07) | 885 (27.76) | 691 (21.67) | 535 (16.78) | |
Other | 1659 (17.34) | 671 (21.05) | 605 (18.97) | 383 (12.02) | |
Triglycerides (mg/dL), median (IQR) | 91.37 (60.97—137.50) | 71.70 (49.98—109.66) | 98.78 (67.05—149.12) | 109.58 (77.22—155.20) | < .01 |
Alcohol drinks/day, past 12 months, median (IQR) | 1.43 (1.00—2.47) | 1.56 (1.00—2.66) | 1.45 (1.00 -2.28) | 1.15 (1.00 -204) | < .01 |
Cigarette smoking, n (%) | < .01 | ||||
Current | 1790 (18.73) | 690 (21.66) | 605 (18.99) | 495 (15.53) | |
Former | 2205 (23.07) | 530 (16.64) | 794 (24.92) | 881 (27.63) | |
Never | 5564 (58.20) | 1965 (61.70) | 1787 (56.09) | 1812 (56.84) | |
Physical Activity, n (%) | < .01 | ||||
Active | 3355 (35.07) | 1402 (43.98) | 1118 (35.06) | 835 (26.18) | |
Not active | 6211 (64.93) | 1786 (56.02) | 2071 (64.94) | 2354 (73.82) | |
Drug abuse, n (%) | 0.38 | ||||
Yes | 1232 (16.79) | 492 (17.41) | 421 (17.00) | 319 (15.69) | |
No | 6104 (83.21) | 2334 (82.59) | 2056 (83.00) | 1714 (84.31) | |
Asthma, n (%) | 0.18 | ||||
Yes | 1403 (14.68) | 475 (14.91) | 414 (12.99) | 514 (16.13) | |
No | 8157 (85.32) | 2711 (85.09) | 2773 (87.01) | 2673 (83.87) | |
Sleep Apnea symptoms, n (%) | < .01 | ||||
Yes | 1253 (13.10) | 276 (8.66) | 425 (13.33) | 552 (17.31) | |
No | 8313 (86.90) | 2912 (91.34) | 2764 (86.67) | 2637 (82.69) | |
Weight (kg), mean ± SD | 83.64 ± 55.01 | 76.14 ± 30.49 | 85.65 ± 32.75 | 91.37 ± 48.57 | < .01 |
HC (cm), mean ± SD | 107.54 ± 32.20 | 100.65 ± 15.71 | 108.32 ± 15.47 | 115.74 ± 35.34 | < .01 |
WC (cm), mean ± SD | 100.37 ± 49.11 | 88.45 ± 21.46 | 102.23 ± 21.46 | 114.17 ± 29.93 | < .01 |
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 29.45 ± 19.12 | 25.75 ± 9.03 | 29.94 ± 9.03 | 33.85 ± 15.81 | < .01 |
WtHR (cm/m), mean ± SD | 59.76 ± 29.36 | 51.56 ± 11.29 | 60.60 ± 9.60 | 69.74 ± 16.83 | < .01 |
WHR (cm/cm), mean ± SD | 0.93 ± 0.23 | 0.87 ± 0.10 | 0.95 ± 0.12 | 0.99 ± 0.12 | < .01 |
WWI (cm/√kg), mean ± SD | 11.03 ± 2.37 | 10.20 ± 0.72 | 11.13 ± 0.40 | 12.05 ± 0.73 | < .01 |