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Table 1 Participant characteristics at analytic baseline (follow-up visit 4) by chronic condition status

From: Contribution of common chronic conditions to midlife physical function decline: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

Participant Characteristics

All Participants

N = 2283

No Chronic Conditions through Follow-Up N = 166

Developed Condition During Follow-Up

N = 513

Has Prevalent Chronic Conditiona

N = 1604

P-Value

Age, years, mean ± SDb

50.0 ± 2.7

49.5 ± 2.6

49.8 ± 2.7

50.1 ± 2.7

0.003

Race/Ethnicity, n (%)

    

<.0001

 Non-Hispanic White

1122 (49.2)

91 (54.8)

273 (53.2)

758 (47.3)

 

 African American

593 (26.0)

24 (14.5)

92 (17.9)

477 (29.7)

 

 Hispanic

117 (5.1)

5 (3.0)

13 (2.5)

99 (6.2)

 

 Chinese

209 (9.2)

26 (15.7)

62 (12.1)

121 (7.5)

 

 Japanese

242 (10.6)

20 (12.1)

73 (14.2)

149 (9.3)

 

Education, n (%)

    

<.0001

 High school or less

470 (20.7)

26 (15.8)

85 (16.7)

359 (22.6)

 

 Some college

736 (32.5)

43 (26.1)

149 (29.3)

544 (34.2)

 

 College degree

491 (21.7)

44 (26.7)

119 (23.4)

328 (20.6)

 

 Post college

569 (25.1)

52 (31.5)

156 (30.7)

361 (22.7)

 

Financial strain, any, n (%)

785 (35.1)

32 (19.4)

124 (24.8)

629 (40.1)

<.0001

Marital status, n (%)

    

<.0001

 Single/never married

307 (13.5)

23 (13.9)

54 (10.6)

230 (14.4)

 

 Married/living as married

1480 (65.1)

128 (77.1)

370 (72.6)

982 (61.5)

 

 Separated/Widowed/Divorced

486 (21.4)

15 (9.0)

86 (16.9)

385 (24.1)

 

Menopausal Status, n (%)

    

0.0002

 Premenopausal

162 (7.1)

19 (11.5)

45 (8.8)

98 (6.1)

 

 Early peri-menopausal

1017 (44.7)

82 (49.4)

258 (50.6)

677 (42.4)

 

 Late peri-menopausal

231 (10.2)

14 (8.4)

42 (8.2)

175 (11.0)

 

 Postmenopausal

465 (20.5)

34 (20.5)

78 (15.3)

353 (22.1)

 

 Surgical menopause

62 (2.7)

1 (0.6)

13 (2.6)

48 (3.0)

 

 Unknown status

336 (14.8)

16 (9.6)

74 (14.5)

246 (15.4)

 

Self-rated health status, n (%)

    

<.0001

 Excellent

367 (16.3)

65 (39.2)

142 (28.1)

160 (10.1)

 

 Very Good

858 (38.0)

72 (43.4)

231 (45.7)

555 (35.0)

 

 Good

724 (32.1)

26 (15.7)

113 (22.3)

585 (36.9)

 

 Fair

270 (12.0)

3 (1.8)

20 (4.0)

247 (15.6)

 

 Poor

39 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

39 (2.5)

 

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

28.8 ± 7.4

24.9 ± 4.2

26.2 ± 5.8

30.0 ± 7.7

<.0001

Current smoker, n (%)

306 (13.4)

9 (5.4)

57 (11.2)

240 (15.0)

0.0006

Bodily painc, median (q1, q3)

72 (51, 84)

84 (74, 100)

84 (62, 84)

62 (51, 84)

<.0001

Fracture history, n (%)

39 (1.7)

2 (1.2)

7 (1.4)

30 (1.9)

0.651

KPASd score, mean ± SD

7.7 ± 1.8

8.2 ± 1.7

8.0 ± 1.7

7.5 ± 1.8

<.0001

Physical functione, median (q1, q3)

90.0 (75.0, 100.0)

100 (95, 100)

95 (90,100)

90 (70, 100)

<.0001

  1. Note: aOf the women with baseline chronic conditions, 1087 also developed another during follow-up. bStandard deviation; c SF-36 Bodily Pain subscale, scores range from 0 to 100, dKaiser Physical Activity Survey; eSF-36 Physical Function subscale, scores range from 0 to 100