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Table 2 Individual Chronic Conditions, initial and follow-up status

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

Chronic Condition

Women with prevalent condition at analytic baseline (follow-up visit 4)

N (%)

Women who developed condition during follow-up

N (%)

Time Before

Condition Developed

Median Years

(Interquartile Range)

Depressive Symptomsa

958 (44.6)

316 (13.8)

4.8 (2.1–7.6)

Osteoarthritis

697 (30.5)

714 (31.3)

6.5 (4.0–11.0)

Hypertension

693 (30.4)

580 (25.4)

6.9 (4.0–10.3)

Diabetes

163 (7.1)

307 (13.5)

7.5 (4.0–10.4)

Osteoporosis

96 (4.2)

471 (20.6)

7.8 (5.6–11.3)

Cancer

84 (3.7)

212 (9.3)

9.7 (6.0–14.6)

Heart Disease

68 (3.0)

107 (4.7)

6.6 (4.0–9.9)

Stroke

30 (1.3)

60 (2.6)

7.8 (5.1–11.4)

  1. aClinically relevant depressive symptoms, defined as Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of ≥16 points