|
Age at FUQ (yrs.; mean [SD])
|
70.7 [5.3]
|
72.2 [5.0]
|
71.3 [5.3]
|
70.7 [5.3]
|
70.2 [5.3]
|
69.7 [5.3]
|
69.5 [5.3]
|
68.9 [5.2]
|
68.3 [5.1]
|
|
Average weight loss per attempt (lbs; mean [SD])
|
6.1 [6.9]
|
0
|
0
|
9.4 [6.8]
|
10.9 [5.9]
|
11.6 [4.9]
|
11.3 [4.7]
|
11.4 [3.8]
|
13.3 [3.1]
|
|
Female (%)
|
37.9
|
42.8
|
25.1
|
38.3
|
40.7
|
42.5
|
44.0
|
48.2
|
56.5
|
|
Weight change
|
|
Weight losers
|
28.7
|
100.0
|
0.0
|
28.7
|
22.7
|
19.5
|
17.9
|
16.1
|
10.6
|
|
Weight maintainers
|
50.7
|
0.0
|
79.6
|
52.8
|
54.3
|
52.4
|
51.2
|
48.0
|
40.5
|
|
Weight gainers
|
20.6
|
0.0
|
20.4
|
18.6
|
23.0
|
28.0
|
30.9
|
35.8
|
48.9
|
|
Race/ethnicity (%)
|
|
Non-Hispanic White
|
92.6
|
92.5
|
91.2
|
93.2
|
93.1
|
93.4
|
93.4
|
94.3
|
93.2
|
|
Non-Hispanic Black
|
3.4
|
2.4
|
3.9
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
3.0
|
3.7
|
|
Hispanic
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
2.0
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
1.0
|
1.3
|
|
Asian, PI or AI/AN
|
1.5
|
2.7
|
1.8
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
0.7
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
|
Missing
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
|
Education level (%)
|
|
Less than 8 years, 8–11 yrs.
|
3.9
|
3.9
|
5.6
|
3.4
|
2.9
|
2.9
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.0
|
|
12 yrs. or completed high school
|
18.0
|
18.2
|
20.5
|
17.4
|
16.6
|
16.4
|
15.2
|
15.9
|
17.0
|
|
Post-high school
|
9.8
|
9.5
|
10.8
|
9.3
|
9.3
|
9.2
|
8.9
|
9.8
|
9.7
|
|
Some college
|
23.0
|
21.5
|
22.1
|
22.8
|
23.1
|
23.7
|
24.8
|
26.0
|
27.3
|
|
College and post graduate
|
43.3
|
44.9
|
38.5
|
45.3
|
46.3
|
45.8
|
46.1
|
43.7
|
41.1
|
|
Missing
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
2.4
|
1.9
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
1.8
|
1.5
|
1.8
|
|
Starting BMI (%)
|
|
18.5–24.9 kg/m2
|
38.3
|
52.6
|
42.2
|
38.4
|
34.0
|
29.7
|
28.9
|
24.8
|
20.5
|
|
25.0–29.9 kg/m2
|
25.2
|
13.8
|
24.5
|
26.4
|
29.0
|
30.7
|
31.3
|
31.8
|
29.0
|
|
30.0–34.9 kg/m2
|
4.8
|
1.3
|
3.0
|
4.5
|
5.4
|
7.3
|
7.9
|
9.7
|
12.8
|
|
35.0+ kg/m2
|
31.7
|
32.4
|
30.3
|
30.7
|
31.6
|
32.3
|
31.9
|
33.7
|
37.7
|
|
Reported medical conditions (%)
|
|
None
|
6.1
|
8.6
|
6.9
|
5.7
|
5.3
|
4.7
|
4.4
|
4.1
|
3.1
|
|
1 to 2
|
33.8
|
39.1
|
35.8
|
34.2
|
31.6
|
30.1
|
29.9
|
28.3
|
26.1
|
|
3 to 4
|
36.7
|
34.0
|
36.1
|
37.8
|
38.2
|
37.5
|
38.5
|
37.0
|
37.6
|
|
5+
|
23.4
|
18.3
|
21.2
|
22.3
|
24.9
|
27.7
|
27.2
|
30.6
|
33.1
|
|
Missing
|
0.03
|
0.02
|
0.04
|
0.03
|
0.01
|
0.01
|
0.02
|
0.02
|
0.05
|
|
Physical activity (Met-hrs./day [quintiles]; %)
|
|
0 to 17.9
|
24.9
|
22.4
|
26.9
|
24.0
|
23.6
|
24.7
|
23.6
|
25.2
|
28.6
|
|
17.9 to 29.3
|
23.3
|
22.9
|
22.9
|
23.7
|
24.4
|
23.5
|
23.3
|
22.2
|
22.7
|
|
29.3 to 48.4
|
22.7
|
22.8
|
21.7
|
23.9
|
23.4
|
23.1
|
23.3
|
23.2
|
20.7
|
|
48.4 to 78.5
|
19.4
|
20.9
|
18.7
|
19.2
|
19.5
|
19.6
|
20.1
|
20.1
|
18.1
|
|
78.5+
|
9.1
|
10.1
|
9.0
|
8.6
|
8.6
|
8.8
|
9.3
|
9.0
|
9.6
|
|
Missing
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
|
Sitting time (hrs./day [quintiles]; %)
|
|
0.0 to 4.5
|
23.5
|
29.3
|
24.5
|
24.0
|
22.1
|
20.1
|
19.7
|
18.1
|
16.2
|
|
4.5 to 6.5
|
45.6
|
44.0
|
45.2
|
46.2
|
47.1
|
47.5
|
46.2
|
45.7
|
43.1
|
|
6.5 to 8.5
|
17.8
|
14.4
|
16.8
|
17.4
|
18.5
|
19.6
|
19.6
|
21.3
|
24.3
|
|
8.5 to 12.5
|
2.5
|
2.2
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
2.3
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.4
|
|
12.5+
|
2.9
|
2.2
|
3.0
|
2.5
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
3.7
|
3.6
|
4.7
|
|
Missing
|
7.8
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
7.5
|
7.4
|
7.6
|
7.8
|
8.3
|
8.2
|
|
HEI-2015 total score (quintiles; %)
|
|
24.0 to 60.0
|
21.4
|
20.5
|
27.0
|
19.9
|
18.5
|
18.1
|
18.3
|
18.0
|
19.4
|
|
60.0 to 66.3
|
20.4
|
18.6
|
21.8
|
19.7
|
20.4
|
20.1
|
20.3
|
20.3
|
21.1
|
|
66.3 to 71.2
|
19.8
|
18.7
|
19.0
|
20.1
|
20.6
|
20.7
|
20.7
|
20.9
|
20.9
|
|
71.2 to 76.2
|
19.4
|
19.3
|
16.9
|
20.0
|
20.7
|
21.4
|
20.8
|
21.2
|
20.9
|
|
76.2+
|
19.0
|
22.9
|
15.4
|
20.2
|
19.7
|
19.8
|
19.8
|
19.6
|
17.8
|
|
Smoking status/dose (%)
|
|
Never
|
35.6
|
40.9
|
34.9
|
36.1
|
33.9
|
33.6
|
33.3
|
32.3
|
33.2
|
|
Former- ≤ 20 cigarettes/day
|
26.7
|
25.6
|
26.7
|
27.4
|
27.7
|
27.0
|
26.9
|
26.3
|
25.4
|
|
Former- > 20 cigarettes/day
|
23.2
|
15.4
|
23.1
|
22.9
|
25.1
|
27.0
|
27.4
|
28.9
|
28.8
|
|
Current- ≤ 20 cigarettes/day
|
3.2
|
5.2
|
3.2
|
2.9
|
2.9
|
2.6
|
2.2
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
|
Current- > 20 cigarettes/day
|
2.9
|
4.4
|
3.2
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.3
|
2.5
|
2.6
|
2.5
|
|
Missing
|
8.4
|
8.6
|
9.0
|
8.4
|
8.0
|
7.6
|
7.7
|
7.5
|
7.7
|
|
Self-reported overall health (%)
|
|
Excellent
|
13.0
|
16.4
|
11.9
|
14.0
|
13.2
|
12.1
|
11.8
|
11.6
|
8.3
|
|
Very good
|
36.3
|
37.3
|
35.8
|
38.3
|
37.4
|
36.0
|
34.9
|
33.9
|
30.8
|
|
Good
|
35.1
|
31.7
|
36.3
|
34.2
|
34.7
|
35.5
|
36.3
|
37.2
|
39.1
|
|
Fair
|
11.9
|
10.8
|
12.4
|
10.4
|
11.3
|
12.4
|
13.2
|
13.0
|
16.5
|
|
Poor
|
1.9
|
2.2
|
1.9
|
1.4
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
3.4
|
|
Missing
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
2.0
|
1.8
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
|
Age at retirement (yrs.; %)
|
|
Not retired
|
18.6
|
15.5
|
16.5
|
18.7
|
19.9
|
20.7
|
21.7
|
23.5
|
25.0
|
|
< 50
|
2.2
|
2.4
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
2.5
|
2.8
|
|
50 to 55
|
5.1
|
4.9
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
5.1
|
5.2
|
5.0
|
5.5
|
5.8
|
|
55 to 60
|
18.7
|
17.7
|
18.8
|
18.5
|
18.7
|
19.7
|
19.5
|
19.6
|
19.0
|
|
60 to 65
|
32.3
|
33.0
|
33.6
|
32.6
|
31.9
|
31.1
|
30.4
|
30.1
|
29.3
|
|
65 to 70
|
15.6
|
17.7
|
16.3
|
15.8
|
15.2
|
14.0
|
14.2
|
12.9
|
12.3
|
|
≥ 70
|
4.7
|
6.1
|
4.8
|
4.6
|
4.3
|
4.5
|
4.3
|
3.4
|
3.1
|
|
Missing
|
2.8
|
2.7
|
2.9
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.8
|
|
Marital status (%)
|
|
Married or living as married
|
70.7
|
67.9
|
75.6
|
71.1
|
69.8
|
69.6
|
68.5
|
67.4
|
62.3
|
|
Widowed
|
9.8
|
11.8
|
8.5
|
9.7
|
9.8
|
9.4
|
9.7
|
9.6
|
11.0
|
|
Divorced
|
12.9
|
12.9
|
10.0
|
12.5
|
14.0
|
14.4
|
15.1
|
16.3
|
19.1
|
|
Separated
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
|
Never married
|
5.0
|
5.8
|
4.2
|
5.2
|
5.0
|
5.2
|
5.3
|
5.1
|
5.8
|
|
Missing
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
|
Age at menopause (yrs.; %)
|
|
< 40
|
6.4
|
5.9
|
4.4
|
6.0
|
6.8
|
7.4
|
7.7
|
9.6
|
11.9
|
|
40 to 45
|
5.7
|
6.3
|
3.9
|
5.5
|
6.2
|
6.3
|
6.8
|
6.4
|
8.5
|
|
45 to 50
|
9.0
|
10.7
|
6.2
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
9.7
|
10.3
|
10.8
|
12.4
|
|
50 to 55
|
12.1
|
14.8
|
7.8
|
12.8
|
12.9
|
13.6
|
13.4
|
14.3
|
16.0
|
|
≥ 55
|
2.6
|
3.2
|
1.7
|
2.7
|
3.0
|
2.8
|
2.9
|
3.4
|
3.4
|
|
Still menstruating
|
1.8
|
1.5
|
0.8
|
1.8
|
2.2
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
3.2
|
3.8
|
|
Male
|
62.1
|
57.2
|
74.9
|
61.7
|
59.4
|
57.5
|
56.0
|
51.8
|
43.5
|
|
Missing
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
