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Characteristics of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health study participants as measured in 1995-96
 |
|
Men
(N=340,148) |
Women
(N=227,021) |
|
| Age (average) |
62.3 |
61.9 |
| Average height (inches) |
70.2 |
64.3 |
| Average weight (lbs) |
190.9 |
158.0 |
| |
| Race/ethnicity (%) |
|
|
| |
White, not Hisp. |
93.7 |
90.9 |
| |
Black, Hispanic, Asian, other |
6.4 |
9.1 |
| |
| Education (%) |
|
|
| |
<=11 yrs |
6.6 |
6.6 |
| |
12 yrs/HS |
16.5 |
26.2 |
| |
Vocational tech |
9.6 |
11.0 |
| |
Some college |
22.5 |
25.6 |
| |
College graduate |
21.9 |
15.2 |
| |
Postgraduate |
23.0 |
15.5 |
| |
| Currently smoking (%) |
10.7 |
14.4 |
| Former smoker (%) |
59.2 |
40.7 |
| |
| Physical activity (%) |
|
|
| |
never/rarely |
15.8 |
23.2 |
| |
1-3/mo |
13.1 |
14.4 |
| |
1-2/wk |
21.9 |
21.1 |
| |
3-4/wk |
27.9 |
25.1 |
| |
5+/wk |
21.3 |
16.3 |
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