Consumption of Nuts at Midlife and Healthy Aging in Women
Table 1
Characteristics at study baselinea of usual agers and healthy agers in the Nurses’ Health Study.
Characteristicsb
Healthy agers (n = 5,538)
Usual agers (n = 28,393)
Mean age, years
58 (4.9)
62 (6.5)
Educational level (1992), % (n)
Registered nurse
59 (3267)
68 (19307)
Bachelor’s degree
25 (1385)
21 (5963)
Master or doctorate
16 (886)
11 (3123)
Marital status (1996), % (n)
Widowed
5 (277)
10 (2839)
Married
86 (4763)
82 (23282)
Separated/divorced
9 (498)
8 (2271)
Median neighborhood income, $
69,517 (27,170)
64,929 (24,843)
Body mass index, % (n)
<22
26 (1440)
16 (4543)
22–24.9
35 (1938)
27 (7666)
25–29.9
31 (1717)
36 (10221)
≥30
8 (443)
22 (6246)
Mean alternate healthy eating index-2010 score (excluding nuts)
47 (9)
45 (9)
Mean alcohol intake, g/day
6 (8)
5 (9)
Multivitamin use, % (n)
61 (3378)
62 (17604)
Aspirin use, tablets per week, % (n)
<1
68 (3766)
62 (17604)
1‐2
7 (388)
7 (1988)
>2
25 (1384)
31 (8802)
Pack-years of smoking
7 (12)
11 (17)
Mean physical activity, metabolic equivalent task-hours/week
26 (27)
18 (21)
History of high blood pressure, % (n)
21 (1163)
39 (11073)
History of high cholesterol, % (n)
39 (4984)
56 (15900)
aStudy baseline is 1998 for this table, unless otherwise noted. Measures in table were calculated among nonmissing values (≤5% of data were missing). bData expressed as mean (SD) or as percent.
