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Health & Lifestyle

Health and Lifestyle Characteristics of GuLF STUDY Participants - Reported at Enrollment

06/07/16

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  Total
(N = 31,609)
%
Male
(N = 25,502)
%
Female
(N = 6,105)
%
Body Mass Index (BMI)      
  Underweight 0.8 0.5 1.9
  Normal 26.7 24.0 38.2
  Overweight 41.2 43.7 30.7
  Obese 31.3 31.8 29.2
Drinking Status      
  Never Drank 6.3 5.9 8.1
  Past Drinker 17.9 17.2 20.7
  Current Drinker 75.8 76.9 71.2
Drinks Per Week, Current Drinkers      
  <3 48.2 44.4 65.0
  3-6 24.9 25.9 20.6
  7-13 14.3 15.3 9.5
  14+ 12.6 14.4 4.9
Cigarette Smoking Status      
  Never Smoked 48.3 46.8 54.5
  Past Smoker 21.6 22.2 19.2
  Current Smoker 30.1 31.0 26.3
Amount Smoked, Current Smokers      
  < 1 pack per day 65.5 64.1 72.9
  1+ packs per day 34.5 35.9 27.1
Ever Use of Other Tobacco Products      
  Pipe 4.6 5.5 0.7
  Cigar 11.8 14.0 2.7
  Chewing Tobacco 10.1 12.4 0.7
  Snuff 14.5 17.8 1.0

The Ns for individual characteristics may be slightly less than the total N due to a small percentage of don't know and refusal responses.

The Ns for Male and Female designations are slightly less than the total N due to a small percentage of don't know and refusal responses.

Alcohol use based on self-reported consumption of any alcoholic beverages (eg. wine coolers, beer, wine, champagne, liquor such as whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, scotch, or liqueurs, and also any other type of alcohol) in the past 12 months.

Report does not include Vietnamese-speaking participants who took a short version of the enrollment questionnaire.

Preliminary interim data.

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