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Health & Lifestyle

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

07/30/18

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Full Cohort
N = 31,609
Male
N = 25,502
Female
N = 6,105
Characteristic % % %
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 Drinker1 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 pack 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

Report does not include Vietnamese-speaking participants who were administered a shorter version of the enrollment questionnaire.
The Ns for individual characteristics and male/female designation may be slightly less than the total N due to a small percentage of don't know and refusal responses.
1Alcohol 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.

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