Health & Lifestyle
Health and Lifestyle Characteristics of GuLF STUDY Participants - Reported at Enrollment
07/30/18
| 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.