Table 1 Women’s characteristics at the start of the current study by adherence trajectories in the WIHS cohort
Characteristic | Adherence trajectories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Consistently high (n = 340) | High decreasing (n = 250) | Consistently moderate (n = 650) | Moderate increasing (n = 162) | Consistently low (n = 136) | Total (n = 1538) | P-value | |
Geographical region | |||||||
Midwest West South Northeast | 33 (17.6) 25 (13.4) 143 (25.1) 139 (23.3) | 21(11.2) 21(11.3) 86 (15.1) 122 (20.5) | 100 (53.5) 87 (46.8) 238 (41.8) 225 (37.7) | 20(10.7) 27(14.5) 54 (9.4) 61(10.2) | 13(7.0) 26 (14.0) 48(8.4) 49(9.2) | 187 (12.2) 186 (12.1) 569 (37.0) 596 (38.7) | < 0.001 |
Age groups | |||||||
< 50 years ≥ 50 years | 166 (48.8) 174 (51.2) | 134 (53.6) 116 (46.4) | 358 (55.1) 292 (44.9) | 79 (48.8) 83 (51.2) | 93 (68.4) 43 (31.6) | 830 (54.0) 708 (46.0) | 0.002 |
Race | |||||||
White African American Hispanic Others | 35 (10.3) 244 (71.8) 54 (15.8) 7 (2.1) | 31 (12.4) 176 (70.4) 36 (14.4) 7 (2.8) | 72 (11.1) 483 (74.3) 74 (11.4) 21 (3.2) | 13 (8.0) 107 (66.0) 37 (22.8) 5 (3.1) | 10 (7.4) 107 (78.7) 14 (10.3) 5 (3.6) | 161(10.5) 1117 (72.6) 215 (14.0) 45 (2.9) | 0.04 |
Education | |||||||
Below secondary school Completed secondary school Some /completed college | 127 (37.4) 118 (34.7) 95 (27.9) | 83 (33.3) 78 (31.3) 88 (35.3) | 186 (28.7) 215 (33.1) 248 (38.2) | 60 (37.0) 48 (29.6) 54 (33.3) | 48 (35.5) 34 (25.2) 53 (39.3) | 504 (32.8) 493 (32.1) 538 (35.1) | 0.024 |
Employment status | |||||||
No Yes | 225 (66.2) 115 (33.8) | 172 (68.8) 78 (31.2) | 416 (64.1) 233 (35.9) | 108 (67.1) 53 (32.9) | 84 (62.2) 51 (37.8) | 1005 (65.5) 530 (34.5) | 0.61 |
Annual income | |||||||
≤ $24,000 >$24,000 | 270 (79.4) 70 (20.6) | 197 (78.8) 53 (21.2) | 478 (73.8) 170 (26.2) | 123 (75.9) 39 (24.1) | 106 (77.9) 30 (22.1) | 1174 (76.4) 362 (23.6) | 0.26 |
Alcohol categories (%) | |||||||
0 drinks/week >0–7 drinks/week >7–12 drinks/week >12 drinks/week | 224 (65.9) 89 (26.2) 13 (3.8) 14 (4.1) | 125 (50.4) 98 (39.5) 8 (3.2) 17 (6.8) | 340 (52.3) 233 (35.8) 32 (4.9) 45 (6.9) | 105 (64.8) 49 (30.2) 3 (1.8) 5 (3.1) | 50 (36.8) 55 (40.4) 13 (9.6) 18 (13.2) | 844 (54.9) 524 (34.1) 69 (4.5) 99 (6.4) | < 0.001 |
History of smoking status (%) | |||||||
Women who never smoked Women who smoke Women who previously smoked | 130 (38.2) 113 (33.2) 97 (28.5) | 78 (31.2) 98 (39.2) 74 (29.6) | 235 (36.1) 239 (36.8) 176 (27.1) | 51 (31.5) 61 (37.7) 50 (30.7) | 38 (27.9) 69 (50.7) 29 (21.3) | 532 (34.6) 580 (37.7) 426 (27.7) | 0.04 |
Substance use | |||||||
Yes No | 122 (35.9) 218 (64.1) | 70 (28) 180 (72) | 190 (29.4) 456 (70.6) | 47 (29.0) 115 (71.0) | 34 (25.2) 101 (74.8) | 463 (30.2) 1070 (69.8) | 0.1 |
Depression symptoms (%) | |||||||
No Yes | 273 (80.3) 67 (19.7) | 183 (73.2) 67 (26.8) | 418 (64.3) 232 (35.7) | 114 (70.4) 48 (29.6) | 73 (53.7) 63 (46.3) | 1061(69.0) 477 (31.0) | < 0.001 |