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Form 34 - Personal Habits

File NameData as ofPopulationData collectedOne row perRows
f34_ctos_inv.dat9/12/2005CT+OSBaselineParticipant161,625
ID - WHI Participant Common ID
Col 1
NMissing
161,6250
F34DAYS - F34 Days since randomization/enrollment
Col 2
NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
161,6250-6681,182-30.78435.685
F34CONT - Contact type
Col 3

The method used to collect the data.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Phone2870.2
2Mail32,02019.8
3In-person clinic visit128,45479.5
8Other8640.5
SMOKEVR - Smoked at least 100 cigarettes ever
Col 4

During your entire life, have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No81,43050.4
1Yes79,05248.9
Missing1,1430.7%
SMOKAGE - Age started smoking cigarettes regularly
Col 5

How old were you when you first started smoking cigarettes regularly? (Give your best guess.)

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes".

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 155,3523.3
215-1939,07424.2
320-2424,27615
425-295,3723.3
530-342,2611.4
635-391,2240.8
740-446640.4
845-493130.2
950 or older2040.1
Missing82,88551.3%
SMOKNOW - Smoke cigarettes now
Col 6

Do you smoke cigarettes now?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes".

ValueDescriptionN%
0No67,11041.5
1Yes11,1636.9
Missing83,35251.6%
QSMOKAGE - Age quit smoking regularly
Col 7

How old were you when you quit smoking regularly?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes". Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1.2 "Smoke now".

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 15870.1
215-191,0350.6
320-245,3393.3
425-296,7424.2
530-348,3315.2
635-397,4794.6
740-447,9394.9
845-497,4864.6
950-547,8164.8
1055-595,6263.5
1160 or older4,9023
Missing98,84361.2%
QSMOKHP - Quit smoking because of health problems
Col 8

Did you quit smoking because you had a health problem that was caused by or made worse by smoking?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes". Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1.2 "Smoke now".

ValueDescriptionN%
0No49,75530.8
1Yes10,1586.3
Missing101,71262.9%
CIGSDAY - Smoke or smoked, cigarettes/day
Col 9

On the average, how many cigarettes do you (did you) usually smoke each day?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes".

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 13,5002.2
21-413,8208.6
35-1424,04114.9
415-2420,87312.9
525-346,8414.2
635-444,3632.7
745 or more2,0521.3
Missing86,13553.3%
SMOKYRS - Years a regular smoker
Col 10

How many years have you been (were you) a regular smoker? Do not count the time you stayed off cigarettes.

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes".

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 5 years10,6086.6
25-9 years7,7154.8
310-19 years16,50910.2
420-29 years16,62710.3
530-39 years14,2218.8
640-49 years8,2195.1
750 or more years2,2381.4
Missing85,48852.9%
SMOKWGT - Smoked to lose weight
Col 11

Have you ever smoked to keep from gaining weight or to lose weight?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q1 "Smoked 100 cigarettes".

ValueDescriptionN%
0No63,05539
1Yes12,7907.9
Missing85,78053.1%
COFFEE - Drink coffee each day
Col 12

Do you usually drink coffee each day?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No44,95727.8
1Yes115,70171.6
Missing9670.6%
CUPREG - Number of regular cups of coffee, day
Col 13

How many cups of regular coffee (not decaf) do you usually drink each day? (If none, mark "None.")

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q2 "Usually drink coffee".

ValueDescriptionN%
0None20,97113
1125,02115.5
2231,54119.5
3319,27111.9
4410,0186.2
554,1882.6
66 or more4,1382.6
Missing46,47728.8%
ALC12DR - Drank 12 alcoholic beverages ever
Col 14

During your entire life, have you had at least 12 drinks of any kind of alcoholic beverage?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No18,64211.5
1Yes142,32888.1
Missing6550.4%
ALCNOW - Still drink alcohol
Col 15

Do you still drink alcohol?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q3 "12 alcoholic drinks ever" (skip pattern rule not applied).

ValueDescriptionN%
0No34,80321.5
1Yes107,07466.2
Missing19,74812.2%
ALCQUIT - Reasons quit drinking alcohol
Col 16

Why did you stop or quit drinking alcohol?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q3 "12 alcoholic drinks ever" (skip pattern rule not applied). Sub-question of F34 V2 Q3.1 "Drink alcohol". Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Health problems5,6563.5
2My drinking caused non-health problems3,1261.9
8Other21,47113.3
Missing131,37281.3%
WGTADULT - Weight during adult life, lbs
Col 17

Women's weights change during their adult lives. Mark the one answer that best describes you during your adult life. Please don't include times when you were pregnant or sick. (Mark only one.)

ValueDescriptionN%
1Weight has stayed about the same47,29529.3
2Steady gain in weight53,15932.9
3Lost weight as an adult and kept it off4,2032.6
4Weight has gone up and down55,36234.3
Missing1,6061%
YOYO10LB - Number times weight went up/down >10 lbs
Col 18

About how many times did your weight go up and down again by more than 10 pounds? Please don't include times when you were pregnant or sick.

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q4 "Weight changes in adult life" (skip pattern rule not applied).

ValueDescriptionN%
11-3 times25,28915.6
24-6 times20,09212.4
37-10 times9,1205.6
411-15 times2,7521.7
5More than 15 times4,2262.6
Missing100,14662%
LCALDIET - Low calorie diet
Col 19

Are you now on any of the following special diets? A low calorie diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No139,34986.2
1Yes18,99211.8
Missing3,2842%
LFATDIET - Low-fat or low cholesterol diet
Col 20

Are you now on any of the following special diets? A low-fat or low cholesterol diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No93,27357.7
1Yes65,16740.3
Missing3,1852%
LSLTDIET - Low salt (low sodium) diet
Col 21

Are you now on any of the following special diets? A low salt (low sodium) diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No121,06974.9
1Yes36,71022.7
Missing3,8462.4%
FBDIET34 - High-fiber diet
Col 22

Are you now on any of the following special diets? A high-fiber diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No124,89677.3
1Yes32,58320.2
Missing4,1462.6%
DBDIET34 - Diabetic or ADA diet
Col 23

Are you now on any of the following special diets? A diabetic or ADA diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No150,46293.1
1Yes6,4784
Missing4,6852.9%
LACTDIET - Lactose-free (no milk/dairy foods) diet
Col 24

Are you now on any of the following special diets? A lactose-free (no milk or dairy foods) diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No149,33892.4
1Yes7,8334.8
Missing4,4542.8%
OTHDIET - Other than listed special diet
Col 25

Are you now on any of the following special diets? Any other diet?

ValueDescriptionN%
0No142,96588.5
1Yes11,8527.3
Missing6,8084.2%
WALK - Times walk for > 10 min
Col 26

Think about the walking you do outside the home. How often do you walk outside the home for more than 10 minutes without stopping? (Mark only one.)

ValueDescriptionN%
0Rarely or never28,06017.4
11-3 times each month24,26015
21 time each week17,25110.7
32-3 times each week43,80227.1
44-6 times each week34,56321.4
57 or more times each week13,0988.1
Missing5910.4%
WALKMIN - Duration of walks when >10 min
Col 27

When you walk outside the home for more than 10 minutes without stopping, for how many minutes do you usually walk?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q6 "How often walked outside" (skip pattern rule not applied). Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 20 minutes35,17521.8
220-39 minutes59,63936.9
340-59 minutes21,47713.3
41 hour or more10,0376.2
Missing35,29721.8%
WALKSPD - Walking speed when walking for >10 min
Col 28

What is your usual speed?

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q6 "How often walked outside" (skip pattern rule not applied). Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
2Casual strolling or walking25,34415.7
3Average or normal62,68038.8
4Fairly fast31,21619.3
5Very fast1,6241
9Don't know5,6313.5
Missing35,13021.7%
HRDEX - Times per week of very hard exercise
Col 29

Not including walking outside the home, how often each week (7 days) do you usually do the exercises below? STRENUOUS OR VERY HARD EXERCISE (You work up a sweat and your heart beats fast.) For example aerobics, aerobic dancing, jogging, tennis, swim laps

Usage Notes:

Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
0None114,62570.9
11 day per week7,6944.8
22 days per week10,2606.3
33 days per week11,9567.4
44 days per week3,8582.4
55 or more days per week4,5862.8
Missing8,6465.3%
HRDEXMIN - Duration per time of very hard exercise
Col 30

How long do you usually exercise like this at one time? STRENUOUS OR VERY HARD EXERCISE (You work up a sweat and your heart beats fast.) For example aerobics, aerobic dancing, jogging, tennis, swim laps

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q7.1 "Strenuous exercise frequency". Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 20 minutes6,0353.7
220-39 minutes13,2088.2
340-59 minutes9,1755.7
41 hour or more9,2255.7
Missing123,98276.7%
MODEX - Times per week of moderate exercise
Col 31

Not including walking outside the home, how often each week (7 days) do you usually do the exercises below? MODERATE EXERCISE (Not exhausting). For example, biking outdoors, using an exercise machine (like a stationary bike or treadmill), calisthenics, easy swimming, popular or folk dancing.

Usage Notes:

Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
0None82,04850.8
11 day per week17,38810.8
22 days per week17,29410.7
33 days per week19,32112
44 days per week6,7454.2
55 or more days per week10,1866.3
Missing8,6435.3%
MODEXMIN - Duration per time of moderate exercise
Col 32

How long to you usually exercise like this at one time? MODERATE EXERCISE (Not exhausting). For example, biking outdoors, using an exercise machine (like a stationary bike or treadmill), calisthenics, easy swimming, popular or folk dancing.

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q7.3 "Moderate exercise frequency". Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 20 minutes21,63113.4
220-39 minutes29,02418
340-59 minutes9,8036.1
41 hour or more8,4025.2
Missing92,76557.4%
MLDEX - Times per week of mild exercise
Col 33

Not including walking outside the home, how often each week (7 days) do you usually do the exercises below? MILD EXERCISE. For example, slow dancing, bowling, golf.

Usage Notes:

Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
0None109,92668
11 day per week18,24611.3
22 days per week9,8156.1
33 days per week6,6884.1
44 days per week2,3381.4
55 or more days per week4,6002.8
Missing10,0126.2%
MLDEXMIN - Duration per time of mild exercise
Col 34

How long do you usually exercise like this at one time? MILD EXERCISE. For example, slow dancing, bowling, golf.

Usage Notes:

Sub-question of F34 V2 Q7.5 "Mild exercise frequency". Not collected on all versions of Form 34.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Less than 20 minutes9,1825.7
220-39 minutes9,5555.9
340-59 minutes4,0922.5
41 hour or more16,73710.4
Missing122,05975.5%
HRDEX18 - Very hard exercise 3 times/wk at age 18
Col 35

For each of the ages below, did you usually do strenuous or very hard exercises at least 3 times a week? This would include exercise that was long enough to work up a sweat and make your heart beat fast.(Be sure to mark "No" if you did not do very hard exercises at the ages listed below.) 18 years old

ValueDescriptionN%
0No83,24851.5
1Yes72,16644.7
Missing6,2113.8%
HRDEX35 - Very hard exercise 3 times/wk at age 35
Col 36

For each of the ages below, did you usually do strenuous or very hard exercises at least 3 times a week? This would include exercise that was long enough to work up a sweat and make your heart beat fast.(Be sure to mark "No" if you did not do very hard exercises at the ages listed below.) 35 years old

ValueDescriptionN%
0No84,71852.4
1Yes71,08344
Missing5,8243.6%
HRDEX50 - Very hard exercise 3 times/wk at age 50
Col 37

For each of the ages below, did you usually do strenuous or very hard exercises at least 3 times a week? This would include exercise that was long enough to work up a sweat and make your heart beat fast.(Be sure to mark "No" if you did not do very hard exercises at the ages listed below.) 50 years old

ValueDescriptionN%
0No97,78860.5
1Yes59,46436.8
Missing4,3732.7%
TEPIWK - Episodes recreational phys activity per week
Col 38

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 7.1, 7.3, and 7.5. Total number of episodes per week of recreational physical activity (includes walking, mild, moderate and strenuous physical activity).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,28802554.043
LEPITOT - Episodes recreational phys activity per week >= 20 Min
Col 39

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6. Episodes per week of recreational physical activity of >=20 minutes duration (includes walking, mild, moderate and strenuous physical activity).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,2880253.9173.847
MSEPIWK - Episodes moderate to strenuous phys activity per week
Col 40

Computed from Form 34, questions 6.2, 7.1, and 7.3. Episodes per week of moderate and strenuous recreational physical activity (includes walking fairly fast or very fast, moderate physical activity and strenuous physical activity).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,2880192.7633.271
XLMSEPI - Episodes moderate to strenuous activity >= 20 min/week
Col 41

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4. Episodes per week of moderate and strenuous recreational physical activity of >=20 minutes duration (includes walking fairly fast or very fast, moderate physical activity and strenuous physical activity).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,2880192.2283.08
LMSEPI - Episodes moderate to strenuous activity >=20 min/week (categorical)
Col 42

Categorical variable of episodes per week of moderate and strenuous recreational physical activity of >= 20 minutes duration (includes walking fairly fast or very fast, moderate physical activity and strenuous physical activity). Computed from XLMSEPI and TEPIWK.

ValueDescriptionN%
1No activity24,46215.1
2Some activity of limited duration62,52838.7
32 - <4 episodes per week27,45017
4>= 4 episodes per week39,89724.7
Missing7,2884.5%
SEPIWK - Strenuous activity episodes per week
Col 43

Computed from Form 34, question 7.1. Episodes per week of strenuous recreational physical activity.

ValueDescriptionN%
00115,98371.8
117,6944.8
2210,2606.3
3311,9567.4
443,8582.4
65 or more4,5862.8
Missing7,2884.5%
TMINWK - Minutes of recreational phys activity per week
Col 44

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6. Total minutes per week of recreational physical activity (includes walking, mild, moderate and strenuous physical activity).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,28801,750181.309179.959
MSMINWK - Minutes of moderate to strenuous activity per week
Col 45

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.2, 7.1, and 7.3. Minutes per week of moderate and strenuous recreational physical activity (includes walking fairly fast or very fast, moderate physical activity and strenuous physical activity).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,28801,330101.75144.31
SMINWK - Minutes of strenuous phys activity per week
Col 46

Computed from Form 34, questions 7.1 and 7.2. Minutes per week of strenuous recreational physical activity.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,288042029.30668.258
TEXPWK - Total energy expend from recreational phys activity (MET-hours/week)
Col 47

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6. Total MET-hours per week. Expenditure of energy from recreational physical activity (includes walking, mild, moderate and strenuous physical activity in kcal/week/kg).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,2880142.33312.43713.738
WALKEXP - MET-hours per week from walking
Col 48

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1, and 6.2. Expenditure of energy from physical activity from walking in kcal/week/kg (MET-hours per week).

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,288040.8334.6816.002
SMOKING - Smoking status
Col 49

Computed from Form 34, questions 1, 1.2, and 1.5. Combines questions into a three category smoking status variable (never/past/current).

ValueDescriptionN%
0Never Smoked81,43050.4
1Past Smoker67,11041.5
2Current Smoker11,1426.9
Missing1,9431.2%
HARDEXP - Energy expenditure from hard exercise (MET-hours/week)
Col 50

Computed from Form 34, questions 7.1 and 7.2. Energy expenditure from strenuous or very hard exercise (for example, aerobics, aerobic dancing, jogging, tennis, swimming laps) in MET-hours per week.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,2880493.4197.963
MODEXP - Energy expend from moderate exercise (MET-hours/week)
Col 51

Computed from Form 34, questions 7.3 and 7.4. Energy expenditure from moderate exercise (for example, biking outdoors, using an exercise machine, calisthenics, easy swimming, popular or folk dancing) in MET-hours per week.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,288031.53.0445.179
MILDEXP - Energy expenditure from mild exercise (MET-hours/week)
Col 52

Computed from Form 34, questions 7.5 and 7.6. Energy expenditure from mild exercise (for example, slow dancing, bowling, golf) in MET-hours per week.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,2880211.2943.062
AVWKEXP - Energy expend from average walking (MET-hours/week)
Col 53

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1 and 6.2. Energy expenditure from average walking (2-3 mph) in MET-hours per week. If question 6.2 (speed of walking) was marked as "don't know" or was missing, the speed was assumed to be 2-3 mph.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,288024.52.1914.054
FFWKEXP - Energy expend from walking fairly fast (MET-hours/week)
Col 54

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1 and 6.2. Energy expenditure form walking fairly fast (3-4 mph) in MET-hours per week.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,288032.6671.9785.143
VFWKEXP - Energy expend from walking very fast (MET-hours/week)
Col 55

Computed from Form 34, questions 6, 6.1, and 6.2. Energy expenditure from walking very fast (> 4 mph) in MET-hours per week.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
154,3377,288040.8330.1832.113
ALCSWK - Alcohol servings per week
Col 56

Computed from Form 34, questions 3 and 3.1; Form 60 (FFQ), wine, beer and liquor servings. Number of servings per week of beer, wine and/or liquor based on a medium serving size which is 12oz of beer, 6oz of wine and 1.5 oz of liquor. If all three variables are missing, set to missing.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
161,2773480189.5192.3554.874
ALCOHOL - Alcohol intake
Col 57

Computed from Form 34, questions 3 and 3.1; Form 60 (FFQ), wine, beer and liquor servings. Categorization of alcohol intake combining questions on past and current use and number of current servings per week from the FFQ.

ValueDescriptionN%
1Non drinker17,65210.9
2Past drinker30,14818.7
3<1 drink per month19,92612.3
4<1 drink per week32,93720.4
51 to <7 drinks per week41,17325.5
67+ drinks per week18,74811.6
Missing1,0410.6%
PACKYRS - Pack years of smoking
Col 58
Usage Notes:

Pack-years of smoking is a computed variable taking into account years of smoking and number of cigarettes smoked per day on average. Please see the PACKYRS algorithm notes for additional detail on how it is computed.

NMissingMinMaxMeanStdDev
155,9815,6440161.2510.04218.627
PACKYRSC - Pack years of smoking (categorical)
Col 59
Usage Notes:

Pack-years of smoking is a computed variable taking into account years of smoking and number of cigarettes smoked per day on average. Please see the PACKYRS algorithm notes for additional detail on how it is computed.

ValueDescriptionN%
0Never smoker81,43050.4
1<522,57114
25-<2022,42113.9
3>=2029,55918.3
Missing5,6443.5%