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Table 2 Individual Chronic Conditions, initial and follow-up status

From: Contribution of common chronic conditions to midlife physical function decline: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

Chronic Condition Women with prevalent condition at analytic baseline (follow-up visit 4)
N (%)
Women who developed condition during follow-up
N (%)
Time Before
Condition Developed
Median Years
(Interquartile Range)
Depressive Symptomsa 958 (44.6) 316 (13.8) 4.8 (2.1–7.6)
Osteoarthritis 697 (30.5) 714 (31.3) 6.5 (4.0–11.0)
Hypertension 693 (30.4) 580 (25.4) 6.9 (4.0–10.3)
Diabetes 163 (7.1) 307 (13.5) 7.5 (4.0–10.4)
Osteoporosis 96 (4.2) 471 (20.6) 7.8 (5.6–11.3)
Cancer 84 (3.7) 212 (9.3) 9.7 (6.0–14.6)
Heart Disease 68 (3.0) 107 (4.7) 6.6 (4.0–9.9)
Stroke 30 (1.3) 60 (2.6) 7.8 (5.1–11.4)
  1. aClinically relevant depressive symptoms, defined as Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of ≥16 points