These data were generated from the first 297 SDPS probands evaluated in the ongoing 25-year (T25) follow-up of this longitudinal study. The current group is similar to those men not yet eligible for the T25 assessment on education, income, religion, and drinks per occasion at the prior followup (T20). Probands in the current sample were different from those not yet evaluated on T20 measures of age (41.9 vs. 40.9 years, t(425)=3.32, p=.001), ethnicity (2% vs. 6% white Hispanic, χ2(1)=4.87, p=.03), and marital status (75% married/10% divorced vs. 82% married/3% divorced, χ2(2)=6.22, p=.04). At T25, the subjects reported on here had a mean age 41.9 years; all were Caucasian (including 2% white Hispanic subjects); they had completed an average of 17.5 years of education; 75% were married or living as married, 10% were separated or divorced, 15% had never been married; and regarding religion, 46% reported no preference, 30% were Protestant, 20% were Catholic, and 4% reported another religion.
