Table 1.
Characteristics of study sample.
| Total (n = 557) |
|
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.79 (2.66) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 262 (49.25) |
| African American | 159 (29.89) |
| Chinese | 22 (4.14) |
| Japanese | 31 (5.83) |
| Hispanic | 58 (10.90) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 48 (8.66) |
| High school graduate | 156 (28.16) |
| Some college | 168 (30.32) |
| College graduate | 89 (16.06) |
| Post-graduate | 93 (16.79) |
| Marital status | |
| Single, never married | 63 (11.39) |
| Married | 358 (64.74) |
| Separated | 113 (20.43) |
| Widowed | 19 (3.44) |
| Currently working | 434 (78.34) |
| Annual household income | |
| Less than US$19,999 | 87 (15.62) |
| US$20,000–US$49,999 | 154 (27.65) |
| US$50,000–US$99,999 | 210 (37.70) |
| US$100,000 or more | 87 (15.62) |
| Refused | 19 (3.41) |
| Difficulty paying for basics | |
| Not hard at all | 312 (56.62) |
| Somewhat hard | 170 (30.85) |
| Very hard | 69 (12.52) |
| Social support | |
| None of the time | 12 (2.15) |
| A little of the time | 25 (4.49) |
| Some of the time | 61 (10.95) |
| Most of the time | 190 (34.11) |
| All of the time | 269 (48.29) |
| Health perception | |
| Poor | 17 (3.06) |
| Fair | 91 (16.40) |
| Good | 185 (33.33) |
| Very good | 174 (31.35) |
| Excellent | 88 (15.86) |
| Comorbidity | |
| 0 | 181 (32.50) |
| 1–2 | 311 (55.83) |
| >2 | 65 (11.67) |
| Menopausal status | |
| Peri-menopause | 242 (44.08) |
| Post-menopause | 307 (55.92) |
| Time since initial diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, mean (SD) | 3.30 (3.83) |
| Body mass index in kg/m², mean (SD) | 28.06 (6.82) |