Table 1.

Characteristics of women in the MyCHDSReport Study who completed a pre- and post- structured interview and were eligible for analysis ($n=135$).

Characteristic	Level	Number (%)
Black/African American racea	No	73 (54.1)
	Yes	62 (45.9)
Bachelor’s degreeb	No	69 (51.1)
	Yes	66 (48.9)
Household member under age 18 y	No	78 (57.8)
	Yes	57 (42.2)
Employed or in school	No	29 (21.5)
	Yes	106 (78.5)
Self-reported perception of general health	Excellent	20 (14.8)
	Very good	56 (41.5)
	Good	36 (26.7)
	Fair	20 (14.8)
	Poor	3 (2.2)
Total cholesterol result above guidelinec	No	87 (64.4)
	Yes	48 (35.6)
Number of “high” chemical headlinesd	0	3 (2.2)
	1	33 (24.4)
	2	29 (21.5)
	3	56 (41.5)
	4	14 (10.4)

^a Self-reported race/ethnicity was categorized as Black if the participant indicated African American/Black as one of her races in answer to a question allowing multiple response categories for race and ethnicity. Of the 73 non-Black participants, 62 (85%) were non-Hispanic White, 5 (7%) were Hispanic, 4 (5%) were Asian, and 2 (3%) were mixed race and not Black.

^b Highest level of education was categorized into “no bachelor’s degree” (high school or less, associate degree, technical or vocational training) or “bachelor’s degree” (bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, or professional degree).

^c Participants received a recommendation to contact their doctor if their total cholesterol exceeded $200\mathrm{mg}/\text{dL}$.²⁶

^d Participants were assigned a “high” headline for a chemical group if one or more chemicals in a group exceeded the 95th study percentile, more than one chemical in a group exceeded the 75th study percentile, or more than 75% of chemicals in a group exceeded the study median.¹⁶