Table 1.

Sample sociodemographic and health status characteristics. Total Sample; n = 772

Sociodemographic characteristics
Age	Mean (SD)	40.67 (13.76)
	Range	18–83
Gender: n (%)	Female	447 (57.9%)
	Male	325 (42.1%)
Education: n (%)	13 years or less	343 (44.4%)
	More than 13 years	429 (55.6%)
Working Status: n (%)	Working	646 (83.8%)
	Not working	125 (16.2%)
Marital Status: n (%)	Married, civilly united, or in a stable relationship	469 (62.2%)
	Single	227 (30.1%)
	Separated/Divorced	50 (6.6%)
	Widowed	8 (1.1%)
Health status characteristics
BMI	Mean (SD)	23.93 (3.90)
	Range	16.76–39.18
Familiarity with CVD: n (%)	No	421 (55.0%)
	Yes	345 (45.0%)
Hypertension: n (%)	No	675 (87.4%)
	Yes	97 (12.6%)
Hypercholesterolemia: n (%)	No	650 (84.2%)
	Yes	122 (15.8%)
Diabetes: n (%)	No	764 (99.0%)
	Yes	8 (1.0%)