Table 12. Comparison of the prevalence of hypertension at four levels of education between women and men aged 65-79 years.
%: age-standardized prevalence among adults with this level of education; in the "Full sample" column, the age-standardization model prevalence additionally controlled for racial/ethnic group; aPR: adjusted prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval; GED: high school diploma equivalent; AD: associate degree; College graduate: ≥ bachelor’s degree.
a aPRs in this column compare the prevalence at the lower three levels of education to the prevalence at the ≥ bachelor’s degree level. An aPR > 1.00 indicates a higher prevalence at the lower level of education compared to the prevalence at the college graduate level, while an aPR < 1.00 indicates a lower prevalence compared to that at the college graduate level. An aPR with a 95% CI that does not include 1.00 is statistically significant at p < 0.05.
b The prevalence among adults at this level of education significantly (p < 0.05) differs from the prevalence among adults at the next higher level based on an aPR that adjusted for age group (65-69, 70-74, 75-79 years); for the "Full sample," the aPRs adjusted for age group and racial/ethnic group.
c The prevalence among adults at this level of education significantly (p < 0.05) differs from the prevalence among college graduates after adjusting for age group; for the "Full sample," the aPR adjusted for age group and racial/ethnic group.
d The prevalence among adults in this racial/ethnic group significantly (p < 0.05) differs from the prevalence among White adults with the same level of education after adjusting for age group.
e The prevalence among Filipino adults significantly (p < 0.05) differs from the prevalence among Chinese adults with the same level of education after adjusting for age group.
f The prevalence among women significantly (p < 0.05) differs from the prevalence among men at the same level of education and of the same racial/ethnic group; for the "Full sample," the aPR testing for sex differences adjusted for age group and racial/ethnic group.
| Level of education | Full sample | White | Black | Latino | Filipino | Chinese | ||||||
| % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | |
| Women | ||||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 63.0 | 1.29 c (1.27-1.31) | 64.0 | 1.38 c (1.34-1.42) | 85.6 d | 1.14 c (1.09-1.18) | 72.5 bd | 1.29 c (1.22-1.35) | 84.4 de | 1.08 c (1.04-1.12) | 55.8 d | 1.08 (0.96-1.21) |
| High school graduate/GED | 62.8 b | 1.30 c (1.28-1.32) | 63.7 b | 1.36 c (1.34-1.38) | 85.0 d | 1.13 c (1.10-1.16) | 68.9 bd | 1.24 c (1.18-1.30) | 80.3 de | 1.04 (0.99-1.08) | 58.6 d | 1.12 c (1.03-1.22) |
| Some college/AD | 57.9 b | 1.21 c (1.19-1.22) | 58.4 b | 1.26 c (1.24-1.27) | 81.7 bd | 1.08 c (1.06-1.11) | 64.0 bd | 1.15 c (1.09-1.21) | 80.5 bde | 1.04 (1.01-1.07) | 57.8 b | 1.11 c (1.04-1.18) |
| College graduate | 47.5 | (reference) | 46.7 | (reference) | 75.5 d | (reference) | 56.0 d | (reference) | 77.7 de | (reference) | 52.8 d | (reference) |
| Men | ||||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 68.1 f | 1.20 c (1.17-1.22) | 70.9 f | 1.27 c (1.23-1.31) | 83.6 d | 1.10 c (1.05-1.16) | 72.6 | 1.17 c (1.12-1.23) | 75.7 ef | 0.94 (0.87-1.02) | 62.8 d | 1.06 (0.95-1.18) |
| High school graduate/GED | 67.6 bf | 1.20 c (1.18-1.21) | 68.5 f | 1.24 c (1.22-1.26) | 82.2 bd | 1.09 c (1.05-1.13) | 71.8 df | 1.16 c (1.11-1.22) | 81.5 de | 1.02 (0.98-1.07) | 62.9 d | 1.06 (0.97-1.15) |
| Some college/AD | 64.1 bf | 1.14 c (1.13-1.15) | 64.8 bf | 1.17 c (1.16-1.19) | 77.6 df | 1.03 (1.01-1.06) | 69.1 bdf | 1.12 c (1.07-1.17) | 78.3 de | 0.98 (0.95-1.02) | 63.9 bf | 1.08 c (1.02-1.15) |
| College graduate | 55.9 f | (reference) | 55.3 f | (reference) | 75.4 d | (reference) | 62.0 df | (reference) | 79.7 de | (reference) | 59.3 df | (reference) |