Table 14. Sex differences in the prevalence of hypertension within four levels of education, by race and ethnicity, among adults aged 65-79 years.
%: age-standardized prevalence among adults with this level of education; aPR: adjusted prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval; GED: high school diploma equivalent; AD: associate (community college) degree; College graduate: ≥ bachelor’s degree.
a aPRs in this column compare the prevalence within this level of education between men and women after adjusting for age group. An aPR > 1.00 indicates a higher prevalence and an aPR < 1.00 indicates a lower prevalence among men than women if the 95% CI does not include 1.00. An aPR with a 95% CI that does not include 1.00 indicates that men were significantly different from women within the same level of education at p < 0.05 after adjusting for age group.
b Meaningful difference in the prevalence at this level of education between men and women in this racial/ethnic group based on a ≥ 1 percentage point difference between subgroups and an aPR that is statistically significant at p < 0.05.
| Level of education | 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) | |
| Women | ||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 64.0 | (reference) | 85.6 | (reference) | 72.5 | (reference) | 84.4 | (reference) | 55.8 | (reference) |
| High school graduate/GED | 63.7 | (reference) | 85.0 | (reference) | 68.9 | (reference) | 80.3 | (reference) | 58.6 | (reference) |
| Some college/AD | 58.4 | (reference) | 81.7 | (reference) | 64.0 | (reference) | 80.5 | (reference) | 57.8 | (reference) |
| College graduate | 46.7 | (reference) | 75.5 | (reference) | 56.0 | (reference) | 77.7 | (reference) | 52.8 | (reference) |
| Men | ||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 70.9 b | 1.08 (1.04-1.12) | 83.6 | 0.97 (0.92-1.02) | 72.6 | 1.01 (0.97-1.06) | 75.7 b | 0.89 (0.82-0.96) | 62.8 | 1.11 (0.96-1.29) |
| High school graduate/GED | 68.5 b | 1.07 (1.05-1.09) | 82.2 | 0.97 (0.93-1.00) | 71.8 b | 1.04 (1.00-1.09) | 81.5 | 1.01 (0.95-1.07) | 62.9 | 1.06 (0.96-1.19) |
| Some college/AD | 64.8 b | 1.11 (1.09-1.12) | 77.6 b | 0.95 (0.82-0.97) | 69.1 b | 1.09 (1.05-1.13) | 78.3 | 0.97 (0.93-1.01) | 63.9 b | 1.11 (1.04-1.19) |
| College graduate | 55.3 b | 1.19 (1.17-1.20) | 75.4 | 1.00 (0.97-1.03) | 62.0 b | 1.11 (1.06-1.17) | 79.7 | 1.03 (1.00-1.05) | 59.3 b | 1.14 (1.09-1.20) |