Table 16. Comparison of the prevalence of coronary artery disease among racial/ethnic groups within the same level of education between women and men 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 the level of education between adults in this racial/ethnic group and the White group after adjusting for the age group. An aPR > 1.00 indicates a significantly higher prevalence and an aPR < 1.00 indicates a significantly lower prevalence in this racial/ethnic group compared to White adults if the 95% CI does not include 1.00. An aPR with a 95% CI that does not include 1.00 indicates that the between-group difference in the prevalence was statistically significant at p < 0.05 after adjusting for age group.
b Meaningful difference in the prevalence at this level of education between adults in this racial/ethnic group compared to White adults 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 | 6.4 | (reference) | 9.5 b | 1.41 (1.05-1.88) | 5.6 | 0.88 (0.69-1.13) | 4.6 | 0.68 (0.44-1.03) | 3.1 b | 0.48 (0.24-0.96) |
| High school graduate/GED | 4.3 | (reference) | 6.6 b | 1.53 (1.24-1.89) | 4.3 | 1.03 (0.84-1.27) | 5.1 | 1.09 (0.75-1.58) | 3.5 | 0.84 (0.53-1.33) |
| Some college/AD | 3.5 | (reference) | 6.0 b | 1.70 (1.49-1.95) | 4.0 | 1.16 (0.95-1.41) | 4.9 b | 1.41 (1.10-1.81) | 2.4 | 0.70 (0.48-1.03) |
| College graduate | 2.2 | (reference) | 4.3 b | 1.99 (1.65-2.39) | 3.4 b | 1.52 (1.18-1.96) | 4.2 b | 1.87 (1.57-2.22) | 2.0 | 0.82 (0.60-1.12) |
| Men | ||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 11.5 | (reference) | 11.1 | 0.90 (0.67-1.21) | 9.6 | 0.82 (0.67-1.01) | 10.0 | 0.82 (0.55-1.22) | 5.0 b | 0.42 (0.23-0.78) |
| High school graduate/GED | 9.4 | (reference) | 7.9 | 0.85 (0.69-1.06) | 9.7 | 1.03 (0.88-1.22) | 10.4 | 1.09 (0.85-1.42) | 4.8 b | 0.52 (0.32-0.83) |
| Some college/AD | 8.7 | (reference) | 8.0 | 0.92 (0.81-1.06) | 8.2 | 0.94 (0.82-1.09) | 8.6 | 1.00 (0.83-1.21) | 8.2 | 0.90 (0.72-1.13) |
| College graduate | 6.7 | (reference) | 7.4 | 1.12 (0.96-1.30) | 7.2 | 1.07 (0.91-1.26) | 10.3 b | 1.52 (1.35-1.73) | 6.0 | 0.91 (0.78-1.06) |