Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics by Gender^a

	Men	Percentage (%)	Women	Percentage (%)	P valueb
	N		N
Total	1,098		771
Age, years
<65	464	43.0	253	30.0	<0.001
65–74	335	29.8	213	28.6
>75	299	27.3	305	41.4
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	849	84.9	529	79.6	<0.001
Non-Hispanic Black	114	6.9	150	13.0
Hispanic	105	5.2	71	4.2
Other	30	3.1	21	3.2
Insurance
Private	686	65.6	373	54.0	<0.001
Public	361	30.5	362	42.4
Uninsured	51	3.9	36	3.6
Percent of federal poverty level
>400%	398	38.7	145	21.8	<0.001
200–399%	333	31.5	181	25.5
125–199%	166	15.4	169	23.0
0–124%	201	14.5	276	29.7
Education level
<HS education	359	27.9	362	42.9	<0.001
High school graduate	325	32.2	255	34.7
>HS education	414	40.0	154	22.4
Census region
Northeast	174	17.4	127	18.9	0.17
Midwest	254	22.5	190	26.0
South	475	42.2	334	39.3
West	195	17.9	120	15.7
Diabetes mellitus	301	25.8	272	32.4	0.01
Asthma	111	9.5	161	19.3	<0.001
Prior Myocardial Infarction	759	69.5	498	64.9	0.04
Hypertension	768	69.5	612	77.6	0.001
Advised to exercise morec	807	72.7	509	65.7	0.003
Advised to restrict high fat foodsc	852	76.7	554	71.4	0.05
Blood pressure checked in past yearc	1,060	96.5	762	98.8	0.01

^aUnweighted sample sizes are presented, but percentages were calculated using provided analytic weights. Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100.

^bSignificance tests were performed with a X² test and were adjusted for survey design.

^cNine participants were excluded from analysis of at least one of the three variables reflecting health care access because of missing data.