TABLE 3.
Awareness of atherosclerosis risk factors, cardiovascular diseases and other diseases by demographic characteristics (combining ‘very familiar’ and ‘somewhat familiar’ responses)
| Risk factors |
Sex |
Age, years |
Education |
Annual income |
Total (n=501) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n=233) | Female (n=268) | 50–69 (n=345) | 70+ (n=156) | ≤ High school (n=301) | > High school (n=194) | <$40,000 (n=233) | ≥ $40,000 (n=192) | ||
| High blood pressure | 185 (79.4) | 217 (81.0) | 285 (82.6) | 117 (74.5) | 236 (78.4) | 162 (83.5) | 180 (76.9) | 162 (84.4) | 402 (80.2) |
| High cholesterol | 187 (80.6) | 206 (76.9) | 289 (83.8) | 105 (67.3) | 222 (73.8) | 166 (85.6) | 180 (76.9) | 159 (82.8) | 393 (78.6) |
| Diabetes | 171 (73.4) | 197 (73.5) | 272 (78.8) | 96 (61.5) | 205 (67.9) | 159 (82.0) | 161 (69.1) | 152 (79.2) | 368 (73.5) |
| Coronary disease | |||||||||
| Stroke | 165 (70.8) | 195 (72.5) | 267 (77.4) | 93 (59.6) | 190 (62.9) | 167 (86.1) | 158 (67.5) | 156 (81.3) | 360 (71.7) |
| Coronary artery disease | 126 (54.1) | 130 (48.5) | 192 (55.8) | 64 (41.0) | 124 (41.2) | 129 (66.5) | 105 (44.9) | 112 (58.6) | 256 (51.1) |
| Congestive heart failure | 108 (46.4) | 132 (49.3) | 182 (52.8) | 58 (37.2) | 120 (39.9) | 116 (59.8) | 102 (43.8) | 109 (56.8) | 240 (47.9) |
| Peripheral arterial disease | 74 (31.8) | 104 (38.8) | 126 (36.5) | 52 (33.3) | 86 (28.6) | 90 (46.4) | 72 (30.9) | 77 (40.1) | 178 (35.5) |
| Other diseases | |||||||||
| Multiple sclerosis | 97 (41.6) | 119 (44.2) | 166 (48.1) | 49 (31.4) | 106 (35.2) | 107 (55.2) | 80 (34.2) | 103 (53.6) | 216 (43.0) |
| Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) | 72 (30.9) | 84 (31.3) | 113 (32.8) | 43 (27.6) | 66 (21.9) | 87 (44.8) | 59 (25.3) | 75 (39.1) | 156 (31.1) |
| Cystic fibrosis | 65 (27.9) | 76 (28.4) | 114 (33.0) | 27 (17.3) | 67 (22.3) | 72 (37.1) | 52 (22.2) | 67 (34.9) | 141 (28.1) |
Data presented as n (%). Note: Values in bold denote pairwise significance from the associated value. ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis