Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

Characteristics	Hispanic	African American	Asian American	White	Total
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Education
Low	5 (4.2)	0 (0.0)	5 (4.5)	3 (1.9)	12 (2.3)
Middle	54 (45.0)	47 (38.8)	20 (18.0)	85 (53.1)	206 (40.2)
High	61 (50.8)	74 (61.2)	86 (77.5)	72 (45.0)	293 (57.2)
Religion
Protestant	23 (19.2)	70 (57.9)	43 (38.7)	72 (45.0)	208 (40.6)
Catholic	69 (57.5)	18 (14.9)	10 (9.0)	37 (23.1)	134 (26.2)
Others	28 (23.4)	33 (27.3)	58 (52.3)	51 (31.9)	170 (33.2)
Employment
Yes	96 (80.0)	99 (81.8)	64 (57.7)	113 (70.6)	372 (72.7)
No	24 (20.0)	22 (18.2)	47 (42.3)	47 (29.4)	140 (27.3)
Income
Very hard	25 (20.8)	16 (13.2)	10 (9.0)	45 (28.1)	96 (18.8)
Somewhat hard	42 (35.0)	48 (39.7)	42 (37.8)	57 (35.6)	189 (36.9)
Not hard	53 (44.2)	57 (47.1)	59 (53.2)	58 (36.3)	227 (44.3)
Marital status
Married/partnered	83 (69.2)	70 (57.9)	95 (85.6)	98 (61.3)	346 (67.6)
Nonmarried/partnered	37 (30.8)	51 (42.1)	16 (14.4)	62 (38.7)	166 (32.4)
Country of birth
US	96 (80.0)	118 (97.5)	30 (27.0)	157 (98.1)	401 (78.3)
Outside US	24 (20.0)	3 (2.5)	81 (73.0)	3 (1.9)	111 (21.7)
BMI (kg/m2)
Normal (18.5–24.9)	41 (34.2)	34 (28.1)	78 (70.3)	59 (36.9)	212 (41.4)
Overweight (25–29.9)	41 (34.2)	28 (23.1)	25 (22.5)	37 (23.1)	131 (25.6)
Obese (≥30)	38 (31.7)	59 (48.8)	8 (7.2)	64 (40.0)	169 (33.0)
Menopausal status
Pre	24 (20.0)	25 (20.7)	27 (24.3)	35 (21.9)	111 (21.7)
Early peri	36 (30.0)	38 (31.4)	37 (33.3)	49 (30.6)	160 (31.3)
Late peri	16 (13.3)	16 (13.2)	12 (10.8)	28 (17.5)	72 (14.1)
Post	44 (36.7)	42 (34.7)	35 (31.5)	48 (30.0)	169 (33.0)
Diagnosed disease
Yes	50 (41.7)	52 (43.0)	29 (26.1)	82 (51.3)	213 (41.6)
No	70 (58.3)	69 (57.0)	82 (73.9)	78 (48.8)	299 (58.4)

^*1 = very unhealthy ~ 5 = very healthy