Table 2.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Study Sample*
| Men |
Women |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Mexican American | White | Black | Mexican American | White | |
| Education, y | ||||||
| <8 | 12.2 (10.7-13.7) | 39.0 (36.3-41.7) | 8.1 (6.2-10.0) | 12.0 (10.0-14.0) | 39.3 (36.5-42.1) | 7.7 (6.6-8.8) |
| 8-12 | 56.7 (54.2-59.2) | 41.0 (38.5-43.5) | 43.9 (41.1-46.7) | 55.1 (52.8-57.4) | 43.6 (41.2-46.1) | 50.0 (47.3-52.7) |
| >12 | 30.3 (27.6-33.0) | 19.2 (17.3-21.1) | 47.7 (44.4-51.0) | 32.5 (31.0-34.0) | 16.9 (14.0-19.8) | 41.9 (39.1-44.7) |
| Unknown | 0.8 (0.4-1.2) | 0.8 (0.3-1.3) | 0.2 (0.1-0.3) | 0.4 (0.1-0.7) | 0.2 (0.0-0.4) | 0.5 (0.2-0.8) |
| Household income, $/y | ||||||
| ≤15 000 | 33.2 (28.2-38.2) | 31.0 (24.8-37.2) | 13.2 (10.8-15.6) | 38.0 (33.2-42.8) | 34.7 (28.8-40.6) | 18.7 (16.1-21.3) |
| 15 001-25 000 | 44.7 (39.7-49.7) | 45.2 (40.1-50.3) | 48.4 (42.5-54.3) | 42.0 (37.1-46.9) | 43.1 (37.9-48.3) | 45.1 (39.8-50.4) |
| >25 000 | 14.6 (11.5-17.7) | 13.0 (9.3-16.7) | 33.6 (27.5-39.7) | 11.6 (8.8-14.4) | 11.9 (7.9-15.9) | 30.3 (24.7-35.9) |
| Unknown | 7.5 (0.0-16.9) | 10.8 (0.0-22.2) | 4.8 (0.0-10.9) | 8.4 (0.0-18.0) | 10.2 (0.0-21.1) | 5.9 (0.0-13.5) |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Current | 39.8 (36.3-43.3) | 30.5 (28.1-32.9) | 30.6 (28.3-32.9) | 27.2 (24.7-29.7) | 15.0 (13.5-16.5) | 25.3 (23.0-27.6) |
| Past | 21.0 (19.1-22.9) | 26.4 (23.8-29.0) | 35.2 (33.0-37.4) | 2.6 (11.5-13.7) | 13.6 (11.7-15.5) | 24.1 (22.1-26.1) |
| Never | 39.2 (35.9-42.5) | 43.1 (40.4-45.8) | 34.2 (31.9-36.5) | 60.2 (57.8-62.7) | 71.4 (68.8-74.0) | 50.6 (48.9-52.3) |
| Drinking | ||||||
| Heavy | 24.0 (22.3-25.7) | 21.5 (19.6-23.4) | 23.6 (21.7-25.5) | 7.1 (5.8-8.4) | 4.1 (3.2-5.0) | 9.0 (7.4-10.6) |
| Moderate | 47.2 (45.0-49.4) | 57.0 (54.2-59.8) | 49.8 (47.3-52.3) | 36.2 (33.2-39.2) | 33.6 (30.8-36.4) | 44.7 (41.8-47.6) |
| Never | 28.7 (26.4-31.0) | 21.4 (19.2-23.6) | 26.2 (23.8-28.6) | 56.4 (53.5-59.3) | 62.1 (58.6-65.6) | 46.3 (43.7-48.9) |
| Unknown | 0.1 (0.1-0.3) | 0.1 (0.0-0.3) | 0.4 (0.0-0.9) | 0.3 (0.0-0.7) | 0.2 (0.0-0.5) | 0.0 (0.0-0.1) |
| Carbohydrate intake | ||||||
| Low | 26.8 (24.6-29.0) | 17.9 (15.8-20.0) | 20.8 (19.1-22.5) | 17.1 (15.2-19.0) | 11.7 (10.1-13.3) | 16.0 (14.2-17.8) |
| Moderate | 58.6 (56.6-60.6) | 64.1 (61.7-66.5) | 62.0 (59.9-64.1) | 62.2 (59.5-64.9) | 68.0 (65.8-70.2) | 62.1 (59.8-64.4) |
| High | 11.5 (10.0-13.0) | 11.5 (9.5-13.5) | 14.1 (13.1-15.1) | 17.8 (16.2-19.4) | 18.3 (16.1-20.5) | 19.9 (18.2-21.6) |
| Unknown | 3.1 (2.2-4.0) | 3.0 (2.1-3.9) | 3.1 (2.4-3.8) | 2.9 (2.0-3.8) | 2.0 (1.3-2.7) | 2.1 (1.6-2.6) |
| Physical activity status | ||||||
| Inactive | 22.0 (19.8-24.2) | 29.0 (26.3-31.7) | 13.2 (11.7-14.7) | 39.9 (37.3-42.5) | 43.4 (41.1-45.7) | 23.1 (21.4-24.8) |
| Menopausal status | ||||||
| Postmenopausal | … | … | … | 35.2 (32.2-38.2) | 25.7 (23.9-27.5) | 44.6 (40.5-48.7) |
| Premenopausal | … | … | … | 62.9 (62.2-63.6) | 72.1 (70.0-74.2) | 54.4 (54.1-54.7) |
| Unknown | … | … | … | 1.9 (0.0-5.0) | 2.2 (1.5-2.9) | 1.0 (0.0-5.1) |
*
Data are given as percentage (95% confidence interval).