Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of TROY participants by race/ethnicity

	NHW*		African- American		Asian		HW*		Other		P- value**
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex											0.15
Female	189	54.8	25	65.8	99	61.5	75	57.3	63	67.7
Male	156	45.2	13	34.2	62	38.5	56	42.8	30	32.3
Obesity‡											<.0001
Underweight	9	2.6	1	2.6	14	8.7	6	4.6	2	2.2
Normal	273	79.1	23	60.5	127	78.9	77	58.8	73	78.5
Overweight	55	15.9	12	31.6	17	10.6	34	26.0	13	14.0
Obese	8	2.3	2	5.3	3	1.9	14	10.7	5	5.4
Current exposure to Second-hand smoke§											0.10
No	219	63.5	19	50.0	89	55.3	89	67.9	56	60.2
Yes	126	36.5	19	50.0	72	44.7	42	32.1	37	39.8
Second-hand smoke exposure during childhood											0.07
No	322	93.3	31	81.6	152	94.4	118	90.1	84	90.3
Yes	23	6.7	7	18.4	9	5.6	13	9.9	9	9.7
Mother's Education											<.0001
High School or less	9	2.6	1	2.6	21	13.0	45	34.4	7	7.5
Some College	62	18.0	15	39.5	31	19.3	43	32.8	26	28.0
College grad/some grad school	274	79.4	22	57.9	107	66.5	40	30.5	60	64.5
Unknown	.	.	.	.	2	1.2	3	2.3	.	.
Family history of heart attack, heart failure or stroke											0.15
No	325	94.2	29	76.3	149	92.6	117	89.3	80	86.0
Yes	15	4.4	5	13.2	8	5.0	8	6.1	6	6.5
Don't know	5	1.5	4	10.5	4	2.5	6	4.6	7	7.5

NHW=non-Hispanic White; HW=Hispanic White