Table 1.

Demographic and Other Characteristics by Race, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2006

	Black (n = 2,382)		White (n = 5,689)		P Value
	Mean (SE)	%	Mean (SE)	%
Hypertensive		40.0		30.8	<0.0001
Age, years	45.7 (0.3)		49.1 (0.3)		<0.0001
Male gender		45.0		48.9	0.002
Education less than high school		29.9		10.7	<0.0001
Income less than $14,999		23.6		9.5	<0.0001
Obese		42.3		30.8	<0.0001
No intentional exercise		80.2		73.8	0.0002
Current cigarette smoker		26.8		22.5	<0.0001
Former cigarette smoker		16.2		29
Poor diet		93.8		88.4	<0.0001
Neighborhood poverty, %	19.8 (0.7)		8.4 (0.3)		<0.0001
Black isolation, score	0.50 (0.02)		0.36 (0.02)		<0.0001

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.