Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by location and gender.
| Characteristic | Buffalo New York Police Officers (N = 410) | Spokane Heart Study Police Officers (N = 130) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (N = 304) | Women (N = 106) | Men (N = 121) | Women (N = 9) | |||||
| N | Mean (SD) or % | N | Mean (SD) or % | N | Mean (SD) or % | N | Mean (SD) or % | |
| Age | 304 | 40.8 (7.7) | 106 | 40.8 (5.9) | 121 | 49.1 (6.1) | 9 | 47.3 (2.7) |
| <40 years | 131 | 43.1 | 43 | 40.6 | 10 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 40–49 years | 128 | 42.1 | 54 | 50.9 | 51 | 42.2 | 7 | 77.8 |
| 50+ years | 45 | 14.8 | 9 | 8.5 | 60 | 49.6 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 237 | 79.8 | 76 | 71.7 | 121 | 100.0 | 8 | 88.9 |
| African American | 53 | 17.9 | 30 | 28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hispanic | 7 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Education | ||||||||
| <12 years, high school/GED | 38 | 12.6 | 4 | 3.8 | 8 | 6.7 | 1 | 11.1 |
| College <4 years | 160 | 53.0 | 65 | 61.3 | 59 | 49.2 | 4 | 44.4 |
| College 4+ years | 104 | 34.4 | 37 | 34.9 | 53 | 44.2 | 4 | 44.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 29 | 9.6 | 23 | 21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Married | 236 | 78.2 | 62 | 58.5 | 110 | 91.7 | 5 | 55.6 |
| Divorced | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 19.8 | 10 | 8.3 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Rank | ||||||||
| Police officer | 207 | 69.5 | 84 | 79.3 | 39 | 32.2 | 6 | 66.7 |
| Sergeant/lieutenant/captain | 51 | 17.1 | 11 | 10.4 | 47 | 38.8 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Detective | 34 | 11.4 | 9 | 8.5 | 28 | 23.1 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Executive | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 7 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Current | 40 | 13.2 | 28 | 27.2 | 4 | 3.3 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Former | 64 | 21.2 | 31 | 30.1 | 40 | 33.1 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Never | 199 | 65.7 | 44 | 42.7 | 77 | 63.6 | 6 | 66.7 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 304 | 30.3 (4.2) | 106 | 26.0 (4.7) | 124 | 29.8 (3.9) | 9 | 28.9 (4.6) |
| <25 | 23 | 7.6 | 53 | 50.0 | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 25–30 | 137 | 45.1 | 36 | 34.0 | 65 | 53.7 | 7 | 77.8 |
| >30 | 144 | 47.4 | 17 | 16.0 | 51 | 42.2 | 2 | 22.2 |
| CES-D score | 304 | 7.5 (6.6) | 106 | 8.7 (8.2) | 122 | 6.6 (5.5) | 9 | 5.8 (4.5) |
| Low score: 0–8 | 203 | 66.8 | 68 | 64.2 | 88 | 72.7 | 7 | 77.8 |
| Middle score: 9–15 | 70 | 23.0 | 21 | 19.8 | 22 | 18.2 | 2 | 22.2 |
| High score (depression): 16+ | 31 | 10.2 | 17 | 16.0 | 11 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 |