Table 1.

Characteristics of sample by childhood socioeconomic status, as indexed by parental educational attainment.

Highest Educational Attainment by Mother or Father	Less than High School Diploma (n = 289)		High School Graduate or GED (n = 419)		Some College or Associates Degree (n = 217)		Bachelor's Degree and Higher (n = 280)		p
Variable	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	58.92	12.01	53.71	11.23	54.61	12.04	51.06	10.58	< .001
Female (%)	58.80		51.80		62.70		55.70		.05
White (%)	68.50		81.90		82.90		89.60		< .001
Black (%)	26.60		15.00		11.50		7.10		< .001
High School Graduate (%)	89.10		94.30		98.10		98.60		< .001
University Graduate (%)	27.80		34.10		48.60		68.60		< .001
Current Smoker (%)	16.30		14.60		14.30		7.50		.01
History of CVD (%)	22.10		13.80		11.10		12.50		< .001
History of Diabetes (%)	14.20		9.30		8.80		7.50		.04
Maternal Warmth (1–4)	3.16	0.74	3.14	0.74	3.10	0.71	3.10	0.65	.80
Paternal Warmth (1–4)	2.67	0.84	2.68	0.83	2.74	0.77	2.74	0.75	.67
MetS Components (0–5)	2.53	1.31	2.29	1.35	2.21	1.25	1.93	1.38	< .001
MetS Diagnosis (%)	49.80		41.80		39.20		31.10		< .001

Note. CVD = cardiovascular disease; MetS = metabolic syndrome.

^*Denotes the presence of significant differences between groups by one way ANOVA (for continuous outcomes) or χ² analysis (for categorical outcomes).