Table 1.
Basic characteristics of study participants
| Cases n = 114 |
Controls n = 228 |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Female | 109 (96%) | 217 (95%) | 0.7 |
| Male | 5 (4%) | 11 (5%) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 93 (82%) | 186 (82%) | 0.8 |
| African American | 10 (9%) | 24 (11%) | |
| More than one race | 7 (6%) | 11 (5%) | |
| Others* | 4 (4%) | 1 (0.4%) | |
| Did not say | 0 | 6 (3%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic | 105 (92%) | 210 (92%) | 0.9 |
| Hispanic | 5 (4%) | 8 (4%) | |
| Did not say | 4 (4%) | 10 (4%) | |
| Age | |||
| Mean (SD) | 40.6 (11.5) | 40.5 (11.6) | 0.9 |
| Region of residence | |||
| Northeast | 19 (17%) | 41 (18%) | 0.9 |
| Midwest | 21 (18%) | 44 (19%) | |
| South | 46 (40%) | 90 (40%) | |
| West | 28 (25%) | 53 (23%) | |
| Education level | |||
| High school graduate or less | 14 (12%) | 30 (13%) | 0.8 |
| Some college | 47 (41%) | 98 (43%) | |
| College graduate | 30 (26%) | 57 (25%) | |
| Professional or graduate school | 21 (18%) | 40 (18%) | |
| Did not say | 2 (2%) | 3 (1%) | |
| Household income | |||
| Less than $25K | 25 (22%) | 52 (23%) | 0.9 |
| $25–50K | 29 (25%) | 61 (27%) | |
| $50–100K | 32 (28%) | 62 (27%) | |
| $100K+ | 16 (14%) | 32 (14%) | |
| Did not say | 12 (11%) | 21 (9%) |
*
Others included Asians and American Indians.