Table 2.

Unweighted Descriptive Statistics for All Study Variables

	Full Sample (n=5,360)		Whites (n=2,997)		African-Americans (n=986)		Mexican-Americans (n=1,377)
	Prop.	Mean (SD)	Prop.	Mean (SD)	Prop.	Mean (SD)	Prop.	Mean (SD)
Leukocyte telomere length (T/S ratio)	---	1.02 (.26)	---	1.02 (.27)	---	1.09 (.29)	---	1.00 (.23)
Educational Attainment
Less than high school	0.32	---	0.16	---	0.38	---	0.62	---
High school	0.23	---	0.28	---	0.22	---	0.15	---
Some college	0.25	---	0.28	---	0.27	---	0.17	---
College degree	0.2	---	0.28	---	0.13	---	0.06	---
Poverty income ratio	---	2.75 (1.62)	---		---		---
Age	---	48.58 (17.91)	---	50.84 (18.32)	---	46.31 (16.63)	---	45.27 (17.13)
Sex/gender
Female	0.52	---	0.51	---	0.53	---	0.54	---
Male	0.48	---	0.49	---	0.47	---	0.46	---
Nativity
Foreign-born	0.2	---	0.05	---	0.1	---	0.4	---
US-born	0.8	---	0.95	---	0.9	---	0.6	---
Marital status
Married	0.61	---	0.66	---	0.38	---	0.66	---
Never married, separated, divorced, or widowed	0.39	---	0.34	---	0.62	---	0.34	---
Pack years smoking
0 pack years	0.57	---	0.52	---	0.6	---	0.66	---
< 30 pack years	0.31	---	0.31	---	0.31	---	0.28	---
30–59 pack years	0.09	---	0.11	---	0.07	---	0.04	---
60+ pack years	0.04	---	0.06	---	0.02	---	0.02	---
Drinking
Abstainer	0.38	---	0.33	---	0.46	---	0.43	---
Moderate drinker	0.59	---	0.64	---	0.5	---	0.55	---
Heavy drinker	0.03	---	0.03	---	0.04	---	0.02	---
Physical activity
Sedentary	0.39	---	0.3	---	0.5	---	0.5	---
Active	0.61	---	0.7	---	0.5	---	0.5	---
Body mass index	---	28.45 (6.20)	---	27.90 (5.90)	---	29.84 (7.56)	---	28.66 (5.55)

Notes: Prop. = Proportion; SD = Standard Deviation.