Table 1.
Factors related to sociodemographics, reproductive health, childhood adversity, and CVD risk.
| Total (N = 650) | |
|---|---|
| Mean (SD) or % | |
| Socio-demographics: | |
| Age | 34.9 (5.6) |
| White | 26.8% |
| African-American | 24.6% |
| Latina | 20.9% |
| Chinese | 27.7% |
| Individual educationa | 3.6 (1.2) |
| Parental educationb (years) | 12.2 (4.5) |
| Smoking (% current/past smoking) | 21.1% |
| Reproductive Factors: | |
| Menarcheal age | 12.6 (1.6) |
| Birth control (% with history of use) | 67.1% |
| Parity (% with 1+ live birth) | 41.1% |
| Childhood Adversity: | |
| Family Conflictc | 23.8 (6.6) |
| Family Expressivenessc | 26.9 (5.4) |
| Family Cohesionc | 21.5 (6.1) |
| Disruption Events (% with 1+ event) | 37.8% |
| Abuse Events (% with 1+ event) | 14.9% |
| Cardiovascular Risk Factors: | |
| Total Cholesterol | 173.3 (31.3) |
| Total:HDL | 3.1 (1.0) |
| HDL | 60.0 (15.0) |
| LDL | 95.4 (27.6) |
| Triglycerides | 89.8 (58.4) |
| Glucose | 86.6 (8.6) |
| Insulin | 5.0 (5.1) |
| Waist Circumference | 83.8 (14.9) |
| WHR | 0.80 (0.07) |
| BMI | 26.7 (6.8) |
| Hypertension (% with diagnosis) | 6.2% |
a
Education was coded 1=<HS/some HS; 2=HS grad/GED; 3=some college/AA/vocational school; 4=college graduate; 5=graduate school (PhD, MS); 6=professional degree (MD, JD, DDS, MBA).
b
Parental education was derived by taking the mean of mother and father education in years.
c
Higher scores reflect more family conflict, less family expressiveness, and less family cohesion.