TABLE 3.
Demographics of Participants With Refraction Data by Race and Sex in the Multi-Ethnic Study on Atherosclerosis
| White Subjects N = 1667 |
Chinese Subjects N = 487 |
Black Subjects N = 1230 |
Hispanic Subjects N = 1046 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men n = 860 |
Women n = 807 |
Men n = 251 |
Women n = 236 |
Men n = 641 |
Women n = 589 |
Men n = 530 |
Women n = 516 |
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| Mean age (SD) | 62.37 (9.59) | 60.86 (9.17) | 61.15 (9.35) | 59.35 (8.70) | 62.04 (9.50) | 61.20 (9.20) | 60.84 (9.55) | 60.64 (9.49) |
| Mean height in cm (SD) | 175.86 (6.91) | 162.30 (6.46) | 168.25 (6.20) | 156.28 (5.46) | 175.95 (6.87) | 162.33 (6.83) | 168.99 (6.37) | 155.44 (6.32) |
| Education | ||||||||
| <12 y | 33 (3.9%) | 28 (3.5%) | 38 (14.8%) | 63 (26.7%) | 68 (10.7%) | 54 (9.1%) | 206 (39.0%) | 236 (45.8%) |
| Completed HS/GED | 107 (12.4%) | 149 (18.5%) | 30 (12.0%) | 55 (23.3%) | 124 (19.3%) | 107 (18.2%) | 103 (19.4%) | 112 (21.7%) |
| Some college | 212 (24.6%) | 269 (33.3%) | 40 (16.0%) | 50 (21.2%) | 219 (34.2%) | 214 (36.3%) | 155 (29.3%) | 122 (23.6%) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 212 (24.6%) | 181 (22.4%) | 71 (28.4%) | 42 (17.8%) | 124 (19.3%) | 108 (18.4%) | 32 (6.0%) | 30 (5.8%) |
| Graduate/ professional degree |
296 (34.5%) | 180 (22.3%) | 72 (28.8%) | 26 (11.0%) | 106 (16.5%) | 106 (18.1%) | 34 (6.4%) | 16 (3.0%) |
| Income | ||||||||
| <20K | 48 (5.6%) | 95 (11.8%) | 83 (32.9%) | 101 (42.7%) | 105 (16.4%) | 109 (18.5%) | 159 (30.0%) | 229 (44.4%) |
| 20K-<40K | 157 (18.2%) | 180 (22.3%) | 60 (24.1%) | 59 (24.8%) | 181 (28.2%) | 200 (33.9%) | 191 (36.0%) | 177 (34.4%) |
| 40K-<75K | 282 (32.8%) | 254 (31.5%) | 44 (17.7%) | 37 (15.8%) | 204 (31.9%) | 188 (31.9%) | 120 (22.7%) | 86 (16.6%) |
| >75K | 373 (43.4%) | 278 (34.5%) | 64 (25.3%) | 39 (16.7%) | 151 (23.5%) | 93 (15.8%) | 60 (11.3%) | 24 (4.6%) |
| Current smoker | 111 (12.9%) | 98 (12.1%) | 26 (10.4%) | 6 (2.5%) | 132 (20.6%) | 89 (15.1%) | 74 (14.0%) | 45 (8.7%) |
GED = general education diploma; HS = high school; K = thousand (US$).