Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (Means ± SEM)

	Overall (n =229)	Males (n = 109)	Female (n=120)
Age	57.43 ± (.29)	57.53 ± (.46)	57.34 ± (.39)
Income	67,122 ± (3829)	77,875 ± (6025)	57,501 ± ($4700)
Education	13.27 ± (.21)	13.16 ± (.31)	13.37 ± (.28)
Married/Cohabitating	140 (61%)	82 (75%)	58 (48%)
Ethnicity
Caucasians	82 (36%)	39 (36%)	43 (36%)
African Americans	81 (36%)	37 (34%)	44 (37%)
Hispanics	66 (28%)	33 (30%)	33 (28%)
SF-36 Health	63.98 (.98)	64.67 (1.4)	63.35 (1.4)
BMI	31.50 ± (.46)	31.17± (.61)	31.81 ± (.69)
Myocardial Ischemia	11 (5%)	6 (6%)	5 (4%)
Diabetes	40 (17%)	17 (16%)	23 (19%)