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Published in final edited form as: Clin Pract (Lond). 2013 Sep;10(5):10.2217/cpr.13.47. doi: 10.2217/cpr.13.47

Table 1.

Comparison of sociodemographic and health data of black and white Americans participating in the 2005 National Health Interview Survey.

Variable	Black^†	White^†	F/χ²
Age ± SD (years)	45.56 ± 6.91	48.02 ± 18.02	72^*

Completed High School (%)	76	81	53^*

Household income >US$35,000 (%)	16	24	140^*

Hypertension (%)	36	27	133^*

Diabetes (%)	12	8	62^*

Heart disease (%)	6	8	29^*

Arthritis (%)	22	24	11^*

p < 0.0001.

^†

Sample included 4473 blacks (15%) and 25,345 whites (85%).