TABLE 2—
Characteristics of Male Participants, by Race/Ethnicity: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, United States, 2008–2009
| Characteristic | Total (n = 6761), No., No. (%), or Mean (95% CI) | White (n = 3799), No., No. (%), or Mean (95% CI) | Black (n = 1351), No., No. (%), or Mean (95% CI) | American Indian (n = 52), No., No. (%), or Mean (95% CI) | Asian/Pacific Islander (n = 458), No., No. (%), or Mean (95% CI) | Hispanic (n = 1101), No., No. (%), or Mean (95% CI) |
| Age, y | 29.0 (28.7, 29.2) | 28.9 (28.6, 29.2) | 29.2 (28.8, 29.7) | 28.7 (27.9, 29.5) | 29.1 (28.5, 29.6) | 29.0 (28.6, 29.5) |
| Education | ||||||
| < high school | 641 (10.7) | 312 (8.8) | 158 (16.6) | 9 (22.9) | 17 (1.7) | 145 (15.5) |
| High school | 1294 (21.3) | 704 (20.2) | 280 (25.6) | 15 (31.4) | 53 (14.8) | 242 (23.4) |
| Some college | 2943 (41.4) | 1621 (41.5) | 616 (40.2) | 22 (38.5) | 159 (31.5) | 525 (45.5) |
| ≥ college | 1881 (26.5) | 1162 (29.6) | 296 (17.2) | 6 (7.2) | 229 (52.0) | 188 (15.6) |
| Missing | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (< 0.1) |
| Financial stress | ||||||
| No | 5290 (76.9) | 3012 (78.6) | 956 (68.1) | 28 (53.3) | 415 (90.2) | 879 (76.9) |
| Yes | 1460 (22.9) | 783 (21.3) | 393 (31.4) | 23 (46.4) | 43 (9.8) | 218 (22.5) |
| Missing | 11 (0.2) | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 4 (0.6) |
| Household income, $ | ||||||
| < 25 000 | 873 (14.5) | 432 (12.6) | 300 (26.9) | 8 (20.7) | 29 (7.4) | 104 (10.7) |
| 25 000–49 999 | 1735 (26.1) | 988 (26.2) | 355 (24.8) | 17 (34.2) | 81 (13.3) | 294 (29.9) |
| 50 000–74 999 | 1553 (22.2) | 933 (23.6) | 266 (17.2) | 11 (12.9) | 82 (20.5) | 261 (21.7) |
| ≥ 75 000 | 2131 (29.5) | 1246 (31.8) | 287 (18.1) | 10 (16.4) | 230 (47.6) | 358 (27.5) |
| Missing | 469 (7.7) | 200 (5.8) | 143 (13.1) | 6 (15.8) | 36 (11.3) | 84 (10.2) |
| Parental education | ||||||
| < high school | 910 (14.0) | 313 (8.9) | 144 (16.9) | 4 (16.8) | 30 (11.3) | 419 (39.7) |
| High school | 1708 (27.7) | 1118 (30.6) | 310 (25.6) | 18 (37.0) | 65 (9.7) | 197 (18.8) |
| Some college | 1804 (26.4) | 1142 (29.2) | 363 (23.6) | 16 (28.7) | 84 (15.0) | 199 (17.4) |
| ≥ college | 1424 (19.6) | 864 (21.7) | 301 (15.7) | 10 (8.1) | 144 (38.4) | 105 (8.4) |
| Missing | 915 (12.2) | 362 (9.6) | 233 (18.3) | 4 (9.3) | 135 (25.5) | 181 (15.7) |
| Parental ability to pay bills | ||||||
| No | 968 (14.4) | 413 (11.2) | 271 (23.4) | 8 (20.2) | 37 (12.6) | 239 (21.2) |
| Yes | 4762 (71.3) | 2960 (77.5) | 823 (55.7) | 40 (70.5) | 281 (61.7) | 658 (59.5) |
| Missing | 1031 (14.2) | 426 (11.3) | 257 (21.0) | 4 (9.3) | 140 (25.8) | 204 (19.4) |
| Neighborhood poverty scorea | 0.12 (0.10, 0.14) | 0.09 (0.07, 0.10) | 0.23 (0.20, 0.26) | 0.21 (0.09, 0.34) | 0.07 (0.05, 0.08) | 0.16 (0.14, 0.18) |
| Neighborhood poverty score missing | 105 | 57 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 29.0 (28.7, 29.3) | 28.8 (28.5, 29.1) | 29.1 (28.5, 29.7) | 32.9 (28.5, 37.3) | 28.0 (26.6, 29.3) | 30.1 (29.3, 30.9) |
| BMI missing | 96 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| SBP, mm Hg | 129.9 (129.4, 130.4) | 129.9 (129.4, 130.5) | 130.0 (128.7, 131.3) | 134.2 (127.1, 141.3) | 129.1 (126.4, 131.8) | 129.6 (128.3, 131.0) |
| SBP missing | 212 | 83 | 57 | 3 | 14 | 55 |
| Hypertensive medication use | ||||||
| No | 6555 (96.6) | 3664 (96.1) | 1314 (97.4) | 50 (95.0) | 448 (97.5) | 1079 (98.1) |
| Yes | 206 (3.4) | 135 (3.9) | 37 (2.6) | 2 (5.0) | 10 (2.5) | 22 (2.0) |
| Current smoker | ||||||
| No | 3972 (56.0) | 2133 (55.3) | 793 (54.4) | 23 (43.5) | 300 (66.7) | 723 (60.3) |
| Yes | 2719 (42.7) | 1649 (44.3) | 520 (41.1) | 29 (56.5) | 156 (33.3) | 365 (37.5) |
| Missing | 70 (1.3) | 17 (0.5) | 38 (4.5) | 0 | 2 (< 0.1) | 13 (2.2) |
| Diabetes | ||||||
| No | 6318 (93.7) | 3646 (95.7) | 1182 (86.6) | 45 (85.1) | 429 (95.8) | 1016 (91.6) |
| Yes | 443 (6.3) | 153 (4.4) | 169 (13.5) | 7 (15.0) | 29 (4.2) | 85 (8.4) |
Note. BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; SBP = systolic blood pressure. Data on age, hypertensive medication use, and diabetes were not missing for any participants. The sample size was n = 6761.
a
The proportion of families in respondents’ census block group with an income below the poverty line in 1989.