Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Baseline Survey Completers Analyzed in the Present Study and Survey Noncompleters, and Comparisons Between These Participants
| Demographic characteristics | Survey completers (n = 496)
|
Survey noncompleters (n = 466)
|
χ2 and p valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Ethnicity/race | |||||
| White | 458 | 92.3 | 385 | 82.6 | χ2(1) = 18.36, p < .001 |
| Not white | 38 | 7.7 | 77 | 16.5 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 4 | .009 | |
| Age in years at time of survey | |||||
| 45–49 | 19 | 3.8 | 25 | 5.4 | χ2(5) = 6.77, p < .239 |
| 50–54 | 72 | 14.5 | 64 | 13.7 | |
| 55–59 | 109 | 22.0 | 112 | 24.0 | |
| 60–64 | 164 | 33.1 | 141 | 30.3 | |
| 65–69 | 127 | 25.6 | 111 | 23.8 | |
| 70+ | 5 | 1.0 | 13 | 2.8 | |
| Heart disease riskb | |||||
| 1–3 | 396 | 79.8 | 366 | 78.5 | χ2(1) = 0.25, p < .620 |
| 4 | 100 | 20.2 | 100 | 21.5 | |
| Education | |||||
| College graduate and higher | 443 | 89.3 | 350 | 75.1 | χ2(1) = 7.88, p < .005 |
| Less than college graduate | 53 | 10.7 | 72 | 15.5 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9.4 | |
| Income | |||||
| More than $100,000 | 388 | 78.2 | 281 | 60.3 | χ2(1) = 7.13, p < .008 |
| $100,000 or less | 108 | 21.8 | 118 | 25.3 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 67 | 14.4 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 283 | 57.1 | 218 | 46.8 | χ2(1) = 10.17, p < .001 |
| Female | 213 | 42.9 | 248 | 53.2 | |
Note. Chi-square values were calculated excluding cells with missing data. All factors reported in this table were included as covariates in the primary regression analyses.
a
Based on comparisons between survey completers versus noncompleters.
b
Values are based on Framingham risk scores for developing coronary artery disease in the next 10 years (1 = less than 5% risk, 2 = 5% to 10% risk, 3 = greater than 10% risk, 4 = history of coronary artery disease).