Table 1.
Means and (standard deviations) for continuous measures and % for categorical variables by gender and total sample
| Measures | Total sample (N = 15823) |
Men (n = 6316) |
Women (n =9507) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 41.34 | (14.99) | 40.55 | (14.82) | 42.07 | (15.11) |
| Education | ||||||
| <High School | 33.02 | 32.47 | 33.53 | |||
| High school graduate | 28.62 | 30.67 | 26.73 | |||
| Some college | 22.26 | 20.66 | 23.73 | |||
| College degree | 16.10 | 16.20 | 16.01 | |||
| Annual family income ($) | ||||||
| <20,000 | 42.44 | 38.49 | 46.06 | |||
| 20,000-50,000 | 36.77 | 39.63 | 34.15 | |||
| >50,000 | 11.44 | 14.50 | 8.63 | |||
| Not reported | 9.36 | 7.38 | 11.17 | |||
| Waist circumference (cm) | 97.37 | (14.50) | 98.27 | (14.14) | 96.55 | (14.77) |
| SBP (mmHg) | 120.00 | (17.27) | 123.50 | (15.06) | 116.80 | (18.50) |
| DBP (mmHg) | 72.22 | (10.89) | 73.62 | (10.93) | 70.94 | (10.70) |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 133.90 | (118.87) | 149.10 | (150.69) | 120.00 | (76.87) |
| HDL-C (mg/dL) | 48.42 | (12.76) | 44.75 | (11.45) | 51.77 | (12.88) |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 102.10 | (33.35) | 104.70 | (34.45) | 99.68 | (32.11) |
| Cigarette use | ||||||
| Never | 61.46 | 51.12 | 70.93 | |||
| Previous smoker | 17.37 | 22.14 | 13.00 | |||
| Current smoker | 21.17 | 26.75 | 16.07 | |||
| Medication use | ||||||
| Antihypertensive | .131 | 12.2 | 13.8 | |||
| Lipid lowering | .093 | 8.6 | 10.0 | |||
| Glucose lowering | .084 | 7.9 | 8.9 | |||
| CHD | 5.95 | 6.64 | 5.32 | |||
| Diabetes | 15.72 | 15.04 | 16.35 | |||