Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants included.
| Variables | All (n=1,234) | Female (49.7%) | Male (50.3%) |
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| Age (yrs) | 46.1 (0.4) | 46.7 (0.6) | 45.6 (0.6) |
| 20–29 yrs,% | 7.8 (1.1) | 6.6 (1.4) | 8.9 (1.6) |
| 30–39 yrs, % | 23.3 (1.8) | 21.0 (2.5) | 25.5 (2.7) |
| 40–49 yrs, % | 34.8 (2.0) | 38.1 (2.7) | 31.5 (2.7) |
| 50–71 yrs, % | 34.2 (1.6) | 34.2 (2.2) | 34.1 (2.4) |
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| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 29.8 (0.3) | 29.2 (0.4) | 30.4 (0.4) |
| Normal Weight, % | 25.3 (1.7) | 32.1 (2.6) | 18.7 (2.1) |
| Overweight, % | 33.4 (1.8) | 31.4 (2.5) | 35.4 (2.7) |
| Obese, % | 41.3 (1.9) | 36.6 (2.6) | 46.0 (2.8) |
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| Ethnicity | |||
| White, % | 89.5 (1.4) | 89.7 (1.8) | 89.3 (2.0) |
| Black, % | 6.3 (1.0) | 7.1 (1.4) | 5.6 (1.3) |
| Other, % | 4.2 (1.0) | 3.2 (1.2) | 5.1 (1.6) |
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| Education Background | |||
| Less than high school, % | 3.1 (0.7) | 3.9 (1.2) | 2.3 (0.7) |
| High school diploma/some college, % | 50.3 (2.0) | 49.5 (2.7) | 51.2 (2.8) |
| College/graduate school, % | 46.6 (2.0) | 46.7 (2.7) | 46.5 (2.8) |
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| Income Level | |||
| Less than $25,000, % | 12.2 (1.2) | 13.9 (1.6) | 10.6 (1.7) |
| From $25,000 up to $75,000, % | 45.0 (2.0) | 49.3 (2.8) | 40.8 (2.7) |
| More than $75,000, % | 42.8 (2.0) | 36.9 (2.8) | 48.6 (2.9) |
Note: All values were weighted to account for the complex sampling design. Values in parenthesis represent standard errors unless otherwise indicated. Hispanics were the predominant ethnicity in this ‘Other’ category (2.7% of overall sample) but there was insufficient data to produce generalizable results.