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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 Apr 29;26(4):341–348. doi: 10.1038/jes.2015.26

Table 1.

Characteristics of MESA Air Participants Who Completed the Baseline MAQ (n=5,996)1

Number %
Gender
Female 3,194 53%
Male 2,802 47%

Race/ethnicity
White 2,258 38%
Chinese 650 11%
Black 1,667 28%
Hispanic 1,421 24%

Age Category
39-442 18 0%
45-54 976 16%
55-64 1,967 33%
65-74 1,815 30%
75-84 1,079 18%
85+ 141 2%

Site
Forsyth County 888 15%
New York2 1,195 20%
Baltimore 721 12%
St. Paul 872 15%
Chicago 1,136 19%
Los Angeles3 1,184 20%

Socioeconomic Status
High School Education or More4 4,999 84%
Family Income ≥$30,000/year5 3,671 65%
Single Family Home6 3,266 54%
1

Between 2005 and 2007.

2

MESA Family included a small number of participants <45, and 18 completed MAQs.

2

Includes Rockland County

3

Includes Riverside

4

Values missing for 13 participants

5

Values missing for 340 participants

6

Values missing for 3 participants