Table 1.
Characteristics of participants by race/ethnicity.
| NH-Whites (n = 41641) | NH-Blacks (n = 10600) | NH-Asians (n = 4278) | Hispanics (n = 11802) | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (SEP) | % (SEP) | % (SEP) | % (SEP) | ||
| Age, years, mean (SEM) | 50.74 (0.20) | 45.99 (0.33) | 43.74 (0.41) | 42.39 (0.24) | 0.0001 |
| Male | 46.08 (0.28) | 40.92 (0.56) | 46.55 (0.92) | 46.83 (0.58) | <0.0001 |
| Education | <0.0001 | ||||
| <High school | 7.42 (0.19) | 13.91 (0.48) | 6.82 (0.46) | 30.56 (0.65) | |
| High school | 59.85 (0.38) | 66.02 (0.58) | 39.60 (1.10) | 55.54 (0.62) | |
| ≥College | 32.73 (0.41) | 20.06 (0.53) | 53.58 (1.22) | 13.91 (0.42) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Under weight | 1.89 (0.08) | 1.27 (0.13) | 4.23 (0.33) | 1.16 (0.10) | |
| Normal weight | 36.58 (0.32) | 27.44 (0.56) | 58.50 (0.93) | 30.11 (0.50) | |
| Over weight | 34.33 (0.30) | 33.87 (0.49) | 27.70 (0.82) | 37.56 (0.52) | |
| Obesity | 27.20 (0.29) | 37.42 (0.58) | 9.57 (0.56) | 31.17 (0.53) | |
| Smoking | <0.0001 | ||||
| Never | 53.40 (0.35) | 65.62 (0.63) | 77.09 (0.79) | 71.44 (0.51) | |
| Former smoker | 26.86 (0.30) | 14.94 (0.44) | 12.78 (0.60) | 15.36 (0.38) | |
| Current smoker | 19.74 (0.26) | 19.44 (0.48) | 10.13 (0.54) | 13.20 (0.36) | |
| Alcohol consumption | <0.0001 | ||||
| Never | 15.35 (0.28) | 28.42 (0.57) | 38.79 (0.96) | 29.81 (0.56) | |
| Former drinking | 15.66 (0.25) | 16.67 (0.44) | 9.18 (0.51) | 13.26 (0.39) | |
| Current drinking | 68.99 (0.36) | 54.91 (0.66) | 52.03 (0.90) | 56.94 (0.61) | |
| Physical activity | <0.0001 | ||||
| Inactive | 29.46 (0.45) | 39.50 (0.64) | 27.98 (1.07) | 39.82 (0.68) | |
| Insufficiently active | 30.36 (0.32) | 28.31 (0.58) | 32.97 (0.97) | 25.10 (0.48) | |
| Active | 40.18 (0.37) | 32.19 (0.59) | 39.06 (0.95) | 35.08 (0.59) | |
| Chronic conditions | <0.0001 | ||||
| Hypertension | 33.24 (0.32) | 40.05 (0.73) | 22.57 (0.81) | 23.13 (0.47) | |
| CHD | 8.20 (0.16) | 6.76 (0.29) | 3.78 (0.36) | 4.65 (0.23) | <0.0001 |
| Stroke | 3.28 (0.10) | 3.87 (0.20) | 1.59 (0.23) | 2.17 (0.16) | <0.0001 |
| DM | 9.86 (0.18) | 13.79 (0.41) | 8.48 (0.49) | 10.99 (0.36) | <0.0001 |
NH, non-Hispanic; SEM, standard error of mean; SEP, standard error of proportion; CHD, coronary heart disease; DM, diabetes mellitus.
*p-Values for age-sex-adjusted differences across four race/ethnicity groups, except for tests of differences in age and sex among racial/ethnic groups.