Table 1.
Characteristics of Sample (N=42)
| Total | White n=22 |
Black n=20 |
p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 52.0 | (13.9) | 53.4 | (13.9) | 50.4 | 14.0 | |
| Median | 50.7 | 51.2 | 49.8 | 0.4960 | |||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Total | 42 | 22 | 20 | ||||
| Less than 50 years | 19 | 45.2 | 9 | 40.9 | 10 | 50.0 | |
| 50 or more years | 23 | 54.8 | 13 | 59.1 | 10 | 50.0 | 0.7569 |
| Physical activity | |||||||
| No | 24 | 57.1 | 13 | 59.1 | 11 | 55.0 | |
| Yes | 18 | 42.9 | 9 | 40.9 | 9 | 45.0 | 1.0000 |
| BMI | |||||||
| Normal | 13 | 31.0 | 9 | 40.9 | 4 | 20.0 | |
| Overweight (25<BMI<30) | 16 | 38.0 | 9 | 40.9 | 7 | 35.0 | 0.1666 |
| Obese (BMI>30) | 13 | 31.0 | 4 | 18.2 | 9 | 45.0 | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Never married | 4 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20.0 | |
| Married | 22 | 52.4 | 14 | 63.6 | 8 | 40.0 | |
| Divorced/separated | 11 | 26.2 | 6 | 27.3 | 5 | 25.0 | |
| Widowed | 5 | 11.9 | 2 | 9.1 | 3 | 15.0 | 0.1278 |
| Education level | |||||||
| 5th–8th grade | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| 9th–11th grade | 4 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20.0 | |
| 12th or GED | 14 | 33.3 | 11 | 50.0 | 3 | 15.0 | |
| Some college/vocational school | 15 | 35.7 | 5 | 22.7 | 10 | 50.0 | |
| College graduate | 7 | 16.7 | 5 | 22.7 | 2 | 10.0 | |
| Post graduate work | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0079 |