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. 2016 Mar 21;93(2):279–291. doi: 10.1007/s11524-016-0034-0

TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics according to quintile of neighborhood SES score

Quintile of neighborhood SES score
1 (low) 2 3 4 5 (high)
Number of participants 84 111 94 76 59
Age (years) (median) 55 52 53 49 53
Body mass index (kg/m2) (median) 31.3 28.7 28.4 29.2 28.2
16+ years of education (%) 31 51 53 58 70
Family income ≥$50,000 (%) 32 52 50 50 63
5+ hours vigorous activity per week (%) 2 9 6 8 9
5+ hours moderate activity per week (%) 29 28 31 29 26
5+ hours walking for exercise per week (%) 13 19 11 14 17
5+ hours sitting/watching TV per week (%) 25 18 18 18 11
Health insurance (%) 88 95 89 86 94
Current smokers (%) 19 11 10 8 7
Current alcohol drinkers (%) 37 58 58 50 68
History of hypertension (%) 45 50 55 42 48
History of hyperlipidemia (%) 30 26 29 25 31
History of diabetes (%) 16 11 11 11 15
Postmenopausal (%) 66 63 69 53 68
Current female hormone use (%) 12 13 11 13 24
Prudent dietary pattern, quintile 5 (%) 14 23 20 16 27
Western dietary pattern, quintile 5 (%) 15 14 14 20 13