Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for the total population and stratified by gender
| Total population N = 14,497 |
Women N = 7,697 |
Men N = 6,800 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 49.23 (0.61) | ||
| Men | 50.77 (0.61) | ||
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 9.29 (0.76) | 7.84 (0.78)*** | 10.69 (0.90) |
| High school graduate | 17.81 (0.91) | 14.36 (0.84)*** | 21.16 (1.21) |
| Some college | 42.87 (0.88) | 44.23 (1.06)* | 41.53 (1.15) |
| College graduate | 29.97 (1.65) | 33.49 (1.76)*** | 26.55 (1.78) |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 67.19 (2.91) | 67.19 (2.96) | 67.20 (2.95) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 15.62 (2.09) | 15.92 (2.11) | 15.34 (2.15) |
| Hispanic | 12.06 (1.72) | 12.02 (1.76) | 12.09 (1.76) |
| Asian | 3.17 (0.74) | 3.05 (0.78) | 3.29 (0.76) |
| Other race | 1.95 (0.27) | 1.82 (0.29) | 2.08 (0.32) |
| Age (M) | 28.84 (0.12) | 28.73 (0.12)*** | 28.94 (0.12) |
| Married, ever (%) | 49.98 (1.37) | 55.08 (1.52)*** | 45.05 (1.48) |
| BMI (%) | |||
| Under | 1.42 (0.14) | 2.08 (0.21)*** | 0.78 (0.16) |
| Healthy | 31.76 (0.76) | 34.58 (1.06)*** | 29.03 (0.89) |
| Overweight | 29.75 (0.60) | 24.89 (0.74)*** | 34.47 (0.84) |
| Obese 1 | 18.56 (0.46) | 16.84 (0.74)** | 20.24 (0.65) |
| Obese 2 | 9.50 (0.38) | 10.69 (0.56)*** | 8.33 (0.48) |
| Obese 3 | 8.19 (0.40) | 10.03 (0.56)*** | 6.40 (0.43) |
| Smoking status (%) | |||
| Never smoker | 52.32 (1.17) | 55.68 (1.45) | 49.05 (1.18) |
| Former | 23.36 (0.60) | 22.67 (0.79) | 24.02 (0.71) |
| Current | 24.32 (0.96) | 21.65 (1.12)*** | 26.92 (1.04) |
| Physical activity level (%) | |||
| Low | 14.55 (0.49) | 16.50 (0.71)*** | 12.67 (0.63) |
| Medium | 44.34 (0.63) | 47.82 (0.84)*** | 40.96 (0.92) |
| High | 40.92 (0.73) | 35.47 (1.00)*** | 46.21 (1.00) |
| Insurance coverage (%) | |||
| No insurance | 22.16 (0.73) | 17.82 (0.76)*** | 26.36 (0.96) |
| Public insurance | 8.16 (0.71) | 12.08 (0.90)*** | 4.37 (0.65) |
| Private insurance | 69.51 (1.10) | 70.00 (1.21) | 69.07 (1.25) |
| Last regular medical check-up (%) |
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| Lt 6 months | 37.94 (0.67) | 45.95 (0.86)*** | 30.18 (0.78) |
| 6 to 12 months ago | 21.28 (0.53) | 24.68 (0.78)*** | 17.98 (0.67) |
| 1 to 2 yrs | 14.56 (0.40) | 12.87 (0.56)*** | 16.19 (0.70) |
| 2 yrs or more | 23.82 (0.72) | 15.27 (0.71)*** | 32.10 (1.04) |
| Unknown | 2.41 (0.17) | 1.23 (0.22)*** | 3.45 (0.29) |
| Hypertensive (%) | 19.78 (0.51) | 11.91 (0.60)*** | 27.42 (0.81) |
| Self-reported hypertension (%) | 10.94 (0.41) | 9.00 (0.51)*** | 12.82 (0.65) |
| Hypertension awareness (Sensitivity)a |
27.49 (1.18) | 32.63 (1.75)*** | 25.32 (1.62) |
| Normotensive awareness (Specificity)b |
83.89 (0.49) | 91.18 (0.52)*** | 76.51 (0.81) |
Notes: Source = Wave IV National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
†
p ≤ .10;
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p ≤ .001.
a
Sample size for hypertension awareness is 2,769.
b
Sample size for specificity is 12,978.