Table 1.
Distribution of selected individual-level characteristics and perceived neighborhood environments by sex in African Americans.
| Characteristic | Women (N=158) |
Men (75) |
*p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| TL (T/S ratio), mean (SD) | 0.59 (0.14) | 0.54(0.12) | 0.012 |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 45.1(7.1) | 46.4(6.8) | 0.184 |
| Marital status, % (married/ living with partner) |
31.7 | 18.7 | 0.038 |
| Education, % | 0.002 | ||
| High school or less | 24.1 | 44..0 | |
| Some college/associate degree | 52.3 | 32.0 | |
| College graduate | 24.7 | 24.9 | |
| Annual family income, % | |||
| <$20,000 | 36.7 | 66.7 | <.001 |
| $20,000 –$34,999 | 17.1 | 13.3 | |
| $35,000 –$74,999 | 31.7 | 5.3 | |
| >$75,000 | 14..6 | 14.7 | |
| Smoking status, % | <.001 | ||
| Never | 73.4 | 48.0 | |
| Former | 7.6 | 6.7 | |
| Current | 19.0 | 45.3 | |
| Alcohol consumption, % | 0.01 | ||
| Never | 26.0 | 4.7 | |
| Former | 16.5 | 28.0 | |
| Occasional | 33.5 | 21.3 | |
| Regular | 24.1 | 36.0 | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 35.2(7.7) | 28.5(6.5) | <.001 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 91.3 (13.2) | 90.7(9.92) | 0.716 |
| Hypertension, % | 75.3 | 50.7 | <.001 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 110.2 (32.6) | 111.0(29.9) | 0.868 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 58.0(15.2) | 59.7(17.3) | 0.443 |
| Triglyceride, mean (SD) | 92.2 (41.8) | 90.5(42.7) | 0.778 |
| eGFR, mean (SD) | 100.0(19.0) | 96.9(22.9) | 0.052 |
| ACR, mean (SD) | 8.0(17.6) | 7.6(10.6) | 0.871 |
| CES-D, mean (SD) | 12.0(10.0) | 13.0(9.7) | 0.398 |
| Perceived stress, mean (SD) | 22.3(8.5) | 22.1(9.1) | 0.802 |
| Perceived social cohesion, mean (SD) | 2.6(0.8) | 2.7(0.7) | 0.130 |
| Perceived neighborhood problems, mean (SD) | 3.4(0.6) | 3.0(0.8) | <.001 |
| Overall unfavorable perception of neighborhood, mean (SD) |
3.4(0.5) | 3.1(0.6) | <.001 |
Abbreviation: TL, Telomere length; SD, standard deviation; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACR, albumin to creatinine ratio; CES-D, center for epidemiology studies depression scale.
*
p value derived from student t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables.