Table 1.

Characteristics of HANDLS cohort who participated in Wave 3 of the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study and completed two 24-hour dietary recalls and health literacy measures. (n=1,818).

Characteristics	African American			White			Race Comparison by Sex
	Men n= 455	Women n= 650	P value	Men n= 293	Women n= 420	P value	P value Men	P value Women
Demographics
Age, year, X ± SE	52.39 ± 0.42	53.29 ± 0.35	0.103	53.57 ± 0.53	53.04 ± 0.44	0.436	0.070	0.662
Education, years, X±SE	12.42 ± 0.14	12.42 ± 0.12	0.986	13.03 ± 0.18	12.96 ± 0.15	0.774	0.011	0.004
SESa, <125% Federal poverty guidelines, %	40%	45.8%	0.054	25.6%	32.4%	0.051	<0.001	<0.001
Employed in last month, %	63.6%	54.9%	0.004	69.5%	57.9%	0.002	0.099	0.355
Currently married, %	33%	21.8%	<0.001	44.8%	40.3%	0.275	0.003	<0.001
Health Behaviors
Current cigarette smoker, %	54.1%	40.1%	<0.001	33.2%	38.6%	0.209	<0.001	0.279
Current illicit drugb use, %	27.4%	15.6%	<0.001	14.4%	9.5%	0.082	<0.001	0.015
Literacy Measures
REALMc, X ± SE	56.11 ± 0.50	58.73 ± 0.41	<0.001	61.20 ± 0.62	62.38 ± 0.51	0.137	<0.001	<0.001
TOFHLAd, X ± SE	44.13 ± 0.32	44.25 ± 0.27	0.768	44.62 ± 0.40	45.75 ± 0.33	0.028	0.347	<0.001
WRAT-3e, X ± SE	41.14 ± 0.52	40.48 ± 0.43	0.330	44.25 ± 0.60	44.08 ± 0.50	0.829	<0.001	<0.001
Health Status
MARf X ± SE	75.71 ± 0.63	71.18 ± 0.53	<0.001	79.32 ± 0.79	75.08 ± 0.66	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
MAR-Sg, X ± SE	79.81 ± .535	77.94 ± .484	0.037	83.96 ± 0.607	81.18 ± .605	0.014	<0.001	0.001
Supplement user, %	36.9%	50.3%	<0.001	47.8%	55.0%	0.058	0.003	0.134

^aSES =Socioeconomic status;

^bIllicit drugs defined as marijuana, opiates, or cocaine;

^cREALM = Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine;

^dTOFHLA = Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults;

^eWRAT-3 = Wide Range Achievement Test-version 3, determined in baseline wave;

^fMAR = Mean Adequacy Ratio based on nutrients from food;

^fMAR-S = Mean Adequacy Ratio with nutrients from supplements added