Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample

Characteristic	Whites (n = 1193) [N, % or Mean (SD)]		Minorities (n = 340) [N, % or Mean (SD)]		p-value	Total sample (n = 1533) [N, % or Mean (SD)]
Race/Ethnicity
White	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1193	77.82 %
Black	NA	NA	NA	NA		190	12.39 %
Hispanic	NA	NA	NA	NA		120	7.83 %
Other	NA	NA	NA	NA		30	1.96 %
Mean Age	1190	63.58 (7.77)	340	61.85 (8.32)	<.001	1533	63.19 (7.92)
Educationa
<High school	27	2.28 %	32	9.50 %	<.001	59	3.87 %
High school	212	17.88 %	72	21.36 %		284	18.65 %
College	537	45.28 %	152	45.10 %		689	45.24 %
>College	410	34.57 %	81	24.04 %		491	32.24 %
Income
<$25,000	51	5.06 %	45	15.57 %	<.001	96	7.41 %
$25,000–49,999	116	11.52 %	64	22.15 %		180	13.89 %
$50,000–74,999	149	14.80 %	40	13.84 %		189	14.58 %
≥$75,000	691	68.62 %	140	48.44 %		831	64.12 %
Employed	714	59.95 %	190	56.05 %	.20	904	59.08 %
Married	1013	84.98 %	260	76.92 %	<.001	1530	83.20 %
Hypertension	747	62.77 %	241	70.88 %	.01	1530	64.58 %
Mean Systolic BPb	1170	134.36 (15.84)	333	134.12 (15.28)	.80	1503	134.31 (15.71)
Mean Diastolic BPb	1170	79.23 (9.83)	333	80.41 (10.03)	.06	1503	79.49 (9.89)
Mean BMIc	1165	28.89 (4.67)	333	29.64 (5.41)	.01	1498	29.06 (4.85)
Racial/ethnic discrimination	1193	0.60 (2.57)	340	7.75	<.001	1533	2.19 (5.83)
Stigma consciousness	1169	14.87 (5.03)	334	18.18 (6.27)	<.001	1503	15.60 (5.50)

Note. Cells may not sum to the total N for each column due to missing data; percentages are for available data.

^aFor the purpose of describing the sample, we subdivided years of education into corresponding degree categories illustrated in this table; however, years of education was entered as a continuous variable in all multivariable linear regression analyses;

^bblood pressure;

^cbody mass index