Table 3a.
Age patterning of educational disparities in cardiovascular and metabolic health conditions, females, United States, 1999–2014.
| Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 - 29 | 30 - 34 | 35 - 39 | 40 - 44 | 45 - 49 | 50 - 54 | 55 - 59 | 60 - 64 | 65 - 69 | Total | |
| Diabetes | x | x | x | x | 5.7 | 6.1 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 16.9 | 10.3 |
| (0.00) | (0.02) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |||||
| Low HDL | 10.6 | 14.7 | 9.6 | 16.8 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 11.3 |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.02) | (0.00) | (0.11) | (0.05) | (0.28) | (0.00) | |
| High cholesterol/HDL ratio | 6.4 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 7.2 | 12.8 |
| (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.25) | (0.00) | |
| High triglycerides | 5.3 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 21.5 | 23.8 | 5.8 | 14.3 |
| (0.42) | (0.19) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.16) | (0.04) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.30) | (0.00) | |
| High C-reactive protein | 6.8 | 3.2 | 22.6 | 18.1 | 11.1 | 17.9 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 14.1 |
| (0.24) | (0.25) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.04) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.04) | (0.00) | |
| Hypertension | x | 2.6 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 18.1 | 13.3 | 12.0 |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | ||
| Obesity | 19.3 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 17.6 | 13.3 | 9.4 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 7.8 | 16.2 |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.03) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.27) | (0.00) | |
| Metabolic syndrome | 6.6 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 29.6 | 16.0 | 19.6 | 29.6 | 25.8 | 21.1 | 20.9 |
| (0.32) | (0.03) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.03) | (0.00) | |
| High waist circumference | 17.2 | 15.7 | 24.9 | 21.2 | 15.7 | 20.4 | 18.5 | 10.4 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
| High fasting glucose | 3.1 | 3.2 | 16.6 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 15.1 | 17.7 | 12.0 |
| (0.71) | (0.51) | (0.00) | (0.05) | (0.03) | (0.02) | 0.28) | (0.07) | (0.01) | (0.00) | |
| Any cardiovascular condition or risk factor | 14.5 | 10.0 | 27.1 | 22.4 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 5.2 | 16.3 |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.07) | (0.00) | |
Magnitudes of disparities (the top cell in each pair) were calculated as percentage point differences between prevalences of each condition for those who at most graduated high school and those who had a college education or more. P-values from chi-square tests for statistical significance of differences in prevalence of each condition across all 3 educational categories are in parentheses. Each “x” indicates that, for a particular age range, a condition or risk factor did not yet afflict at least 5% of the gender-specific sample.