Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by race/ethnicity, mean (SD) or percent

Variable	White	Black	Hispanic	Black–white difference*	Hispanic–white difference*
Female	51.43	54.50	51.54	P = 0.414	P = 0.400
Age (wave IV)	28.24 (1.66)	28.51 (2.23)	28.39 (2.22)	P = 0.243	P = 0.523
Adolescent disadvantage index	3.65 (3.18)	10.13 (5.23)	7.15 (5.35)	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
College degree	32.58	20.77	19.27	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Depressive symptoms	4.55 (3.71)	6.07 (5.24)	5.65 (4.85)	P < 0.001	P = 0.004
Metabolic syndrome	25.81	34.70	32.08	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
N	6,901	2,482	1,403

^*P values of two-tailed t tests for continuous variables; χ² tests for dichotomous or categorical variables.