Table 2.

Descriptive characteristics of participants

Characteristic	Men (n = 195)	Women (n = 309)	P valuea	Men proportions	Women proportions
Age (years)			<  0.001
18–29	4	25		2.1	8.1
30–39	9	46		4.6	14.9
40–49	32	41		16.4	13.3
50–59	56	82		28.7	26.6
60–64	42	51		21.5	16.6
65+	52	63		26.7	20.5
Race			0.15
Caucasian (non-Hispanic)	186	300		95.4	97.7
Otherc	9	9		4.6	2.3
Education			0.16
College graduate	124	176		63.6	57.3
Not a college graduate	71	131		36.4	42.7
Income			<  0.01
Less than US$25,000	12	51		10.8	16.8
US$25,000 to US$49,999	38	93		19.6	30.6
US$50,000 to US$74,999	58	71		29.9	23.4
US$75,000 to US$99,999	47	47		17.5	15.5
US$100,000+	42	42		22.2	13.8
Marital status			<  0.01
With partner (married or domestic partnership)	157	214		80.5	69.5
Without partner	38	95		19.5	30.5
Current health status			0.75
Poor/fair	6	6		3.1	2.0
Good	51	73		26.2	23.8
Very good	114	185		58.5	60.3
Excellent	24	43		12.3	14.0
Cardiovascular disease / risk factors
Heart problems	31	15	< .0001	15.9	4.9
Peripheral vascular disease	3	1	.30b	1.5	0.3
Stroke	5	4	.32b	2.6	1.3
Hypertension	76	102	.17	39.0	33.0
High cholesterol	106	129	< .01	54.4	41.8
Diabetes	31	33	.09	15.9	10.7
Any CVD (or risk factor)	151	191	< .001	77.4	61.8

^aUsing chi-square test unless otherwise noted

^bFisher’s exact test

^cAfrican-American (non-Hispanic), Asian, Pacific Islanders, Latino or Hispanic, Native American or Aleut, self-reported “other,” or prefer not to answer