Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for demographic/clinical characteristics, modifiable risk factors, and cardiovascular disease in women

	Heterosexual Women (N=7157)	Sexual Minority Women (N=346)	p-value
Demographic and clinical characteristics	% or mean
Age (mean)	40.1	34.7	<0.001*
Family income to poverty ratio (mean)	2.6	2.0	<0.001*
Race/ethnicity			0.26
Non-Hispanic White	69.7	72.9
Non-Hispanic Black	11.8	13.0
Hispanic	13.0	9.2
Other	5.5	4.9
Education			0.39
Less than high school	13.7	16.7
High school	21.0	19.2
Some college	34.3	37.7
College graduate or greater	31.0	26.4
Relationship status			<0.001
Married/Partnered	66.3	40.9
Widowed	1.8	0.1
Divorced	11.1	13.8
Separated	2.9	2.3
Never married	17.9	42.9
CVD family history	23.9	27.2	0.36
Health insurance coverage	81.9	72.5	<0.001*
Modifiable risk factors
Frequent mental distress	14.6	28.3	<0.001*
Current tobacco use	21.6	44.5	<0.001*
Binge drinking	26.9	46.2	<0.001*
Meets physical activity recommendations	30.5	34.6	0.69
Adequate fat intake	19.1	18.1	0.72
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)	61.7	63.6	0.69
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	34.1	43.0	0.03*
Hypertension self-report	23.8	18.6	0.11
Hypertension (SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90)	8.4	6.8	0.51
Pre-hypertension (SBP 120–129 and/or DBP 80–89)	30.4	27.6	0.23
Diabetes self-report	5.3	6.5	0.46
Diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 6.5%)	4.1	2.7	0.29
Pre-diabetes (HbA1c 5.7–6.4%)	14.1	15.7	0.56
High total cholesterol self-report	24.1	17.6	0.06
High total cholesterol (≥ 240 mg/dL)	15.3	12.5	0.36
Borderline high total cholesterol (200–239 mg/dL)	30.1	24.9	0.10
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease	3.3	2.8	0.67

Note. N= 7503; BMI = body mass index; SBP= systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; HbA1c = glycosylated hemoglobin.

^*p <0.05.