Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics in the Sample

	White				Brown				Black				Total
	Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age, y
35–44	266	26.39	313	24.41	130	30.81	123	30.67	70	31.25	80	28.67	466	28.17	516	26.30
45–54	411	40.77	532	41.50	205	48.58	201	50.12	106	47.32	136	48.75	722	43.65	869	44.29
55–64	228	22.62	341	26.60	74	17.54	71	17.71	40	17.86	54	19.35	342	20.68	466	23.75
65–75	103	10.22	96	7.49	13	3.08	6	1.50	8	3.57	9	3.23	124	7.50	111	5.66
HTN
N	732	72.69	1040	81.12	257	60.90	304	75.81	144	64.29	196	70.25	1133	68.54	1540	78.49
Y	275	27.31	242	18.88	165	39.10	97	24.19	80	35.71	83	29.75	520	31.46	422	21.51
Dyslipidemia
N	684	67.99	891	69.50	307	73.10	297	74.06	165	73.66	200	71.94	1156	70.06	1388	70.78
Y	322	32.01	391	30.50	113	26.90	104	25.94	59	26.34	78	28.06	494	29.94	573	29.22
Cigarette smoking
Never	519	51.49	744	58.03	204	48.34	236	58.85	95	42.41	142	50.90	818	49.46	1122	57.19
Former	344	34.13	360	28.08	139	32.94	91	22.69	81	36.16	72	25.81	564	34.10	523	26.66
Current	145	14.38	178	13.88	79	18.72	74	18.45	48	21.43	65	23.30	272	16.44	317	16.16
Education
Basic education	117	11.61	71	5.54	124	31.39	75	18.70	64	28.57	49	17.56	305	18.75	195	9.94
Secondary school	353	35.02	457	35.65	203	51.39	219	54.61	132	58.93	152	54.48	688	42.29	828	42.20
University	538	53.37	754	58.81	68	17.22	107	26.68	28	12.50	78	27.96	634	38.97	939	47.86
Family income
HHI/year < $20 000	104	10.35	97	7.60	109	25.89	92	23.12	65	29.02	75	26.88	278	16.85	264	13.51
HHI/year ≥ $20 000	901	89.65	1180	92.40	312	74.11	306	76.88	159	70.98	204	73.12	1372	83.15	1690	86.49
BMI, kg/m2
<25	370	36.71	518	40.41	151	35.78	118	29.43	62	27.68	56	30.82	583	35.25	722	36.80
25– < 30	450	44.64	471	36.74	176	41.71	174	43.39	116	51.79	104	37.28	742	44.86	749	38.18
30– < 40	175	17.36	273	21.29	99	20.85	101	25.19	44	19.64	80	28.67	307	18.56	454	23.14
BMI >40	13	1.29	20	1.56	7	1.66	8	2.00	2	0.89	9	3.23	22	1.33	37	1.89

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HHI, household income; HTN, hypertension; N, no; Y, yes.