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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2017;10(8):1.

Table 1 –

Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health characteristics of the study population (20 to 50 years)

Weighted
N Percenta (SE)
Female (N=5,042)
 Male 2337 49.4 (0.6)
 Female 2705 50.6 (0.6)
Race/Ethnicity (N=5,042)
 Mexican American 1159 10.4 (1.2)
 Other Hispanic 200 4.1 (0.6)
 Non-Hispanic White 2274 67.1 (2.2)
 Non-Hispanic Black 1163 12.5 (1.4)
 Other Race (including Multi-Racial) 246 5.9 (0.6)
Obesity (N=5,042)
 BMI <30 3333 67.8 (1.1)
 BMI ≥30 1709 32.2 (1.1)
Smoking Status (N=5,042)
 Nonsmoker 3431 65.6 (1.3)
 Smoker 1611 34.4 (1.3)
Health Insurance (N=5,042)
 None 1511 24.4 (1.2)
 Insured 3531 75.6 (1.2)
Education (N=5,041)
 < High School 1200 16.0 (1.0)
 ≥ High School 3841 84.0 (1.0)
Family Poverty Income Ratio (N=4,839)
 ≤ 2 2152 33.4 (1.5)
 ≥ 2 2687 66.6 (1.5)
Worried would run out of foodb (N=4,937)
 Often/Sometimes true 1175 17.1 (0.9)
 Never true/Screened out 3762 82.9 (0.9)
Worried couldn’t afford balanced mealsb (N=4,934)
 Often/Sometimes true 789 11.9 (0.8)
 Never true/Screened out 4145 88.1 (0.8)
TV Watching (N=5,042)
 < 3 hours per day 3247 67.4 (1.0)
 ≥ 3 per day 1795 32.6 (1.0)
Moderate Activity (N=5,042)
 < 10 minutes 2198 38.2 (1.3)
 ≥ 10 minutes 2844 61.8 (1.3)
Vigorous Activity (N=5,042)
 < 10 minutes 3129 58.4 (1.1)
 ≥ 10 minutes 1913 41.6 (1.1)
Self-reported health status (N=5,042)
 Good/Very Good/Excellent 4203 86.9 (0.7)
 Poor/fair 834 13.1 (0.7)
Mental Health (N=4,582)
 ≥ 1 day with poor mental health 1852 42.2 (1.0)
 No days 2730 57.8 (1.0)
Medication Usec (N=5,036)
 Rx in past 12 months 1847 42.7 (0.9)
 None 3189 57.3 (0.9)
Hospitalizations (N=5,042)
 1 or more in past 12 months 476 8.3 (0.4)
 None 4566 91.7 (0.4)
Blood Pressured (N=4,784)
 High BP (diastolic ≥90 or systolic ≥140) 492 10.8 (0.5)
 Low BP 4292 89.2 (0.5)
HDL (N=4,815)
 < 60 mg/dL 3252 70.0 (0.9)
 ≥ 60 mg/dL 1563 30.0 (0.9)
CRP (n=4,822)
 ≥ 1 mg/dL 551 9.7 (0.4)
 < 1 mg/dL 4271 90.3 (0.4)
Glycohemoglobin (N=4,828)
 < 7% 4709 97.8 (0.2)
 ≥ 7% 119 2.2 (0.2)