Table 1.
Baseline characteristics (proportion or mean value) by race/ethnicity and G*statistic level: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2000–2011
| Black | Hispanic | White | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low <0 |
Medium ≥0 & ≤1.96 |
High >1.96 |
P-value | Low <0 |
Medium ≥0 & ≤1.96 |
High >1.96 |
P-value | Low <0 |
Medium ≥0 & ≤1.96 |
High >1.96 |
P-value | |
| N | 270 | 372 | 986 | 250 | 221 | 839 | 1108 | 994 | 266 | |||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 29.91 (5.23) |
30.37 (5.78) |
30.07 (5.83) | 0.56 | 29.41 (5.35) | 28.96 (4.47) |
29.70 (5.23) | 0.16 | 28.12 (5.25) | 27.58 (4.76) |
26.39 (4.84) | <0.01 |
| Neighborhood poverty | 11.65 (11.90) | 17.20 (12.14) | 22.91 (11.85) | <0.01 | 10.84 (9.09) | 15.97 (10.86) | 25.84 (11.01) | <0.01 | 14.50 (7.77) | 6.05 (4.25) |
7.25 (2.47) | <0.01 |
| Age | 60.03 (9.27) |
60.14 (9.17) |
62.71 (10.23) | <0.01 | 61.71 (10.30) | 61.08 (10.24) | 61.25 (10.29) | 0.77 | 60.94 (10.18) | 63.64 (10.05) |
62.56 (9.62) | <0.01 |
| Female | 55.93 | 54.57 | 54.56 | 0.92 | 49.60 | 48.87 | 53.52 | 0.33 | 52.89 | 49.70 | 53.01 | 0.30 |
| Years of education | 14.46 (2.93) |
13.75 (2.94) |
13.54 (3.04) | <0.01 | 12.33 (3.82) | 10.05 (4.53) |
9.19 (4.70) | <0.01 | 14.56 (2.83) | 14.67 (2.63) |
16.00 (2.63) | <0.01 |
| Household per capita income ($10,000) | 3.13 (1.87) |
2.64 (1.78) |
2.46 (1.76) | <0.01 | 2.23 (1.78) | 1.71 (1.38) |
1.30 (1.12) | <0.01 | 3.14 (2.02) | 3.71 (2.28) |
5.06 (2.50) | <0.01 |
| Wealth index | 2.58 (1.22) |
2.62 (1.12) |
2.33 (1.27) | <0.01 | 2.07 (1.32) | 1.90 (1.32) |
1.44 (1.14) | <0.01 | 2.91 (0.92) | 3.14 (0.81) |
2.69 (1.13) | <0.01 |
| Employment status | <0.01 | 0.04 | <0.01 | |||||||||
| Not working/Homemaker | 7.41 | 6.99 | 11.56 | 15.60 | 15.84 | 21.93 | 10.38 | 14.99 | 8.27 | |||
| Retired | 29.26 | 29.57 | 38.34 | 29.20 | 32.13 | 31.82 | 27.98 | 31.39 | 28.20 | |||
| Currently working | 63.33 | 63.44 | 50.10 | 55.20 | 52.04 | 46.25 | 61.64 | 53.62 | 63.53 | |||
| Language: Spanish | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.20 | 45.25 | 61.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.02 | ||
| Foreign Born | 56.40 | 59.28 | 72.35 | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Currently married | 55.19 | 55.38 | 41.89 | <0.01 | 61.20 | 58.82 | 61.03 | 0.82 | 62.18 | 74.85 | 59.02 | <0.01 |
| Diagnosed with cancer | 5.56 | 4.57 | 6.29 | 0.47 | 9.20 | 6.33 | 3.34 | <0.01 | 9.84 | 14.29 | 16.54 | <0.01 |
| Smoking status | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||||||||
| Never | 50.74 | 47.58 | 42.29 | 49.60 | 56.11 | 54.47 | 43.05 | 46.68 | 42.86 | |||
| Former | 33.70 | 36.29 | 38.13 | 40.80 | 31.67 | 30.87 | 44.22 | 43.66 | 50.38 | |||
| Current | 15.56 | 16.13 | 19.57 | 9.60 | 12.22 | 14.66 | 12.73 | 9.66 | 6.77 | |||
| Years lived in neighborhood | 14.93 (11.85) |
15.97 (11.51) | 22.51 (14.26) | <0.01 | 17.89 (12.69) | 17.86 (13.91) | 19.28 (14.49) | 0.22 | 23.29 (15.65) | 17.55 (14.15) |
21.67 (12.50) | <0.01 |
| Study site | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | |||||||||
| Wake Forest | 54.81 | 43.82 | 11.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.48 | 41.35 | 0.00 | |||
| Columbia | 31.48 | 13.98 | 20.69 | 29.60 | 23.98 | 37.90 | 5.87 | 1.11 | 49.25 | |||
| Johns Hopkins | 8.52 | 34.14 | 31.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.58 | 21.23 | 3.38 | |||
| UMN | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.40 | 35.75 | 27.89 | 40.61 | 11.37 | 0.00 | |||
| Northwestern | 2.59 | 5.11 | 24.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.60 | 19.42 | 46.99 | |||
| UCLA | 2.59 | 2.96 | 12.07 | 36.00 | 40.27 | 34.21 | 5.87 | 5.53 | 0.38 | |||
Note: P-values reflect two-sided tests.