Table 1.
Characteristics of participants by gender, NHANES 2007–2014 (n = 8,322)
| Variable | Male | Female | χ2 | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %* | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |||
| Race | 11.549 | 0.016 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 2,019 | 70.1 | (66.6, 73.4) | 1,998 | 70.3 | (66.9, 73.5) | ||
| Non-Hispanic black | 771 | 9.1 | (7.5, 10.9) | 824 | 10.9 | (9.2, 13.0) | ||
| Other | 1,379 | 20.8 | (18.1, 23.8) | 1,331 | 18.8 | (16.3, 21.5) | ||
| Education | 6.250 | 0.038 | ||||||
| <High school | 2,082 | 40.3 | (37.0, 43.7) | 1,849 | 37.6 | (34.6, 40.7) | ||
| >High school | 2,087 | 59.7 | (56.3, 63.0) | 2,304 | 62.4 | (59.3, 65.4) | ||
| Income | 22.125 | 0.002 | ||||||
| Low income | 827 | 14.8 | (12.8, 17.0) | 963 | 17.0 | (15.0, 19.2) | ||
| Middle income | 1,724 | 34.4 | (32.0, 36.9) | 1,743 | 37.3 | (34.4, 40.2) | ||
| High income | 1,618 | 50.8 | (47.4, 54.2) | 1,447 | 45.7 | (42.3, 49.2) | ||
| Smoking | 129.249 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 2,244 | 51.8 | (48.9, 54.6) | 1,548 | 39.3 | (36.8, 42.0) | ||
| No | 1,925 | 48.2 | (45.4, 51.1) | 2,605 | 60.7 | (58.0, 63.2) | ||
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||||
| Yes | 3,482 | 86.6 | (84.7, 88.3) | 2,607 | 69.9 | (67.0, 72.6) | 340.871 | <0.001 |
| No | 687 | 13.4 | (11.7, 15.3) | 1,546 | 30.1 | (27.4, 33.0) | ||
*
All data are weighted to be nationally representative.