Table 1.

Means and Proportions of Study Variables at Baseline, by Gender and Skin Color

	Men				Women
	Light	Medium	Dark	Total	Light	Medium	Dark	Total
Cumulative Biological Riska	1.798	1.811	2.039	1.886	2.156	2.359*	2.964*†	2.412*
Systolic Blood Pressure	.260	.275	.267	.269	.202	.265	.327†	.258
Diastolic Blood Pressure	.298	.305	.325	.311	.243	.305	.333†	.292
Creatinine	.010	.027	.059	.035	.027	.020	.069†	.032
HDL Cholesterol	.324	.314	.307	.313	.373	.401*	.457*	.403*
Total Cholesterol	.098	.098	.102	.100	.062	.059	.074	.063*
Triglycerides	.245	.155†	.210	.189	.073*	.063*	.062*	.066*
Waist Circumference	.038	.037	.078	.051	.421*	.494*	.657*†	.503*
C-reactive Protein	.260	.292	.292	.287	.445*	.458*	.541*	.470*
Glucose	.098	.119	.141	.123	.089	.082	.179†	.102
Insulin	.198	.204	.270	.225	.257	.268*	.329	.276*
Self-Rated Health	2.442	2.397	2.510	2.443	2.573	2.573*	2.652	2.588*
Sociodemographic Factors
High School or Less	.345	.397	.465†	.411	.266	.299*	.326†	.294*
Some College	.334	.385	.333†	.358	.392	.434*	.448†	.423*
College or More	.321	.218	.202†	.231	.342	.267*	.227*†	.283*
Income	6.264	6.002	5.623†	5.919	5.931	5.609*†	5.532†	5.693*
Married	.549	.566	.477	.532	.456	.461*	.425	.423*
Health Insurance	.875	.860	.836	.855	.929	.875†	.897	.895*
Chronic Burdens	.790	.749	.765	.762	.947	.827†	.950*	.887*
Racial/Color Discrimination	.697	.626	.590	.626	.591	.579	.618	.590
Controls
Age	40.163	39.418	39.646	39.663	39.985	39.748	39.500	39.772
Medication Use	.225	.216	.236	.225	.296	369*†	424*†	.357*
Waves Missing (total)	.326	.286	.301	.299	.232*	.205*	.203*	.213*
N	146	383	277	806	333	552	202	1087

^*p < .05 significant difference between men and women of same skin tone

^†p < .05 significant difference among skin tones within gender (ref=light skin tone)

^aValues of individual CBR biomarkers indicate proportion of group in high risk category according to clinical cutoff points