TABLE 1—
Comparison of Sociodemographic Characteristics According to Vital Status at the End of Follow-Up: CARDIA, United States, 1985–2017
| Total No. (n = 5114) | Deceased (n = 395), Mean ±SD or No. (%) | Living (n = 4719), Mean ±SD or No. (%) | Pa | |
| Age at enrollment, y | 24.85 ±3.7 | 25.5 ±3.7 | 24.8 ±3.7 | < .001 |
| Sex | < .001 | |||
| Female | 2787 | 152 (5.3) | 2635 (94.5) | |
| Male | 2327 | 243 (10.4) | 2084 (89.5) | |
| Race/ethnicity | < .001 | |||
| Black | 2637 | 246 (9.3) | 2391 (90.7) | |
| White | 2477 | 149 (6.0) | 2328 (94.0) | |
| Highest education, y | 15.2 ±2.6 | 14.0 ±2.5 | 15.3 ±2.6 | < .001 |
| Maximum education level | < .001 | |||
| High school or less | 1072 | 144 (13.4) | 928 (86.6) | |
| Some college | 1676 | 137 (8.2) | 1539 (91.2) | |
| College graduates | 2366 | 114 (4.8) | 2252 (95.2) | |
| Pay for basics | < .001 | |||
| Not very hard | 3559 | 237 (6.7) | 3322 (93.3) | |
| Somewhat hard | 1026 | 98 (9.6) | 928 (90.4) | |
| Hard | 287 | 33 (11.5) | 254 (88.5) | |
| Very hard | 242 | 27 (11.2) | 215 (88.8) |
Note. CARDIA = Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.
a
t test for continuous variables and χ2 for categorical variables.