Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of adults with and without HF in the PATH study.
| Respondents without Heart Failure (n = 31,542)1 | Respondents with Heart Failure (n = 484)1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted sample size (%) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted sample size (%) | Weighted % (95% CI) | p | |
| Age (years)2,3 | <.001 | ||||
| 18–34 | 15,318 (49%) | 31.31 (30.83 – 31.79) | 32 (7%) | 3.35 (2.24 –4.99) | |
| 35–54 | 9,560 (30%) | 34.84 (34.23 – 35.46) | 118 (24%) | 15.81 (12.05 – 20.47) | |
| 55 and older | 6,659 (21%) | 33.85 (33.42 – 34.28) | 334 (69%) | 80.84 (76.01 –84.89) | |
| Women2 | 15,655 (50%) | 52.04 (51.87 – 52.20) | 218 (45%) | 47.98 (41.81 – 54.21) | .21 |
| Race2 | <.001 | ||||
| White | 23,348 (74%) | 77.95 (77.64 – 78.26) | 342 (71%) | 79.69 (75.03 – 83.67) | |
| Black/African American | 4,876 (15%) | 12.15 (11.99 – 12.31) | 109 (23%) | 16.34 (12.88 – 20.52) | |
| Other | 3,318 (11%) | 9.90 (9.69 – 10.11) | 33 (7%) | 3.97 (2.58 – 6.05) | |
| Ethnicity, % Hispanic | 5,435 (17%) | 14.98 (14.88 – 15.08) | 43 (9%) | 8.28 (5.33 – 12.66) | <.01 |
| Education4 | <.001 | ||||
| GED/High school graduate or less | 13,553 (43%) | 40.59 (40.30– 40.63) | 288 (60%) | 65.13 (59.35 – 70.50) | |
| Some college or more | 17,837 (57%) | 59.54 (59.37 – 59.70) | 191 (40%) | 34.87 (29.50 – 40.65) | |
| Current Cigarette Only Use | 10,315 (33%) | 16.89 (16.38 – 17.42) | 184 (38%) | 17.72 (14.99 – 20.83) | .58 |
| Current E-Cigarette Only Use | 732 (2%) | 1.17 (1.06 – 1.29) | 10 (2%) | .99 (.55 – 1.79) | .60 |
| Dual Cigarette/E-Cigarette Use | 2,818 (9%) | 4.36 (4.16 – 4.58) | 60 (12%) | 5.32 (3.88 – 7.25) | .21 |
| No use of cigarettes OR e-cigarettes | 17,677 (56%) | 77.58 (76.97 – 78.18) | 230 (48%) | 75.96 (72.07 – 79.46) | .38 |
Note. CI=Confidence Interval; GED= General Education Diploma.
p values calculated using Pearson χ2 tests.
1
Analyses restricted to adults without missing data on cigarette and e-cigarette use.
2
Imputed variable was used
3
Data was missing for five participants.
4
Data was missing for 157 participants. Of the 157, 5 individuals with HF were missing education.