Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics by Race (HRS 2004–2012) (N = 7,280)

	Full sample	Whites	Blacks	p-value
	(N = 7,280)	(N = 6,276)	(N = 1,004)
	Mean/Prop.	Mean/Prop.	Mean/Prop.
Outcomes
Log C-reactive protein	1.173	1.150	1.385	<.001
Metabolic dysregulation	2.464	2.410	2.988	<.001
Domain-specific stressors
Lifetime traumas	0.160	0.160	0.165	.420
Stressful events	0.058	0.057	0.072	.015
Financial strain	2.456	2.417	2.821	<.001
Ongoing chronic strains	1.521	1.514	1.591	.003
Everyday discrimination	1.682	1.664	1.849	<.001
Major discrimination	0.091	0.086	0.142	<.001
Composite stressors
High risk stress burden
High on 0 stressors	0.301	0.313	0.193	<.001
High on 1 stressor	0.272	0.277	0.221
High on 2 stressors	0.189	0.186	0.223
High on 3 stressors	0.12	0.115	0.160
High on 4 or more stressors	0.118	0.109	0.203
Cumulative stress burden	0.08	0.047	0.390	<.001
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age	63.924	64.119	62.117	<.001
Gender (1 = female)	0.541	0.533	0.615	<.001
Socioeconomic factors
Education
<High school	0.012	0.097	0.283	<.001
High school	0.355	0.358	0.327
Some college	0.253	0.255	0.232
BA+	0.277	0.290	0.157
Total household wealth	567,240	612,905	144,040	<.001
Total household income	75,482	79,241	40,647	<.001
Marital status
Married	0.643	0.672	0.379	<.001
Partnered	0.037	0.036	0.051
Separated or divorced	0.137	0.120	0.294
Widowed	0.147	0.141	0.197
Never married	0.036	0.031	0.079

Note: Weighted descriptive statistics. Sample sized based on CRP analytic sample, with exception of metabolic dysregulation outcome (N = 6,542). p-value of t test (two-tailed test) or chi-square test indicating race difference in mean/proportion.

HRS = Health and Retirement Study.