Table 1.
Demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics of the study population.
Variable | Category | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
All | 186 | 100% | |
Sex | Female | 125 | 67.2% |
Male | 61 | 32.8% | |
Race | White | 106 | 57.0% |
African American | 66 | 35.5% | |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0.5% | |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 2.2% | |
Other or mixed | 8 | 4.3% | |
Not reported | 1 | 0.5% | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic | 13 | 7.0% |
Not Hispanic | 173 | 93.0% | |
Education | Did not graduate from high school | 13 | 7.0% |
High school | 29 | 15.6% | |
Some college, no degree | 34 | 18.3% | |
Associate degree | 13 | 7.0% | |
Bachelor’s degree | 55 | 29.6% | |
Post baccalaureate degree | 42 | 22.6% | |
Smoking status | Current smoker | 49 | 26.3% |
Not a current smoker | 136 | 73.1% | |
Not reported | 1 | 0.5% | |
BMI category | Obese | 53 | 28.5% |
Overweight | 50 | 26.0% | |
Normal | 80 | 43.0% | |
Underweight | 3 | 1.6% |