Table 1. Selected sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of the 158 participants included in the study (Detroit Neighborhood Health Study; DNHS).
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Overall (n=158) |
Women (n=96) |
Men (n=62) |
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| Chronological age in years, mean ± SD | 54.0 ± 13.6 | 54.7 ± 12.8 | 50.2 ± 14.5 |
| Race, N (%) | |||
| Black | 138 (87) | 82 (85) | 56 (90) |
| Non-Black | 20 (12.7) | 14 (14.6) | 6 (9.7) |
| Education, N (%) | |||
| ≤High school | 81 (51) | 40 (42) | 41 (66) |
| >High school | 77 (48.7) | 56 (58.3) | 21 (33.9) |
| Employment status, N (%) | |||
| Unemployed | 109 (69.4) | 65 (67.7) | 44 (72.1) |
| Employed | 48 (31) | 31 (32) | 17 (27) |
| Lifetime smoking status | |||
| Never smoker | 40 (25.3) | 28 (29.2) | 12 (19.4) |
| Ever smoker | 118 (75) | 68 (71) | 50 (81) |
| Lifetime alcohol intake, N (%) | |||
| Never drinker | 31 (19.6) | 23 (24.0) | 8 (12.9) |
| Ever drinker | 127 (80) | 73 (76) | 54 (87) |
| Years lived in current neighborhood, mean ± SD | 18.2 ± 16.5 | 18.2 ± 16.4 | 18.2 ± 16.9 |
| Neighborhood poverty, mean ± SD | 38.1 ± 9.3 | 37.8 ± 9.9 | 37.1 ± 8.6 |
| Neighborhood social cohesion score, mean ± SD | 8.1 ± 2.1 | 8.2 ± 2.2 | 8.1 ± 2.1 |
| Horvath DNA methylation age, mean ± SD | 60.7 ± 11.5 | 62.1 ± 11.2 | 58.6 ± 11.2 |
| Hannum DNA methylation age, mean ± SD | 58.6 ± 11.3 | 59.8 ± 10.6 | 56.8 ± 12.2 |
| Levine’s PhenoAge, mean ± SD | 50.9 ± 13.8 | 53.3 ± 13.2 | 47.2 ± 13.9 |