Table 1.
Demographic and health related characteristics of the participants.
| Characteristics | Hispanic n (%) |
Asian American n (%) |
African American n (%) |
White n (%) |
Total n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | |||||
| High school | 43 (16.9) | 30 (12.9) | 17 (6.8) | 51 (16.1) | 141 (13.4) |
| High school over | 212 (83.1) | 203 (87.1) | 233 (93.2) | 265 (83.9) | 913 (86.6) |
| Marriage | |||||
| Married/partnered | 172 (67.5) | 196 (84.1) | 134 (53.6) | 212 (67.1) | 714 (67.7) |
| Non-married/partnered | 83 (32.5) | 37 (15.9) | 116 (46.4) | 104 (32.9) | 340 (32.3) |
| Employment | |||||
| Employed | 208 (81.6) | 145 (62.2) | 209 (83.6) | 228 (72.2) | 790 (75.0) |
| Unemployed | 47 (18.4) | 88 (37.8) | 41 (16.4) | 88 (27.8) | 264 (25.0) |
| Family income | |||||
| Very hard to pay | 41 (16.1) | 20 (8.6) | 32 (12.8) | 92 (29.1) | 185 (17.6) |
| Somewhat to pay | 104 (40.8) | 88 (37.8) | 102 (40.8) | 112 (35.4) | 406 (38.5) |
| Not hard to pay | 110 (43.1) | 125 (53.6) | 116 (46.4) | 112 (35.4) | 463 (43.9) |
| County of Birth | |||||
| The United States (U.S.) | 195 (76.5) | 62 (26.6) | 244 (97.6) | 309 (97.8) | 810 (76.9) |
| Outside the U.S. | 60 (23.5) | 171 (73.4) | 6 (2.4) | 7 (2.2) | 244 (23.1) |
| Diagnosed diseases | |||||
| No | 137 (53.7) | 170 (73.0) | 126 (50.4) | 149 (47.2) | 582 (55.2) |
| Yes | 118 (46.3) | 63 (27.0) | 124 (49.6) | 167 (52.8) | 472 (44.8) |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 44 (17.3) | 30 (12.9) | 65 (26.0) | 48 (15.2) | 187 (17.7) |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | |||||
| Low weight (≤19.9) | 5 (2.0) | 17 (7.3) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (1.3) | 27 (2.6) |
| Normal (20.0–24.9) | 67 (26.3) | 148 (63.5) | 58 (23.2) | 123 (38.9) | 396 (37.6) |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 83 (32.5) | 54 (23.2) | 61 (24.4) | 67 (21.2) | 265 (25.1) |
| Obese (≥30) | 100 (39.2) | 14 (6.0) | 130 (52.0) | 122 (38.6) | 366 (34.7) |
| Menopause status | |||||
| Premenopausal | 71 (27.8) | 78 (33.5) | 61 (24.4) | 77 (24.4) | 287 (27.2) |
| Early peri-menopausal | 61 (23.9) | 59 (25.3) | 57 (22.8) | 75 (23.7) | 252 (23.9) |
| Late peri-menopausal | 26 (10.2) | 17 (7.3) | 20 (8.0) | 34 (10.8) | 97 (9.2) |
| Postmenopausal | 97 (38.0) | 79 (33.9) | 112 (44.8) | 130 (41.1) | 418 (39.7) |
| 255 (100.0) | 233 (100.0) | 250 (100.0) | 316 (100.0) | 1054 (100.0) | |