Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of Jackson Heart Study Participants by Sex^*

Characteristic	Total (N=2967)	Women (n=1949)	Men (n=1018)	P value
Age, y	54.0 (12.3)	54.3 (12.3)	53.5 (12.2)	0.09
Education	(n=2963)	(n=1947)	(n=1016)	0.16
Less than high school	436 (14.7)	273 (14.0)	163 (16.0)
High school graduate/GED	527 (17.8)	361 (18.5)	166 (16.3)
Vocational/trade school or college graduate	2000 (67.5)	1313 (67.4)	687 (67.6)
Income status	(n=2550)	(n=1672)	(n=878)	<0.001
Poor	296 (11.6)	233 (13.9)	63 (7.2)
Lower‐middle	574 (22.5)	413 (24.7)	161 (18.3)
Upper‐middle	818 (32.1)	551 (33.0)	267 (30.4)
Affluent	862 (33.8)	475 (28.4)	387 (44.1)
Health insured	2583/2960 (87.3)	1692/1944 (87.0)	891/1016 (87.7)	0.61
Married	1689/2961 (57.0)	934/1945 (48.0)	755/1016 (74.3)	<0.001
Cardiovascular risk factors
Hypertension	1554 (52.4)	1069 (54.8)	485 (47.6)	<0.001
Diabetes	512 (17.3)	347 (17.8)	165 (16.2)	0.27
Hyperlipidemia	342/2964 (11.5)	231/1947 (11.9)	111/1017 (10.9)	0.44
Current smoker	310 (10.4)	163 (8.4)	147 (14.4)	<0.001
LS7 composite score	7.3 (2.1)	7.2 (2.0)	7.3 (2.1)	0.28
Religiosity measures
Religious attendance	5.0 (0.9)	5.1 (0.8)	4.8 (1.1)	<0.001
Private prayer	7.2 (1.3)	7.4 (1.1)	6.9 (1.5)	<0.001
Religious coping	3.6 (0.6) (n=2914)	3.6 (0.6) (n=1913)	3.5 (0.7) (n=1001)	<0.001
Spirituality measures
Theistic subscale score	14.9 (2.5)	15.2 (2.2)	14.3 (2.8)	<0.001
Nontheistic subscale score	14.3 (2.6)	14.5 (2.5)	13.8 (2.8)	<0.001
DSES total score	29.2 (4.7)	29.7 (4.3)	28.2 (5.3)	<0.001
Chronic stress score	4.0 (2.0, 8.0) (n=2947)	5.0 (2.0, 8.0) (n=1932)	3.0 (1.0, 7.0) (n=1015)	<0.001
Social network score	4.2 (0.8) (n=2936)	4.2 (0.8) (n=1931)	4.3 (0.9) (n=1005)	<0.001

DSES indicates Daily Spiritual Experience Scale; GED, General Educational Development; and LS7, Life's Simple 7.

^*Data are presented as mean (SD), n (%), or median (Q1, Q3).