Table 1.
Distribution of Selected Characteristics of U.S. Adults Men Over 20 Years of Age in 1999–2016; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
| All N = 17,238 |
White NH n = 9,511 |
Black NH n = 4,166 |
Mexican American n = 3,561 |
p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | M/% | M/% | M/% | M/% | |
| BMI (M, SD) | 28.5 (4.9) | 28.6 (3.9) | 28.8 (8.3) | 29.0 (6.7) | .000 |
| BMI<30 | 33.1 | 33.3 | 35.2 | 35.9 | .000 |
| BMI>30 | 66.9 | 66.7 | 64.8 | 64.1 | |
| Obesity class (if BMI>30) | |||||
| BMI 30–35 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 23.9 | .000 |
| BMI 35–40 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 7.2 | |
| BMI >40 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 4.8 | |
| The ratio of family income to poverty (%) | |||||
| Low PIR (PIR <0.1.16) | 15.1 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 35.2 | .000 |
| Medium PIR (PIR: 1.17–2.81) | 28.6 | 26.0 | 35.8 | 41.3 | |
| High PIR (PIR: 2.82–5.00) | 56.3 | 62.9 | 38.4 | 23.5 | |
| Sociodemographic variables | |||||
| Age in years at screening (M, SD) | 46.0 (13.7) | 47.8 (11.4) | 43.5 (18.9) | 39.1 (17.0) | .000 |
| Age categories | |||||
| 20–24 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 12.9 | 15.1 | .000 |
| 25–44 | 39.1 | 35.7 | 41.3 | 53.9 | |
| 45–64 | 35.4 | 37.6 | 34.6 | 24.7 | |
| 65+ | 15.6 | 18.2 | 11.2 | 6.3 | |
| Racial/ethnical groups (%) | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 70.8 | 100.0% | — | — | — |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 9.8 | — | 100.0% | — | |
| Mexican American | 8.5 | — | — | 100.0% | |
| Marital status (%) | |||||
| Married | 68.3 | 70.5 | 52.9 | 71.3 | .000 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| Less than high school | 17.5 | 11.7 | 26.0 | 50.0 | .000 |
| High school graduate/GED | 24.5 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 22.3 | .432 |
| More than high school | 58.0 | 63.2 | 46.1 | 27.7 | .000 |
| Health system variables (%) | |||||
| Covered by any kind of health insurance | 79.9 | 85.9 | 71.3 | 50.5 | .000 |
| Health behaviors | |||||
| Smoking status (%) | |||||
| Never | 46.5 | 44.8 | 50.6 | 50.6 | 0.000 |
| Former | 29.0 | 31.6 | 17.6 | 25.2 | |
| Current | 24.5 | 23.6 | 31.8 | 24.2 | |
| Drinking status (%) | |||||
| Never | 7.6 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 5.7 | 0.000 |
| Former | 7.1 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 6.7 | |
| Current | 85.2 | 87.0 | 77.2 | 87.6 | |
| Physical inactivity (%) | |||||
| Has no rigorous or moderate activities | 38.5 | 36.1 | 43.3 | 50.7 | 0.000 |
| Self-report Health (%) | |||||
| Fair-poor (=1, if fair-poor) | 15.8 | 13.3 | 20.4 | 29.0 | 0.000 |
| Comorbidity | 0.8(1.0) | 0.9(0.9) | 69.3(1.3) | 39.4 (1.0) | 0.000 |
| Household structure (%) | |||||
| Live alone (=1, if alone) | 11.8 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 0.094 |
| Total number of people in the household | 3.0 (1.3) | 2.8 (0.9) | 3.2 (2.0) | 4.1 (2.1) | 0.000 |
Note. NH = Non-Hispanic; BMI = body mass index; PIR = poverty income ratio; SD = standard deviation; M = mean..