Table 1.
Participant characteristics by racial and ethnic group and sex
| Male | Female | |||||||
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| Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | Hispanic | Non-Hispanic Asian | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | Hispanic | Non-Hispanic Asian | |
| N | 3,384 | 1,751 | 1,884 | 950 | 3,322 | 1,896 | 2,035 | 950 |
| Weighted N | 96,791,827 | 10,714,825 | 18,281,043 | 4,840,506 | 89,757,601 | 12,239,383 | 16,599,341 | 5,090,476 |
| Age, mean (SE) | 49.2 (17.1) | 44.5 (16.2) | 41.2 (14.6) | 43.1 (15.4) | 51.2 (17.1) | 45.7 (16.2) | 42.9 (15.5) | 45.2 (15.7) |
| Cardiovascular health score | 7.58 (2.3) | 7.48 (2.4) | 7.45 (2.3) | 8.71 (2.2) | 8.00 (2.5) | 7.43 (2.3) | 8.03 (2.4) | 9.34 (2.1) |
| History of CVD | 10.3% | 8.6% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 4.2% | 3.0% |
| Education level | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 9.0% | 17.4% | 36.0% | 8.9% | 7.9% | 14.1% | 33.3% | 11.4% |
| High school graduate | 23.6% | 31.1% | 26.1% | 13.0% | 21.8% | 24.3% | 21.9% | 12.9% |
| Some college | 30.9% | 33.4% | 24.9% | 18.4% | 35.4% | 39.3% | 29.6% | 21.9% |
| College graduate or above | 36.5% | 18.0% | 13.1% | 59.6% | 35.0% | 22.3% | 15.2% | 53.8% |
| Household income | ||||||||
| $0 - $44,999 | 28.6% | 48.9% | 49.9% | 24.5% | 34.6% | 56.0% | 52.0% | 24.9% |
| $45,000 - $99,999 | 38.1% | 35.9% | 38.1% | 36.8% | 35.8% | 32.2% | 36.3% | 38.1% |
| $100,000 and over | 33.4% | 15.2% | 12.0% | 38.8% | 29.6% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 37.0% |
| Food security | ||||||||
| Severe food insecurity | 11.3% | 26.3% | 29.6% | 6.7% | 13.0% | 26.5% | 31.0% | 8.1% |
| No or marginal food insecurity | 88.7% | 73.7% | 70.4% | 93.3% | 87.0% | 73.5% | 69.0% | 91.9% |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Never married | 18.3% | 32.0% | 20.1% | 24.5% | 12.5% | 35.7% | 18.5% | 17.6% |
| Divorced, separated or widowed | 12.5% | 16.4% | 10.6% | 5.1% | 24.7% | 28.5% | 20.6% | 13.3% |
| Married or living with partner | 69.2% | 51.6% | 69.3% | 70.4% | 62.9% | 35.8% | 60.9% | 69.1% |
| Health insurance | ||||||||
| Not covered | 12.4% | 26.5% | 39.4% | 14.2% | 9.2% | 17.4% | 32.5% | 11.4% |
| Covered by other insurance | 18.6% | 28.3% | 19.1% | 20.5% | 21.4% | 36.5% | 27.4% | 22.6% |
| Covered by private insurance | 68.9% | 45.2% | 41.5% | 65.3% | 69.4% | 46.1% | 40.0% | 66.0% |
| Place of birth | ||||||||
| Born outside the US | 3.9% | 11.5% | 59.7% | 83.6% | 3.9% | 9.4% | 56.9% | 85.8% |
| US-born | 96.1% | 88.5% | 40.3% | 16.4% | 96.1% | 90.6% | 43.1% | 14.2% |
| Depression level | ||||||||
| No/minimal depression | 82.0% | 79.8% | 81.7% | 87.3% | 74.3% | 70.7% | 72.5% | 84.7% |
| Depression symptoms | 18.0% | 20.2% | 18.3% | 12.7% | 25.7% | 29.3% | 27.5% | 15.3% |
CVD: Cardiovascular disease. Data are from NHANES 2011-2018. The sample includes participants aged≥20 who were not pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of data collection. Data shown as mean (standard error) or weighted percent of the study sample for each characteristic, within each sex-ethnicity-race group.