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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2022 Nov 5;147(3):190–200. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061991

Table 2.

Weighted distribution of CVH factors and behaviors by race and ethnicity and sex

Male Female

Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Asian Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Asian
Diet
   Poor 81.2% 80.7% 83.4% 57.5% 68.3% 74.0% 73.2% 47.4%
   Intermediate 18.7% 18.0% 16.3% 41.2% 30.7% 24.4% 25.3% 50.3%
   Ideal 0.2% 1.3% 0.2% 1.3% 0.9% 1.6% 1.5% 2.3%
Smoking
   Poor 19.5% 29.2% 19.0% 13.5% 17.9% 17.7% 10.2% 3.3%
   Intermediate 13.5% 8.5% 15.2% 11.1% 9.7% 6.0% 7.7% 3.6%
   Ideal 67.1% 62.3% 65.8% 75.4% 72.4% 76.3% 82.1% 93.1%
Physical activity
   Poor 42.0% 43.9% 48.9% 34.6% 43.5% 53.5% 54.5% 43.3%
   Intermediate 10.1% 11.2% 9.5% 12.5% 10.6% 9.5% 8.4% 14.1%
   Ideal 47.8% 44.9% 41.6% 52.9% 46.0% 36.9% 37.2% 42.6%
Body mass index
   Poor 37.6% 39.0% 43.5% 12.3% 38.5% 58.1% 46.6% 14.3%
   Intermediate 37.5% 31.3% 39.7% 39.6% 28.2% 23.1% 31.2% 24.8%
   Ideal 24.9% 29.7% 16.8% 48.1% 33.3% 18.8% 22.2% 60.9%
Blood pressure
   Poor 17.5% 24.3% 14.0% 16.1% 15.6% 22.4% 12.3% 12.6%
   Intermediate 49.2% 48.8% 45.8% 40.6% 41.5% 41.9% 32.1% 33.6%
   Ideal 33.4% 27.0% 40.2% 43.3% 42.9% 35.7% 55.6% 53.8%
Cholesterol
   Poor 10.6% 8.4% 12.9% 12.9% 14.3% 10.3% 9.9% 10.5%
   Intermediate 44.2% 35.0% 34.3% 39.7% 44.4% 34.4% 34.0% 37.8%
   Ideal 45.2% 56.5% 52.8% 47.4% 41.4% 55.3% 56.1% 51.7%
Blood glucose
   Poor 13.1% 15.6% 13.2% 13.4% 9.9% 15.1% 13.9% 10.6%
   Intermediate 25.8% 17.0% 24.5% 23.4% 19.0% 15.2% 17.4% 17.8%
   Ideal 61.1% 67.4% 62.3% 63.2% 71.0% 69.7% 68.7% 71.5%