Table 1 |
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Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of 12,105 women participating in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study, stratified by race and geographic region1 |
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Demographic and lifestyle characteristics |
Stroke Buckle |
Stroke Belt |
Other (non-stroke buckle or belt) |
P value between regions |
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Black (n = 971) |
White (n = 1,905) |
P value |
Black (n = 1,600) |
White (n = 2,603) |
P value |
Black (n = 2,237) |
White (n = 2,789) |
P value |
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Age, y, mean ± SD |
62.2 ± 8.9 |
64.4 ± 9.4 |
<0.001 |
62.4 ± 8.7 |
64.5 ± 9.2 |
<0.001 |
64.5 ± 9.0 |
65.0 ± 9.6 |
0.06 |
<0.001 |
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Post-menopausal, % |
85.0 |
88.8 |
0.003 |
85.7 |
89.3 |
<0.001 |
88.4 |
90.2 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
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Hormone use, % |
46.5 |
68.8 |
<0.001 |
52.1 |
69.6 |
<0.001 |
45.8 |
60.5 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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Multivitamin use, % |
40.7 |
51.1 |
<0.001 |
43.3 |
52.9 |
<0.001 |
43.3 |
57.2 |
<0.001 |
0.01 |
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Income, % |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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<$25,000 |
40.9 |
23.6 |
45.3 |
26.5 |
37.3 |
23.3 |
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$25,000-$50,000 |
30.4 |
30.3 |
27.5 |
31.5 |
30.3 |
29.5 |
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$50,000-$75,000 |
9.0 |
14.0 |
9.7 |
12.5 |
11.7 |
14.2 |
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≥$75,000 |
5.7 |
17.1 |
5.2 |
14.4 |
8.4 |
17.7 |
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Education, % |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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< High school |
19.3 |
7.6 |
19.6 |
8.4 |
12.1 |
4.8 |
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High school graduate |
29.2 |
29.5 |
27.4 |
29.9 |
27.4 |
25.2 |
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Some college |
25.3 |
28.7 |
25.8 |
29.6 |
32.5 |
29.5 |
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College degree or higher |
26.1 |
34.2 |
27.3 |
32.1 |
28.1 |
40.6 |
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Marital status, % |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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Single |
8.0 |
2.2 |
8.8 |
3.0 |
10.1 |
5.9 |
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Married |
39.7 |
60.2 |
38.7 |
57.0 |
28.0 |
50.6 |
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Divorced |
19.5 |
13.3 |
21.4 |
14.7 |
28.2 |
17.8 |
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Widow |
27.1 |
23.3 |
27.4 |
24.5 |
29.5 |
24.8 |
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Other |
5.7 |
0.9 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
4.2 |
0.9 |
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Smoking, % |
<0.001 |
0.005 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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Current |
11.0 |
13.3 |
17.0 |
13.4 |
17.5 |
12.1 |
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Never |
61.2 |
53.3 |
53.3 |
54.9 |
45.8 |
53.4 |
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Former |
27.9 |
33.4 |
29.6 |
31.7 |
36.7 |
34.5 |
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Physical activity, % |
0.22 |
0.04 |
<0.001 |
0.24 |
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0 times/wk |
37.8 |
36.7 |
41.2 |
37.6 |
40.3 |
34.3 |
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1-3 times/wk |
38.1 |
36.2 |
36.0 |
36.8 |
36.4 |
37.2 |
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4 or more times/wk |
24.2 |
27.2 |
22.8 |
25.7 |
23.3 |
28.5 |
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Television viewing, % |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.04 |
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0 h/wk |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
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1-6 h/wk |
13.5 |
13.6 |
14.0 |
13.6 |
12.1 |
14.8 |
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1 h/d |
3.3 |
7.3 |
3.1 |
7.5 |
2.6 |
8.2 |
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2-3 h/d |
41.0 |
53.5 |
36.1 |
51.7 |
38.7 |
51.1 |
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>3 h/d |
42.1 |
24.8 |
46.2 |
26.4 |
46.1 |
24.8 |
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1Differences within (black vs. white) and between regions (Stroke Buckle vs. Stroke Belt vs. Other) were examined using t tests for continuous variables (age) and chi-square for categorical variables |
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Newby et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:25 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-25 |
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