Descriptive characteristics of minority and white women aged 40 and older
| Variable | Overall (n=2922) | White (n=774) | Black (n=749) | Native (n=739) | Hispanic (n=660) |
| Mean (SD) age | 56.1 (11.8) | 57.3 (12.4) | 58.9 (12.8) | 54.4‡(10.6) | 52.8‡ (10.0) |
| Married | 58.8 | 63.3 | 32.4‡ | 61.8 | 65.4 |
| Formal education† | |||||
| <high school | 22.2 | 11.1 | 31.4 | 33.5 | 26.9 |
| high school | 30.4 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 30.6 | 30.2 |
| >high school | 47.4 | 58.3 | 38.9 | 35.9 | 42.9 |
| Annual income under $25 000 | 43.1 | 39.8‡ | 71.0‡ | 61.5‡ | 52.4‡ |
| Mean (BMI) (SD) | 27.3 (5.9) | 25.8 (5.1) | 29.0‡ (6.9) | 29.0‡(6.1) | 27.2‡ (5.4) |
| Overweight (BMI ⩾27.3) | 42.9 | 31.3 | 55.8‡ | 57.8‡ | 40.2‡ |
| Currently smoke | 20.6 | 20.4 | 25.1 | 21.0 | 16.3 |
| Exercise past 2 weeks | 63.4 | 69.3 | 63.1 | 51.3‡ | 65.7 |
| Any health insurance | 84.2 | 86.2 | 87.8 | 82.3 | 78.4‡ |
| Medicaid (of those reporting any coverage) | 9.1 | 5.8 | 13.9‡ | 13.1‡ | 7.8 |
| Arthritis1-150 | 42.9 | 41.0 | 51.9‡ | 47.4 | 31.6‡ |
| Diabetes1-150 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 23.7‡ | 16.2‡ | 15.1 |
| Hypertension1-150 | 31.6 | 28.0 | 47.1‡ | 33.2 | 24.8 |
| Cholesterol1-150 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 23.4 | 26.3 | 20.8‡ |
| Heart disease1-150 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 8.5 |
| Cancer1-150 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| Depression1-150 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 18.8 |
↵1-150 Told by a doctor she had this medical condition.†χ2 for trend p<0.001 comparing each group of minority women with white women. ‡χ2 ort test p⩽0.01 compared with white women. Data shown as percentages apart from mean age and mean BMI.