Table 1 Sociodemographic and health risks among blacks in the MetSO cohort (foreign-born blacks and US-born blacks)
Variables | FBB | USB | Total sample |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 63.04 | 60.94 | 62.24 |
Sex (female) % | 69.1 | 68.1 | 68.7 |
Marital status % | |||
Married | 37.0 | 23.6 | 31.8 |
Widowed | 15.1 | 20.0 | 17.0 |
Divorced | 17.4 | 12.6 | 15.5 |
Separated | 10.6 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
Never married | 19.4 | 34.2 | 25.2 |
Education (< HS) % | 38.7 | 32.1 | 36.2 |
Family income (<10K) | 45.5 | 40.3 | 43.5 |
Smoking history (yes) % | 19.0 | 47.1 | 29.2 |
Drinking (yes) % | 20.4 | 22.2 | 21.1 |