Table 1 Baseline characteristics by ethnicity: California Men's Health Study.

Total (n)

11 817

6109

52 184

Age (Mean, SD)

57.2 (7.2)

58.8 (6.9)

58.7 (6.8)

< 0.0001

Education

< 0.0001

   Less than high school

21.0

5.3

2.6

   High school or GED

18.2

15.8

10.7

   Vocational/technical school

7.8

4.9

4.1

   Some college

29.1

40.1

30.0

   College graduate

23.1

33.3

52.5

Language preference

< 0.0001

   Spanish

19.4

0.1

0.1

Acculturation index

< 0.0001

   1^st generation, < 10 years

1.5

0.4

0.3

   1^st generation, 11-15 years

2.6

0.3

0.4

   1^st generation, 16-25 years

10.1

1.7

1.3

   1^st generation, > 25 years

29.9

2.5

6.3

   2^nd generation

14.0

0.3

3.4

   3^rd generation or greater

41.9

94.9

88.4

Marital status

< 0.0001

   Married

82.9

73.5

81.2

   Never married

4.3

5.6

6.6

   Separated/divorced/widowed

12.3

20.3

11.9

Yearly household income ($)

< 0.0001

   < $20 000

9.2

5.5

3.1

   20 000-39 999

25.0

17.8

12.2

   40 000-59 999

21.9

21.2

17.6

   60 000-79 999

17.6

19.8

18.2

   80 000-99 999

9.9

13.5

14.2

   ≥ 100 000

13.1

19.5

31.0

Body mass index (kg/m ² )

< 0.0001

   < 25

16.4

19.1

25.7

   25-29

50.2

46.2

47.4

   30-34

23.8

24.5

19.5

   35-39

6.8

6.8

5.2

   ≥ 40

2.7

3.5

2.3

Physical activity (METS-hours/week)

< 0.0001

   Q1 (< 320)

31.6

36.0

21.6

   Q2 (320-1040)

24.4

24.9

25.0

   Q3 (1041-2147)

22.0

18.8

26.6

   Q4 (≥ 2148)

21.4

19.8

26.6

Alcohol consumption (gm/day)

< 0.0001

   None

29.1

36.9

27.1

   Q1 (< 2.1)

25.9

22.3

15.4

   Q2 (2.1-8.2)

19.0

17.4

17.5

   Q3 (8.3-20.8)

14.3

13.2

19.7

   Q4 (≥ 20.9)

11.7

10.2

20.4

Total calories/day

< 0.0001

   Q1 (< 1447)

37.2

38.8

20.2

   Q2 (1447-1990)

23.0

22.8

25.8

   Q3 (1991-2618)

19.1

17.4

27.5

   Q4 (≥ 2619)

20.7

21.1

26.5

% calories from fat

< 0.0001

   Q1 (< 29.6)

24.1

22.5

25.6

   Q2 (29.6-34.9)

25.0

23.1

25.0

   Q3 (35.0-40.1)

26.7

26.6

24.9

   Q4 (≥ 40.2)

24.2

27.8

24.6

Hypertension

40.1

59.5

40.4

< 0.0001

Dyslipidemia

64.8

67.4

67.0

< 0.0001

Depression

10.2

7.2

12.9

< 0.0001

Current smoker

15.4

18.2

9.8

< 0.0001

Diabetes

22.2

23.0

11.4

< 0.0001