Table 4 Characteristics of the full study sample, and subsamples stratified by tertiles of environmental obesogenicity: Health and Retirement Study, United States, 2012 – 2016
Variables | Mean ± SD (min – max) or percent (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Full sample | Low-obeogenicity | Moderate-obesogenicity | High-obesogenicity | |
N | 12,482 | 4245 | 4121 | 4116 |
Age (years) | 65.9 ± 9.8 (51 – 102) | 65.5 ± 9.9 (51 – 99) | 65.9 ± 9.8 (51 – 15) | 66.2 ± 9.6 (51 – 102) |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 41.0% | 42.6% | 42.0% | 38.2% |
 Female | 59.0% | 57.4% | 58.0% | 61.8% |
Race and ethnicity | ||||
 Non-Hispanic White | 63.7% | 73.8% | 65.6% | 51.5% |
 Non-Hispanic Black | 19.3% | 11.7% | 17.5% | 29.0% |
 Hispanic | 8.7% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 11.5% |
 Other | 8.3% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 8.0% |
Highest degree of education | ||||
 No degree | 17.2% | 12.9% | 14.7% | 24.0% |
 High school diploma or GED | 52.6% | 51.2% | 54.0% | 52.7% |
 College degree | 20.0% | 23.3% | 20.3% | 16.4% |
 Graduate degree | 10.1% | 12.5% | 11.0% | 6.9% |
Environmental obesogenicity | 49.0 ± 9.5 (22.3 – 82.1) | 39.3 ± 4.4 (22.3 – 44.6) | 48.4 ± 2.3 (44.7 – 52.3) | 59.7 ± 6.3 (52.4 – 82.1) |
Self-reported cardiovascular disease | ||||
 Presence | 73.0% | 75.2% | 72.5% | 71.2% |
 Absence | 27.0% | 24.8% | 27.5% | 28.8% |
Health-compromising behaviors | 1.2 ± 0.9 (0 – 4) | 1.1 ± 0.9 (0 – 4) | 1.1 ± 0.9 (0 – 4) | 1.2 ± 0.9 (0 – 4) |
Physiological dysregulation | 1.9 ± 1.2 (0 – 7) | 1.8 ± 1.2 (0 – 6) | 1.9 ± 1.2 (0 – 7) | 2.1 ± 1.3 (0 – 7) |