Research Article
Linking Sleep to Hypertension: Greater Risk for Blacks
Table 1
Characteristics of adult participants from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Stratified by race/ethnicity;
value obtained from
square.
| | | Black | White | value |
| | Participants (; %) | 4571; 18.0 | 20781; 82.0 | | | Age (mean) | 43.3 | 46.8 | | | Female sex (%) | 55.6 | 51.1 | <0.001 | | Education; ≥HS (%) | 89.2 | 92.1 | <0.001 | | Income; ≥35,000 (%) | 53.1 | 71.1 | <0.001 | | Body mass index (%; normal weight; ≤25 kg/m2) (%) | 27.9 | 35.7 | <0.001 | | Alcohol use (%) | 71.3 | 82.7 | <0.001 | | Smoking (%) | 35.5 | 44.7 | <0.001 | | Physical activity (%) | 52.0 | 61.9 | 0.008 | | Emotional distress (%) | 3.5 | 2.5 | <0.001 | | Diabetes (%) | 12.1 | 8.8 | <0.001 | | Heart disease (%) | 6.4 | 8.4 | 0.004 | | Stroke (%) | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.045 | | Short sleepers (<6 hours) (%) | 12.3 | 7.3 | <0.001 | | Long sleepers (>8 hours) (%) | 11.1 | 10.0 | <0.001 | | Hypertension (%) | 35.3 | 28.5 | <0.001 |
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