Research Article
Associations of Short Sleep and Shift Work Status with Hypertension among Black and White Americans
Table 1
Baseline data of participants in the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
| Sociodemographic, health risk, and medical characteristics of NHIS participants | Variable | Whites (SE) | 95% (CI) lower | 95% (CI) upper | Blacks (SE) | 95% (CI) lower | 95% (CI) upper |
| Age (mean) | 46.9 (0.2) | 46.6 | 47.4 | 43.2 (0.4) | 42.5 | 43.9 | Female gender (%) | 51.0 (0.4) | 50.2 | 51.9 | 54.8 (0.9) | 53.1 | 56.6 | Completed high school (%) | 87.7 (0.3) | 87.0 | 88.3 | 85.0 (0.6) | 83.7 | 86.2 | Income > 35 K (%) | 68.0 (0.5) | 66.9 | 69.0 | 50 (1.1) | 47.8 | 52.3 | Ever smoked 100 cigs in life (%) | 43.0 (0.5) | 42.1 | 43.9 | 34.4 (0.9) | 32.6 | 36.2 | Current drinker (%) | 81.8 (0.4) | 81.0 | 82.6 | 70.4 (0.9) | 68.5 | 72.1 | Emotional distress (%) | 2.7 (0.1) | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 (0.3) | 2.7 | 3.9 | Diabetes (%) | 9.9 (0.2) | 9.4 | 10.4 | 13.2 (0.5) | 12.2 | 14.2 | Hypertension (%) | 29.7 (0.4) | 29.1 | 30.5 | 37.9 (1) | 36.1 | 39.8 |
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SE: standard error, CI: confidence interval.
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