Differential and Combined Effects of Physical Activity Profiles and Prohealth Behaviors on Diabetes Prevalence among Blacks and Whites in the US Population: A Novel Bayesian Belief Network Machine Learning Analysis

Table 1

Differences in sociodemographic, health behavior, and chronic health conditions among Blacks and Whites ( = 288,888).

Variables	Total sample (%)	Blacks (%)	Whites (%)
Gender
Female	55.77	55.62	55.80
Male	44.23	44.38	44.20
Age
≤45 yrs	48.10	46.69	48.37
46–65 yrs	32.94	33.47	32.84
>65 yrs	18.96	19.84	18.80
Income
<$35K	45.18	45.57	45.08
$35K–74,999K	30.70	30.59	30.73
>$75K	24.11	23.84	24.19
Education (college)	44.76	44.93	44.64
Usual medical care	83.11	83.59	83.02
Region
Northeast	16.67	16.22	16.82
Northcentral/midwest	22.00	17.55	23.70
South	36.84	56.29	34.19
West	24.49	9.98	25.29
Weight
Overweight	37.03	36.92	37.05
Obese	25.67	26.63	25.49
Alcohol
Moderate	14.19	13.89	14.25
Heavy	4.99	4.87	5.01
CKD	2.00	2.24	1.96
Hypertension	30.84	32.54	30.52
Sedentary lifestyle
Moderate PA (≤10 minutes)	51.89	52.30	51.81
Vigorous PA (≤10 minutes)	62.42	63.07	62.28
Moderately active lifestyle
Moderate PA (11–30 minutes)	26.81	26.62	26.85
Vigorous PA (11–30 minutes)	14.27	14.08	14.31
Active lifestyle
Moderate PA (31–60 minutes)	15.03	14.88	15.06
Vigorous PA (31–60 minutes)	16.34	16.02	16.41
Very active lifestyle
Moderate PA (>60 minutes)	6.27	6.21	6.28
Vigorous PA (>60 minutes)	6.97	6.83	7.00
Diabetes	9.34	12.92	8.68

Note. Alcohol = moderate-to-heavy alcohol drinker; CKD = physician-diagnosed chronic kidney disease; hypertension = physician-diagnosed hypertension; overweight = 25 to 29.9 kg/m²; obese = ≥30 kg/m².