by Jill Morris, PhD, Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH, Mindy Clyne, MPH, Muin J. Khoury, MD,PhD
Tables
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TABLE 1: Select demographic and health-related characteristics of HealthStyles 2000
survey respondents (N = 2,353)
Age (yr) |
mean = 51.8 yrs (sd = 15.9)
range 19 - 94 yrs |
Female |
60.2% |
Married |
73.4% |
White race |
78.6% |
Some college education |
61.6% |
Educational attainment |
mean = 13.9 yrs. |
Median annual household |
$43,000 |
Current smokers |
20.5% |
Self-report of excellent or very good health |
41.8% |
TABLE 2: Percent of respondents in agreement with four statementsa about the role of genetics in causing health conditions generally considered to be environmentally induced, based on respondent characteristics.
Male
Female |
51
47 |
42
37* |
32
24*** |
25
21* |
Age <34 yrs
Age 34-65 yrs
Age ³65 yrs |
50
50
46 |
41
40
36 |
32
28
23** |
22
24
21 |
White race
Nonwhite |
49
48 |
41
31** |
28
25 |
23
22 |
Married
Unmarried |
48
52 |
39
40 |
26
32** |
22
26 |
Annual income£$50,000
Annual income>$50,000 |
47
52* |
35
44*** |
26
30* |
21
26** |
Some college education
No college education |
52
43*** |
43
33*** |
30
23*** |
26
17*** |
Smoker
Nonsmoker |
49
49 |
36
40 |
24
28 |
22
23 |
Web user
Not a Web user |
52
45*** |
44
35*** |
29
26 |
25
21* |
“High Awareness”
Yes
No |
52 48 |
44 37** |
31 26* |
28 20*** |
“High Reliance”
Yes
No |
43 51*** |
34 41** |
24 28 |
15 24*** |
“Low Control”
Yes
No |
44 50** |
35 40* |
23 29* |
19 24* |
Belief in genetic determinism
Yes
No |
61 46*** |
53 40*** |
39 29*** |
31 24*** |
*p<0.05 **p<0.01 ***p<0.001 for ? 2 test statistic for test of homogeneity of proportions
a see Figure 1, footnote a for exact wording of each statement
TABLE 3: Adjusted odds ratios for the associations between respondent characteristics and agreement with four statementsa about the role of genetics in causing health conditions generally considered to be environmentally induced.
| Male |
1.19 |
1.22* |
1.52*** |
1.32** |
Age 34-65 yrs (compared with <34 yrs) |
0.98 |
0.89 |
0.73† |
1.11 |
Age ³65 yrs (compared with <34 yrs) |
0.92 |
0.75 |
0.55† |
1.01 |
White race (compared to nonwhite) |
1.15 |
1.72*** |
1.34* |
1.13 |
Married |
0.83 |
0.97 |
0.77* |
0.79 |
High income b |
1.09 |
1.20 |
1.13 |
1.13 |
High education c |
1.33** |
1.34** |
1.41** |
1.67*** |
Web user |
1.25* |
1.36** |
0.96 |
1.18 |
“High Awareness” d |
1.04 |
1.27* |
1.24 |
1.44** |
“High Reliance” e |
0.62*** |
0.82 |
0.87 |
0.68** |
“Low Control” f |
0.79* |
0.81 |
0.78* |
0.86 |
Belief in genetic determinism |
1.91* |
2.32 |
2.06* |
1.76 |
p<0.05 **p<0.01 ***p<0.001 †p<0.005 for Age1 and Age2 jointly (compared with Age0, <34 yr)
a see Figure 1, footnote a for exact wording of each statement
b defined as > $50,000 annual household income
c defined as completion of some college
d defined as being within the highest quartile of composite “Awareness” variable
e defined as being within the highest quartile of composite “Reliance” variable
f defined as being within the lowest quartile of composite “Health Control” variable
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