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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Neighborhood disorder, exposure to violence, and perceived discrimination in relation to symptoms in midlife women

  Total sample White women Black women p-value
N = 139 N = 62 N = 77
Mean age (s.d.) 49.1 (5.7) 49.7 (6.0) 48.7 (5.5) 0.31
% Level of education
  < 12 16.3% 6.7% 24.6% < 0.001
 13–16 58.9% 50.0% 66.7%
 17+ 24.8% 43.3% 8.7%
% Smoking 22.1% 15.0% 28.2% 0.07
Mean BMI (s.d.) 29.6 (6.4) 28.5 (6.1) 30.6 (6.5) 0.06
% Menopause status
 Pre- 48.0% 39.6% 55.6% 0.09
 Peri- 6.9% 4.2% 9.3%
 Post- 45.1% 56.3% 35.2%
Neighborhood Disorder
 Scale range 0–28
 Means (s.d.) 8.3 (7.4) 5.1 (5.6) 11.1 (7.6) < 0.001
 Medians 6.00 3.23 10.00 < 0.001
Exposure to Violence
 Scale range 0–15
 Means (s.d.) 1.9 (3.0) 0.8 (1.5) 2.9 (3.5) < 0.001
 Medians 1.00 0.00 2.00 < 0.001
Perceived Violence
 Subscale range 5–18
 Means (s.d.) 9.4 (3.6) 8.4 (3.1) 10.4 (3.8) 0.002
 Medians 9.00 7.10 10.25 0.004
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Trust
 Scale range 1–14
 Means (s.d.) 8.4 (2.5) 9.3 (1.9) 7.6 (2.7) < 0.001
 Medians 8.63 10.00 8.00 < 0.001
Everyday Discrimination
 Scale range 0–39
 Means (s.d.) 8.7 (8.2) 6.2 (5.9) 11.1 (9.4) 0.001
 Medians 6.00 5.00 7.50 0.002