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The relationships of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol with body composition, leisure-time physical activity, cigarette smoking, and education were examined in a community-based sample of 480 Black and 1337 White women. Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated inverse associations of HDL with body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio in both groups, and with cigarette smoking ad low educational attainment among White women only. Since correlates of HDL cholesterol differ for Black and White women, further investigation of the differences in these correlates is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The potential contribution of drinking water sodium to total consumption and to blood pressure level, is explored in a South Carolina survey. Most (96 per ¢) of the population was served by drinking water containing <100 mg/l Na (median 14.8 mg/l). For households with water sources containing ≥ 100 mg/l Na. drinking water accounted for approximately 8.5 per ¢ of total estimated consumption. After adjustment for age, sex, race, brady mass index, education, and dietary sodium, a negative association between diastolic blood pressure and drinking water sodium levels was found. (Am J Public Health 1985; 75:772-774.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]