Table 1.
Demographics of the sample of Mexican-American adults aged 18–97 years from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort study (n 1250), Texas–Mexico border region, 2008–2011
| Demographic variable | n | Survey-weighted % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 403 | 44·69 |
| Female | 847 | 55·31 |
| Age | ||
| ≤35 years | 308 | 31·64 |
| 36–48 years | 315 | 19·93 |
| 49–59 years | 331 | 21·28 |
| ≥60 years | 296 | 27·15 |
| Years of education | ||
| ≤8 years | 435 | 34·80 |
| >8 years | 815 | 72·04 |
| BMI | ||
| Underweight/normal weight | 169 | 14·32 |
| Overweight | 423 | 35·27 |
| Obese | 655 | 50·40 |
| Diabetes | ||
| Diabetes | 295 | 24·68 |
| No diabetes | 933 | 75·32 |
| Language preference | ||
| Spanish | 946 | 68·03 |
| Bilingual | 166 | 16·83 |
| English | 134 | 15·13 |
| Generation level | ||
| First | 818 | 60·28 |
| Second* | 320 | 27·92 |
| Third† | 109 | 11·39 |
| Unknown‡ | 3 | 0·42 |
*
Eleven US-born participants who had no information on either of two parents’ nativity were coded in the second generation.
†
Seven non-US-born participants who had both US-born parents were coded in the third generation.
‡
No information on participants’ birthplace or non-US-born participants who had no information on two parents’ nativity.