Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of Mexican-American women aged 15–44 years by acculturation factors‡, NHANES 2001–2008
| Language preference | Country of origin | Time in the USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spanish all or most of the time | Equal Spanish and English | English all or most of the time | Mexico | USA | <5 years | 5–14 years | ≥15 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (%) | 49·6 | 44·9, 54·4 | 15·4 | 12·6, 18·7 | 34·9 | 30·9, 39·2 | 51·4 | 45·1, 57·6 | 48·3 | 42·1, 54·6 | 12·1 | 8·9, 16·3 | 22·8 | 19·2, 26·9 | 65·1 | 60·1, 69·8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unweighted n | 615 | 253 | 493 | 648 | 712 | 173 | 275 | 904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Folic acid supplement use§ (%) | 13·8* | 10·1, 18·6 | 14·0 | 8·4, 22·4 | 28·8 | 22·0, 36·8 | 15·2* | 12·1, 18·8 | 23·3 | 18·2, 29·5 | 8·3* | 5·3, 12·6 | 16·5 | 11·2, 23·6 | 22·2 | 17·7, 27·6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Folic acid intake from supplements∥,¶ (μg/d) | 356 | 274, 438 | 381 | 198, 563 | 329 | 219, 440 | 360 | 279, 441 | 335 | 234, 435 | 224† | 83, 366 | 358 | 291, 424 | 350 | 260, 439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumption of corn masa flour** (%) | 78·5* | 74·3, 82·2 | 66·5 | 56·3, 75·3 | 51·4 | 44·0, 58·8 | 79·5* | 75·1, 83·3 | 54·0 | 47·1, 60·8 | 77·9* | 68·9, 84·9 | 83·7 | 77·1, 88·6 | 59·2 | 53·9, 64·3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Usual energy intake†† (kJ/d) | 7753 | 7084, 8422 | 8975 | 7820, 10 129 | 7983 | 7104, 8862 | 7837 | 7414, 8529 | 8230 | 7351, 9109 | 7916 | 6414, 9418 | 7908 | 7309, 8506 | 8067 | 7075, 9058 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
*Significantly different by acculturation factor (Pearson χ 2 test): P < 0·05.
†Significantly different <5 years v. 5–14 years and <5 years v. ≥15 years (t test): P < 0·05.
‡Acculturation sub-analyses were restricted to Mexican Americans. Unweighted n might not add up to total number of Mexican-American women because of missing data in acculturation factors.
§Reported folic acid supplement use is defined as consuming a supplement containing folic acid in the previous 30 d.
∥Reported folic acid supplement use is among supplement users only.
¶Values are mean and 95 % confidence interval.
**Reported consumption of corn masa flour is defined as consuming products that could contain corn masa flour on either day 1 or day 2 of the survey.
††Values are median and interquartile range.