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Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 17;35(8):897–906. doi: 10.1002/gps.5310

TABLE 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of Mexican American and European American groups at baseline (N = 370)

	Mexican American (n = 182)	European American (n = 188)	P-value
Age, years	68.67 ± 2.92	69.86 ± 3.44	<.001*
Sex (M:F)	73:109	77:111	.868
Income category	11.15 ± 3.17	13.24 ± 1.99	<.001*
Education, years	10.16 ± 4.36	13.53 ± 2.49	<.001*
Body mass index, kg/m²	29.19 ± 4.79	27.40 ± 4.85	<.001*
Diabetes, (%)	23.08	7.45	<.001*
Hypertension, (%)	44.5 0	51.1 0	.20
Coronary artery disease (%)	15.38	20.21	.225
MMSE total score	25.91 ± 3.15	28.11 ± 1.75	<.001*
Gait speed, m/sec	0.88 ± 0.20	0.95 ± 40.19	<.001*

Note: Group differences were analyzed using independent t-tests for continuous measures and the chi-squared statistic for categorical measures. All values represent mean ± SD unless otherwise noted. Income Category: 11 = monthly household income of $1250–1499 and 13 = monthly household income of $2000 to $2499.

Abbreviation: MMSE, mini-mental status examination.