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[Preprint]. 2024 Mar 12:rs.3.rs-3934645. [Version 1] doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3934645/v1

Table 1.

Healthy Immigrant Community participant characteristics by mood at baseline.

Negative Mood (N = 107) Positive Mood (N = 342) Total (N = 449) p value
Age 0.002 ¥
Mean (SD) 41.3 (13.2) 45.8 (14.5) 44.8 (14.3)
Range (18.0–79.0) (18.0–87.0) (18.0–87.0)
Gender 0.03 *
Missing 0 5 5
Male 29 (27.1%) 139 (41.2%) 168 (37.8%)
Female 73 (68.2%) 188 (55.8%) 261 (58.8%)
Other 5 (4.7%) 10 (3.0%) 15 (3.4%)
Ethnicity 0.001 *
Hispanic/Latino 79 (73.8%) 189 (55.3%) 268 (59.7%)
Somali 28 (26.2%) 153 (44.7%) 181 (40.3%)
BMI 0.89¥
Mean (SD) 32.0 (6.1) 32.3 (6.7) 32.2 (6.5)
Range (19.2–51.9) (16.8–80.6) (16.8–80.6)
BMI Group 0.86*
Missing 0 1 1
Underweight: BMI 0 to 18.4 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.6%) 2 (0.4%)
Heathy Weight: BMI 18.5 to 24.9 12 (11.2%) 34 (10.0%) 46 (10.3%)
Overweight: BMI 25 to 29.9 31 (29.0%) 101 (29.6%) 132 (29.5%)
Obese: BMI >=30 64 (59.8%) 204 (59.8%) 268 (59.8%)
Have you had a health insurance plan in the past 12 months 0.05 *
Missing 0 5 5
Yes 58 (54.2%) 219 (65.0%) 277 (62.4%)
No 49 (45.8%) 118 (35.0%) 167 (37.6%)
How much schooling have you had 0.26*
Missing 1 1 2
High school or less 40 (37.7%) 143 (41.9%) 183 (40.9%)
High school graduate or GED 28 (26.4%) 92 (27.0%) 120 (26.8%)
Some college or technical degree 18 (17.0%) 67 (19.6%) 85 (19.0%)
College or graduate school 20 (18.9%) 39 (11.4%) 59 (13.2%)
What is your average yearly family income 0.49*
Missing 11 27 38
$0 to $9,999 23 (24.0%) 70 (22.2%) 93 (22.6%)
$10,000 to $19,999 8 (8.3%) 44 (14.0%) 52 (12.7%)
$20,000 to $29,999 22 (22.9%) 61 (19.4%) 83 (20.2%)
$30,000 to $39,999 19 (19.8%) 46 (14.6%) 65 (15.8%)
$40,000 to $49,999 10 (10.4%) 35 (11.1%) 45 (10.9%)
$50,000 or higher 14 (14.6%) 59 (18.7%) 73 (17.8%)
Which country were you born in 0.32*
Missing 29 114 143
USA 15 (19.2%) 33 (14.5%) 48 (15.7%)
Other country 63 (80.8%) 195 (85.5%) 258 (84.3%)
What language do you most commonly speak at home 0.01 *
Missing 25 63 88
English 10 (12.2%) 28 (10.0%) 38 (10.5%)
Somali 15 (18.3%) 105 (37.6%) 120 (33.2%)
Spanish 55 (67.1%) 143 (51.3%) 198 (54.8%)
Other 2 (2.4%) 3 (1.1%) 5 (1.4%)
How well do you speak English 0.58*
Missing 3 4 7
Not at all 23 (22.1%) 69 (20.4%) 92 (20.8%)
Not very well 35 (33.7%) 122 (36.1%) 157 (35.5%)
Well 19 (18.3%) 77 (22.8%) 96 (21.7%)
Very well 27 (26.0%) 70 (20.7%) 97 (21.9%)
Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life 0.04 *
Missing 5 8 13
Yes 25 (24.5%) 52 (15.6%) 77 (17.7%)
No 77 (75.5%) 282 (84.4%) 359 (82.3%)
How would you rate your physical well-being over the last seven days < 0.001 *
Poor 25 (23.4%) 8 (2.3%) 33 (7.3%)
Fair 45 (42.1%) 58 (17.0%) 103 (22.9%)
Good 32 (29.9%) 130 (38.0%) 162 (36.1%)
Very Good 4 (3.7%) 74 (21.6%) 78 (17.4%)
Excellent 1 (0.9%) 72 (21.1%) 73 (16.3%)
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