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Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Sep;60(9):1152–1156. doi: 10.1093/gerona/60.9.1152

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Older Mexican Americans Nondisabled at Baseline by Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Status (N = 1835)

Independent Variables	Total N	DM N (%)	No DM N (%)
Overall	1835	347 (18.9)	1488 (81.1)
Age, mean ± SD	1835	70.8 ± 5.1	71.8 ± 5.6
Sex (Female)	1005	189 (54.5)	816 (54.8)
Heart attack^*	151	47 (13.5)	104 (7.0)
Stroke	53	14 (4.0)	39 (2.6)
Hypertension^*	719	187 (53.9)	532 (35.8)
Near vision impairment	155	34 (9.8)	121 (8.1)
Distant vision impairment	74	15 (4.3)	59 (4.0)
Arthritis^*	605	142 (40.9)	463 (31.1)
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²)^†	524	115 (33.1)	409 (27.5)
Hip fracture	27	8 (2.3)	19 (1.3)
Cancer	85	22 (6.3)	63 (4.2)
High depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 16)	320	63 (18.2)	257 (17.3)
MMSE score, mean ± SD	1835	26.3 ± 3.5	25.9 ± 3.7

Notes: p < .0001.

^†

p < .01.

BMI = body mass index; CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; SD = standard deviation; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.