Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics, Access to Care, and Lifestyle Indicators Among Respondents According to SAS Score and Country of Birth^a

		SAS Score			Country of Birth
Measure	Total	0	1–20	P Valueb	Other	United States	P Valueb
US population estimate, No, %	1,957,778	31.0	69.0	–	63.9	36.1	–
Demographics
Age ≥65 years	23.1	29.8	20.1	.12	21.4	25.4	.34
Male	47.4	31.0	54.7	.006	50.1	44.7	.46
Annual family income ≥$20,000	52.3	42.1	56.5	.03	50.3	57.2	.24
Poverty-income ratio ≥1.0	72.5	68.5	74.1	.42	74.0	70.5	.53
High school graduate	41.7	15.1	53.6	<.001	31.6	61.9	.01
Access to care
Health insurance
Public	38.7	41.9	37.3	.01	34.3	45.3	.13
Private	36.0	20.0	42.8		34.0	41.8
None	25.3	38.1	19.9		31.7	12.9
Have a routine place for care	94.9	89.2	97.4	.01	93.7	97.3	.17
Healthy lifestyle
Current smoker	24.3	17.1	27.4	.22	21.2	28.5	.36
BMI
<25 kg/m2	19.0	16.5	20.1	.88	17.5	20.8	.93
25–29.9 kg/m2	36.8	37.4	36.6		36.3	36.5
≥30 kg/m2	44.2	46.1	43.3		46.2	42.6
Exercise
None	53.2	80.7	40.8	<.001	61.9	36.2	.06
Moderate or vigorous	46.8	19.3	59.2		38.1	63.8
Daily fiber intake
≥20 gc	31.2	33.2	30.3	.69	32.1	32.3	.98
≥14 g/1,000 kcald	17.5	35.4	9.4	.001	21.0	10.7	.04
Daily cholesterol intake
≤300 mgc	59.8	65.0	57.5	.28	66.9	48.5	.03
<200 mgd	43.5	50.4	40.3	.23	47.8	38.0	.18
Saturated fat intake
<10% of total kcalc	53.0	76.3	42.4	.001	62.2	34.0	.001
<7% of total kcald	26.4	46.5	17.2	.03	34.1	11.2	.003

SAS = Short Acculturation Scale; BMI = body mass index.

Note: Individuals were considered to be acculturated if they had an SAS score of 1 to 20 or if they were born in the United States.

^a Values are percentages of individuals.

^b Calculated by the χ² test.

^c The 1994 American Diabetes Association dietary recommendations for diabetes.

^d The 2006 American Diabetes Association dietary recommendations for diabetes.