Table 1.
Distribution of characteristics among 185 mother/child pairs in the Latino Health Project, San Francisco, CA
| Maternal and child characteristics | Mean (SD*) or % |
|---|---|
| Acculturation, maternal | |
| Acculturation index score, mean | 1.7 (SD 0.7) |
| Americanization score, mean | 1.4 (SD 0.7) |
| Birthplace, % | |
| Central/South America | 36.8 |
| Mexico | 57.8 |
| U.S. | 5.4 |
| Years in U.S., mean | 6.6 (SD 5.9) |
| Demographic factors, maternal | |
| Age (years) mean | 29.2 (SD 6.2) |
| Education (years) mean | 8.5 (SD 3.4) |
| Marital status % married | 79.3 |
| Health factors, child | |
| Birthweight, % >4000 g | 11.3 |
| Health status, % fair or poor | 19.1 |
| Sex, % female | 50.5 |
| Daily television viewing, % >2 h | 67.2 |
| Nutrition factors, child | |
| How well the child eats, % well or very well | 62.4 |
| Fast food consumption, % | |
| Weekly | 62.9 |
| Monthly | 29.4 |
| Less than monthly | 7.7 |
| “Frijoles” (bean) consumption, % | |
| Daily | 34.0 |
| Weekly | 50.0 |
| Less than weekly | 16.0 |
| Fruit consumption, % | |
| Daily, twice or more | 59.8 |
| Daily, once | 26.3 |
| Less than daily | 13.9 |
| Juice consumption, % | |
| Daily | 93.3 |
| Weekly | 3.1 |
| Less than weekly | 3.6 |
| Meat consumption, % | |
| Daily | 40.2 |
| Weekly | 56.7 |
| Less than weekly | 3.1 |
| Soda consumption, % | |
| Daily | 12.4 |
| Weekly or monthly | 52.1 |
| Less than monthly | 35.6 |
| Tortilla consumption, % | |
| Daily | 60.8 |
| Weekly or monthly | 27.8 |
| Less than monthly | 11.3 |
| Vegetable consumption, % | |
| Daily | 50.0 |
| Weekly | 41.2 |
| Less than weekly | 8.8 |
| Body mass | |
| Maternal perception of child’s weight, % | |
| Too low | 15.0 |
| Fine/normal | 75.8 |
| Too high | 9.3 |
| Child’s body mass, age- and sex-adjusted percentile, % | |
| Healthy (<85th percentile) | 57.2 |
| Overweight (≥85th percentile) | 42.8 |
| Maternal BMI (kg/m2, %) | |
| Healthy (≤25) | 26.9 |
| Overweight (25–29.9) | 37.1 |
| Obese (≥30) | 36.0 |
*
Standard deviation