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. 2009 Mar;32(Suppl 2):S123–S132. doi: 10.2337/dc09-S204

Table 3.

Psychosocial, behavioral, and dietary characteristics of 499 Hispanic youth aged ≥10 years with type 1 or type 2 diabetes: the SEARCH study, 2001 prevalent and 2002–2005 incident cohorts with a study visit

Type 1 diabetes (n = 372)
Type 2 diabetes (n = 127)
Aged 10–14 years* Aged ≥15 years P Aged 10–14 years Aged ≥15 years P
n 210 162 40 87
Psychosocial
    CES-D score (means ± SD) 10.8 ± 7.0 12.9 ± 9.9 0.017 14.9 ± 9.6 14.9 ± 11.0 0.99
    High CES-D score (≥24) [n (% yes)] 12 (6.1) 21 (13.8) 0.014 6 (17.6) 16 (19.5) 0.82
Behavioral
    Current smoker [n (% yes)] 2 (1.0) 22 (14.3) <0.0001 0 11 (12.9) 0.03
Physical activity measures
    Three to seven days/week moderate or vigorous [n (% yes)] 124 (62.0) 85 (54.8) 0.17 20 (57.1) 47 (55.3) 0.85
    Watching television ≥2 h/day [n (% yes)] 129 (64.5) 100 (64.5) 0.99 23 (65.7) 64 (75.3) 0.29
Dietary intake
    Percent total kcal from total fat (mean kcal ± SD) 37.3 ± 6.0 38.5 ± 7.1 0.15 39.1 ± 6.1 36.3 ± 7.4 0.08
    ≥7% of kcal from saturated fat [n (% yes)] 161 (100.0) 126 (99.2) 0.26 29 (100.0) 67 (100.0) NA
Number of servings of fruit and vegetables per day (mean servings ± SD) 3.3 ± 3.2 3 ± 2.2 0.53 3 ± 2.3 3 ± 2.3 0.92
    Less than five servings per day of fruit and vegetables [n (% yes)] 136 (84.5) 106 (83.5) 0.82 25 (86.2) 55 (82.1) 0.62
Number of servings of dairy per day (mean servings ± SD) 2 ± 1.4 1.6 ± 1.2 0.011 1.6 ± 1.4 1.4 ± 1.0 0.50
    Less than two servings per day of dairy [n (% yes)] 97 (60.2) 85 (66.9) 0.24 18 (62.1) 50 (74.6) 0.21
*

Age at time of in-person visit.

P value for categorical variables using χ2 test for the association between variable levels and age-groups. P value for continuous variables using ANOVA for the overall effect of age-group. When results were missing, descriptive information and P values are based on participants with complete data.

Value is indicative of moderately/severely depressed mood (17,18).