TABLE 1.
Characteristics of participants according to food security status1
| Food insecure |
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| Food secure (n = 1194) | Low food security (n = 81) | Very low food security (n = 83) | |
| Age (y) | 57.8 ± 0.22 | 56.9 ± 0.8 | 56.7 ± 0.8 |
| Female (%) | 71.1 | 64.2 | 66.3 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31.9 ± 0.2 | 32.2 ± 0.7 | 30.2 ± 0.7 |
| Past smoker (%) | 30.4 | 31.3 | 15.93 |
| Current smoker (%) | 22.8 | 30.0 | 46.33 |
| Past drinker (%) | 30.1 | 32.1 | 31.3 |
| Current drinker (%) | 39.3 | 31.3 | 42.2 |
| Presence of diabetes (%) | 41.3 | 30.4 | 40.0 |
| Presence of hypertension (%) | 69.3 | 61.3 | 63.4 |
| Plasma homocysteine (μmol/L) | 8.5 ± 1.0 | 8.2 ± 1.0 | 8.3 ± 1.1 |
| CES-D score | 19.2 ± 0.4 | 26.4 ± 1.44 | 27.3 ± 1.44 |
| Acculturation score | 24.3 ± 0.6 | 22.0 ± 2.4 | 23.0 ± 2.3 |
1
CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Means were compared by using the general linear model procedure in SAS (SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC), with Tukey's adjustment for multiple comparisons.
2
Mean ± SE adjusted for age and sex (all such values).
3,4
Significantly different from food secure: 3P < 0.05, 4 P < 0.01.