Table 2.
Percentage distribution of participant characteristics by language preference and acculturation index among 11,817 Latinos: CMHS.
| Language preference | Acculturation Index | |||||||||
| 1st Gen-Years since migration | US-born | |||||||||
| Span | Eng | P | < 10 y | 11-15 y | 16-25 y | > 25 y | 2nd Gen | ≥ 3rd Gen | P | |
| Total (n (%)) | 2296 (19.4) | 9521 (80.6) | 174 (1.5) | 309 (2.6) | 1189 (10.1) | 3538 (29.9) | 1648 (14.0) | 4954 (41.9) | ||
| Age (Mean, SD) | 56.4 | 57.4 | < .001 | 53.6 | 52.5 | 53.3 | 57.8 | 60.8 | 57.0 | < .001 |
| Education | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 55.6 | 12.6 | 21.8 | 30.1 | 41.3 | 34.9 | 12.4 | 8.3 | ||
| High school or GED | 12.3 | 19.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 16.1 | 21.6 | 21.2 | ||
| Vocational/technical school | 9.8 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 6.4 | ||
| Some college | 8.1 | 34.2 | 12.1 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 20.6 | 35.6 | 37.9 | ||
| College graduate | 12.3 | 25.7 | 42.5 | 37.5 | 21.3 | 17.7 | 23.6 | 25.8 | ||
| Marital status | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Married | 87.1 | 81.9 | 82.2 | 86.7 | 86.1 | 86.1 | 83.0 | 79.5 | ||
| Never married | 2.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.5 | ||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 9.5 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 14.6 | ||
| Yearly household income ($) | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| < $20 000 | 23.1 | 5.85 | 25.9 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | ||
| 20 000-39 999 | 45.7 | 20.0 | 42.5 | 42.1 | 41.4 | 29.3 | 23.4 | 16.8 | ||
| 40 000-59 999 | 19.3 | 22.6 | 20.1 | 24.6 | 20.9 | 22.9 | 21.5 | 21.7 | ||
| 60 000-79 999 | 6.1 | 20.4 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 22.0 | ||
| 80 000-99 999 | 1.9 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 11.5 | 13.1 | ||
| ≥ 100 000 | 0.9 | 16.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 18.3 | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| < 25 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 25.3 | 23.3 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 14.9 | 14.6 | ||
| 25-29 | 53.6 | 49.4 | 52.3 | 52.1 | 53.2 | 53.8 | 49.9 | 46.8 | ||
| 30-34 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 24.8 | 26.1 | ||
| 35-39 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 8.8 | ||
| ≥ 40 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Physical activity (METS-hours/week) | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Q1 (< 320) | 46.5 | 29.4 | 40.2 | 48.5 | 41.6 | 36.9 | 26.1 | 28.5 | ||
| Q2 (320-1040) | 23.8 | 24.5 | 24.1 | 22.3 | 25.9 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 24.1 | ||
| Q3 (1041-2147) | 16.1 | 22.5 | 17.2 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 20.2 | 24.1 | 22.7 | ||
| Q4 (≥ 2148) | 11.1 | 23.4 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 17.0 | 26.2 | 24.5 | ||
| Alcohol consumption (gm/day) | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| None | 28.3 | 29.3 | 27.6 | 25.6 | 29.1 | 26.4 | 30.5 | 30.9 | ||
| Q1 (< 2.1) | 39.5 | 24.0 | 37.9 | 42.4 | 35.3 | 30.7 | 22.9 | 22.4 | ||
| Q2 (2.1-8.2) | 18.2 | 18.8 | 22.4 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 16.4 | 18.4 | ||
| Q3 (8.3-20.8) | 8.6 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 15.1 | ||
| Q4 (≥ 20.9) | 5.4 | 12.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 13.3 | ||
| Total calories/day | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Q1 (< 1447) | 51.5 | 35.5 | 43.7 | 46.0 | 47.4 | 44.8 | 37.3 | 31.8 | ||
| Q2 (1447-1990) | 19.1 | 23.4 | 25.3 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 24.1 | ||
| Q3 (1991-2618) | 13.9 | 19.6 | 12.6 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 20.3 | ||
| Q4 (≥ 2619) | 15.6 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 21.6 | 23.9 | ||
| % calories from fat | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Q1 (< 29.6) | 27.1 | 22.9 | 24.7 | 26.9 | 28.5 | 28.2 | 22.4 | 19.6 | ||
| Q2 (29.6-34.9) | 27.1 | 24.5 | 34.5 | 27.8 | 27.1 | 28.7 | 23.8 | 21.8 | ||
| Q3 (35.0-40.1) | 28.1 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 30.1 | 27.5 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 27.3 | ||
| Q4 (≥ 40.2) | 17.6 | 26.5 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 28.4 | 31.4 | ||
| Hypertension | 32.7 | 41.9 | < .001 | 24.7 | 23.0 | 28.3 | 38.6 | 45.8 | 43.8 | < .001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 59.7 | 66.0 | < .001 | 53.5 | 58.9 | 57.4 | 65.7 | 68.0 | 65.7 | < .001 |
| Depression | 11.4 | 10.0 | .04 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 0.11 |
| Current smoker | 23.7 | 13.4 | < .001 | 24.7 | 16.8 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 13.5 | 13.2 | < .001 |
| Diabetes | 20.3 | 22.6 | .02 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 21.3 | 25.5 | 23.8 | < .001 |
Span: Spanish. Eng: English. Gen: Generation.