. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Community Health Nurs. 2010 Apr;27(2):70–83. doi: 10.1080/07370011003704933

Table 1.

Demographic and Health-Related Characteristics of the Participants (N=59).

Variables	N	Mean	SD	%
Age		48	12.56
Gender
Female	40			67.8
Male	19			32.2
Married	39			70.3
Widowed	3			5.5
Divorced	4			7.3
Country of Origin
US	2			3.4
Mexico	43			72.9
Puerto Rico	2			3.4
Other	12			20.3
Triglycerides		238.86	142.64
Cholesterol	58	184.14	44.97
HDL	56	42.23	11.30
LDL		113.5	38.89
Blood Pressure	59
Systolic		140.14	19.75
Diastolic	59	84.92	11.37
BMI in kg/m²		32.43	0.50
Hypertension	30			50.8
Heart Disease	7			12.3
Kidney Disease	15			25.4
Stroke	3			5.1
Ever Smoked	17			56.7
Smokers	5			8.6
Nutritional Risk:
Low	4			6.8
Moderate	18			30.5
High	37			62.7