TABLE 3.
Participant characteristics across quartiles of the AHA-DLS in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study1
| Quartiles of AHA-DLS |
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| Characteristic2 | Q1 19.0 (4.8–23.1) | Q2 26.7 (23.1–30.4) | Q3 33.8 (30.4–38.5) | Q4 43.0 (38.6–72.2) | P-trend |
| n | 300 | 301 | 301 | 301 | |
| Age, y | 56.4 ± 0.5 | 57.5 ± 0.5 | 57.5 ± 0.5 | 57.7 ± 0.5 | 0.18 |
| Female, % | 75.1 | 70.4 | 73.4 | 70.0 | 0.28 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 33.2 ± 0.4 | 31.6 ± 0.4* | 30.9 ± 0.4† | 29.2 ± 0.4† | <0.0001 |
| Physical activity, % | |||||
| Sedentary/light | 98.7 | 96.0 | 95.8 | 86.3† | <0.0001 |
| Moderate/vigorous | 1.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 13.7† | <0.0001 |
| Smoking, % | |||||
| Never | 39.9 | 46.0 | 34.7 | 43.3 | 0.63 |
| Past | 30.4 | 29.9 | 33.9 | 31.1 | 0.99 |
| Current | 28.8 | 22.6 | 30.3 | 24.7 | 0.63 |
| Alcohol, % | |||||
| Nondrinker | 76.1 | 65.5** | 54.1† | 36.1† | <0.0001 |
| Moderate | 15.7 | 25.2** | 35.9† | 52.9† | <0.0001 |
| Heavy | 5.5 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 0.03 |
| Diabetes (y/n), % yes | 43.6 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 38.0 | 0.20 |
| Hypertension (y/n), % yes | 69.7 | 70.9 | 71.6 | 67.8 | 0.62 |
| Total household income, $/y | 14,518 ± 2054 | 16,723 ± 2017 | 21389 ± 2032 | 23,535 ± 1994** | 0.0003 |
| Education, % | |||||
| ≤8th grade | 51.5 | 50.3 | 46.8 | 39.0** | 0.0007 |
| 9th–12th grade or GED | 39.9 | 36.3 | 38.2 | 38.5 | 0.84 |
| College/some graduate school | 8.4 | 13.4 | 14.6** | 22.5† | <0.0001 |
| Supplement use (y/n), % yes | 53.5 | 53.5 | 59.5 | 63.1* | 0.006 |
| Acculturation, % | 22.0 ± 1.2 | 24.4 ± 1.2 | 25.2 ± 1.2 | 30.1 ± 1.2† | <0.0001 |
| PSS | 25.2 ± 0.6 | 23.0 ± 0.5 | 22.3 ± 0.6*** | 21.3 ± 0.5† | <0.0001 |
1
Values are median (range), mean ± SEM, or %, adjusted for age/sex and calculated using ANCOVA. Symbols indicate different from Q1: * < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
2
P < 0.0001, adjusting for age/sex using ANCOVA for linear variables and logistic regression for categorical variables. Adjustments were made for multiple comparisons using Tukey's honestly significant difference.