. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Psychol. 2010 May 7;15(8):1201–1213. doi: 10.1177/1359105310364173

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics (N = 118)

Variable	M ± SD
Age	57.6 ± 10.4
Female (%)	68.6
Education (%)
< or = 8^th grade	56.8
some high school	16.9
high school or GED	16.9
some college	6.8
college degree	2.5
Employed (%)	5.9
Married (%)	30.5
English proficiency, 0 = very poor to 5 = very good	1.6 ± 1.5
Speaks only Spanish at home (%)	84.7
Years lived in the United States	24.6 ± 13.4
Health insurance (%)	89.0
Years diagnosed with diabetes	12.3 ± 10.3
Perceived health status, 0 = very poor to 5 = very good	2.5 ± 1.6
Scores 0–1 (%)	26.3
Scores 2–3 (%)	48.3
Scores 4–5 (%)	25.4
Body Mass Index (BMI)	35.4 ± 7.5
Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9) (%)	5.9
Overweight (BMI 25 – 29.9) (%)	18.6
Obese (BMI ≥ 30) (%)	75.5

Note: Data are means ± standard deviations unless otherwise indicated.