Table 4.
Self-reported health risk behaviors in five Asian American subgroups and non-Hispanic whites (2005 California Health Interview Survey data)
| Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Filipino | Viet- namese |
Diff- erences among Asian subgroups (p < 0.05) |
5 Asian Groups |
White | 5 Asian Groups versus White p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
% Consume 5 or more fruits and vegetables per day (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 47 (42–52) |
52 (42–63) |
59 (51–66) |
48 (40–55) |
58 (50–66) |
CK, CV | 50 (47–54) |
59 (57–60) |
<0.001 |
| W | 38 (35–42) |
43 (33–54) |
32 (26–38) |
29 (22–36) |
31 (25–37) |
CV, JK, JF | 34 (32–37) |
41 (39–42) |
<0.001 |
|
% Had any alcoholic beverage in past month (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 58 (52–63) |
65 (54–76) |
65 (56–73) |
55 (47–63) |
65 (58–72) |
60 (56–63) |
73 (72–74) |
<0.001 | |
| W | 37 (32–42) |
52 (44–60) |
55 (49–61) |
38 (33–43) |
27 (20–35) |
CJ, CK, CV, JF, JV, KF, KV, FV |
40 (37–42) |
66 (65–67) |
<0.001 |
|
% Binge drink in past 30 days (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 8 (5–11) |
20 (11–29) |
21 (15–28) |
23 (16–30) |
17 (11–24) |
CJ, CK, CF, CV |
17 (14–19) |
26 (25–27) |
<0.001 |
| W | 3 (2–4) |
15 (8–22) |
12 (7–17) |
7 (3–11) |
4 (1–6) |
CJ, CK, JV, KV |
6 (4–8) |
15 (14–16) |
<0.001 |
|
% Current smoker (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 15 (11–18) |
13 (4–23) |
30 (22–37) |
25 (18–32) |
31 (23–38) |
CK, CF, CV, JK, JV |
22 (19–25) |
18 (17–19) |
0.014 |
| W | 3 (2–5) |
16 (9–23) |
12 (6–18) |
6 (3–8) |
---- | CJ, CK, JF | 6 (4–7) |
16 (15–17) |
<0.001 |
----could not be reliably determined
Analyses were conducted using proportion estimation with CHIS survey replicate weights and standardization to the 2005 California population age distribution. Comparisons between groups were conducted using linear hypothesis tests.
Asian American subgroups are indicated by their initials: (C)hinese, (J)apanese, (K)orean, (F)ilipino, (V)ietnamese
M=Men, W=Women