Table 5.

Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of health behaviors among Latinos, including age, socioeconomic status, and acculturation, for the total sample and by sex

	Current smoker OR (95% CI)	Moderate/high alcohol intake OR (95% CI)	High BMI OR (95% CI)	Recent exercise activity OR (95% CI)
Total sample
Age	.99 (.98, 1.00)	.99 (.98, 1.00)	1.02 (1.01 1.03)	.99 (.98, .99)
Education	.95 (.85, 1.05)	1.00 (.89, 1.12)	.87 (.82, .94)	1.36 (1.26, 1.47)
Income	.99 (.98, 1.00)	1.00 (.98, 1.03)	.99 (.98, 1.01)	1.02 (1.00, 1.03)
Acculturation	1.46 (1.14, 1.88)	1.98 (1.36, 2.90)	1.46 (1.19, 1.81)	1.72 (1.39, 2.13)
Women only
Age	.99 (.98, 1.00)	.98 (.96, 1.00)	1.02 (1.01, 1.03)	1.00 (.99, 1.01)
Education	1.01 (.87, 1.16)	1.37 (1.06, 1.77)	.79 (.71, .87)	1.38 (1.24, 1.53)
Income	.99 (.98, 1.01)	.98 (.93, 1.02)	.97 (.96, .99)	1.01 (.99, 1.02)
Acculturation	2.43 (1.66, 3.56)	2.70 (1.13, 6.42)	1.62 (1.23, 2.13)	2.63 (1.92, 3.60)
Men only
Age	.99 (.98, 1.01)	.99 (.98, 1.00)	1.02 (1.01, 1.04)	.98 (.97, .99)
Education	.90 (.78, 1.03)	.94 (.83, 1.07)	.95 (.86, 1.07)	1.39 (1.24, 1.56)
Income	.98 (.96, .99)	.99 (.97, 1.02)	1.01 (.99, 1.04)	1.02 (1.00, 1.04)
Acculturation	1.12 (.78, 1.60)	2.27 (1.44, 3.58)	1.23 (1.04, 1.83)	1.14 (.80, 1.62)

Note: Latino ethnicity was coded (1), “yes”, based on self-reported Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano, other Latin American, or other Spanish national origin or ancestry. Age was coded in years. Education had a possible range of 0 (no education or kindergarten only) to 6 (more than 4 years of college). Family income ranged from 0 (less than $1,000) to 26 ($50,000 and over). Odds ratios for each variable are adjusted for all other variables in the model. Odds ratios for continuous independent and interval-scale variables denote change in the odds of the health behavior per unit change in the independent variable. Significant odds ratios are highlighted in boldface.

Data source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 1991.