TABLE 5.

Univariate associations between demographic characteristics and high compared with low scores for each dietary pattern¹

Demographic characteristics	Factor scores	Pizza and sweets	Meats	Fried foods	Fruit and vegetables	Caribbean starch
Age (y)	Low	59 (14)2	60 (17)	59 (15)	59 (20)	59 (15)
High	54 (15)	55 (14)	54 (15)	56 (14)	55 (15)
P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.028	0.117
Sex (%)
M	Low	29	17	22	72	76
High	40	42	37	69	65
F	Low	75	83	78	28	24
High	66	58	63	31	35
P		0.106	<0.001	0.013	0.637	0.057
Marital status (%)
Single	Low	74	77	75	76	81
High	73	69	72	70	65
Married	Low	26	22	25	23	18
High	27	31	28	29	35
P		0.852	0.172	0.630	0.284	0.005
Years in the United States	Low	31 (18)	38 (29)	31 (29)	41 (29)	45 (28)
High	42 (31)	38 (31)	43 (29)	31 (29)	28 (29)
P		0.003	0.998	0.006	0.079	<0.001
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic	Low	80	73	77	73	60
High	61	68	64	68	80
Non-Hispanic	Low	20	27	23	27	40
High	39	32	36	32	20
P		0.002	0.398	0.023	0.398	0.001
Race (%)
Black or African American	Low	39	44	44	47	61
High	60	56	55	53	38
White	Low	33	30	28	29	22
High	20	22	24	23	30
Asian	Low	1	0	1	0	0
High	0	1	0	1	1
American Indian/Alaskan	Low	2	2	2	1	0
High	1	1	1	2	3
More than one race	Low	21	24	23	22	16
High	16	18	19	21	27
P		0.076	0.375	0.572	0.679	0.015
Language (%)
English speaking	Low	27	36	32	43	57
High	63	55	58	47	33
Spanish speaking	Low	73	64	68	57	43
High	37	45	42	53	67
P		<0.001	0.003	<0.001	0.560	<0.001
Place of birth (%)
North America	Low	17	22	18	33	42
High	53	42	46	31	22
Caribbean	Low	72	66	68	54	46
High	40	46	43	58	66
Central America	Low	6	4	8	5	7
High	3	5	2	4	3
Elsewhere	Low	5	8	6	8	6
High	3	7	9	7	9
P		<0.001	0.009	<0.001	0.943	0.003
Income (%)	Low	86	86	80	81	75
<$20,000	High	68	68	74	73	80
$20,000–29,000	Low	7	7	11	9	13
High	13	13	9	11	7
$30,000–39,000	Low	3	3	5	3	5
High	7	7	5	7	5
$40,000–49,000	Low	3	1	2	5	6
High	7	9	8	5	4
≥$50,000	Low	1	2	1	1	1
High	4	3	4	4	4
P		0.058	0.027	0.233	0.420	0.401
Education (%)
<12th grade	Low	57	52	54	47	40
High	32	37	35	43	50
Grade 12 or GED3	Low	22	27	23	25	30
High	30	25	29	26	22
More than high school	Low	21	20	23	28	31
High	38	38	36	31	28
P		0.001	0.007	0.011	0.827	0.272

¹High scores were defined as above the median, low scores below the median.

²Median; interquartile range in parentheses (all such values).

³GED, General Educational Development.