Table 1. Demographic and clinical profile of Vivamos Activos participants by gender.
| Categorical variables |
Total (N=207) |
Female (N=159) |
Male (N=48) |
P-value (male vs female) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age categories (years) | |||||||
| 20–29 | 12 | (5.8) | 8 | (5.0) | 4 | (8.3) | 0.96 |
| 30–39 | 44 | (21.3) | 33 | (20.8) | 11 | (22.9) | — |
| 40–49 | 69 | (33.3) | 54 | (34.0) | 15 | (31.3) | — |
| 50–59 | 52 | (25.1) | 40 | (25.2) | 12 | (25.0) | — |
| 60–69 | 25 | (12.1) | 20 | (12.6) | 5 | (10.4) | — |
| 70–79 | 5 | (2.4) | 4 | (2.5) | 1 | (2.1) | — |
| Diabetes mellitus Type 2 | 89 | (43.0) | 71 | (44.7) | 18 | (37.5) | 0.38 |
| Education | |||||||
| Eight grade or less | 113 | (54.6) | 93 | (58.5) | 20 | (41.7) | 0.02 |
| Some high school | 40 | (19.3) | 29 | (18.2) | 11 | (22.9) | — |
| High school or GED certificate | 24 | (11.6) | 18 | (11.3) | 6 | (12.5) | — |
| Technical school or any college | 30 | (14.5) | 19 | (12.0) | 11 | (22.9) | — |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Employed for wages | 90 | (43.5) | 61 | (38.4) | 29 | (60.4) | <0.01 |
| Self-employed | 6 | (2.9) | 4 | (2.5) | 2 | (4.2) | — |
| Out of work | 21 | (10.2) | 10 | (6.3) | 11 | (22.9) | — |
| Homemaker | 74 | (35.7) | 74 | (46.5) | 0 | (0.0) | — |
| Retired | 10 | (4.8) | 8 | (5.0) | 2 | (4.2) | — |
| Unable to work | 6 | (2.9) | 2 | (1.3) | 4 | (8.3) | — |
| Annual personal income | |||||||
| Less than $10 000 | 58 | (28.0) | 47 | (29.6) | 11 | (22.9) | 0.06 |
| $10 000 to less than $15,000 | 42 | (20.3) | 32 | (20.1) | 10 | (20.8) | — |
| $15 000 to less than $20 000 | 50 | (24.2) | 42 | (26.4) | 8 | (16.7) | — |
| $20 000 to less than $25 000 | 22 | (10.6) | 17 | (10.7) | 5 | (10.4) | — |
| $25 000 to less than $35 000 | 26 | (12.6) | 15 | (9.4) | 11 | (22.9) | — |
| $35 000 to less than $75 000 | 8 | (3.9) | 5 | (3.1) | 3 | (3.1) | — |
| Do not know | 1 | (0.5) | 1 | (0.6) | 0 | (0.0) | — |
| Country of birth | |||||||
| Mexico | 159 | (76.8) | 126 | (79.2) | 33 | (68.8) | 0.13 |
| Other (mostly Central America) | 48 | (23.2) | 33 | (20.8) | 15 | (31.3) | — |
| Continuous Variables | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | P-value |
| (male vs female) | |||||||
| BMI (kg m−2) | 35.6 | 5.3 | 36.0 | 5.2 | 34.3 | 5.4 | 0.05 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 115.2 | 13.0 | 114.1 | 13.0 | 118.6 | 12.8 | 0.04 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg dl−1) | 104.9 | 34.9 | 103.1 | 31.7 | 110.8 | 43.6 | 0.26 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg dl−1) | 45.6 | 10.8 | 46.7 | 11.4 | 41.7 | 7.6 | < 0.01 |
| Triglycerides (mg dl−1) | 164.3 | 99.5 | 166.4 | 108.9 | 157.5 | 58.9 | 0.47 |
| Total cholesterol (mg dl−1) | 181.6 | 42.0 | 181.2 | 40.0 | 183.0 | 48.5 | 0.79 |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mg dl−1) | 113.4 | 33.3 | 112.7 | 31.8 | 115.8 | 38.1 | 0.57 |
| Glycated hemoglobin (%) | 6.5 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 0.71 |
| C-reactive protein (mg dl−1) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.40 |
| Age (years) | 47.1 | 11.1 | 47.5 | 11.1 | 45.7 | 11.5 | 0.32 |
| Years lived in neighborhood | 11.2 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 0.94 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.