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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Educ. 2012 Sep 10;38(5):10.1177/0145721712457249. doi: 10.1177/0145721712457249

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants

Variable Females (n = 23) % Males (n = 16) % Total (n = 39) % P-Valuea
Primary language 0.63
 Spanish 87.0 93.8 89.7
 English 13.0 6.3 10.3
Country of birth 0.37
 USA 13.0 0.0 7.7
 Mexico 78.3 93.8 84.6
 Puerto Rico 4.3 6.3 5.1
 Dominican Republic 4.3 0.0 2.6
Education level 0.62
 No formal education 6.3 4.3 5.1
 Some finished primary 25.0 34.8 30.8
 Some/finished junior high 18.8 8.7 12.8
 Some/finished high school 18.8 26.1 23.1
 Some/finished college 25.0 17.4 20.5
 Some/finished master’s 6.3 0.0 2.6
 Missing data 0.0 8.7 5.1
Age (years) 0.80
 25-44 14.3 9.1 11.1
 45-54 50.0 45.5 47.2
 ≥55 35.7 45.5 41.7
Weight (kg) 0.27
 50.0-64.9 12.5 21.7 17.9
 65.0-79.9 56.3 30.4 41.0
 ≥80.0 31.3 47.8 41.0
Height (cm)b <0.001
 145.0-164.9 37.5 95.7 71.8
 ≥165.0 62.5 4.3 28.2
BMI (kg/m2) 0.13
 18.5-24.9 18.8 4.3 10.5
 25.0-29.9 50.0 34.8 39.5
 ≥30.0 31.3 60.9 50.0
a

P-values based on chi-square test for independence.

b

P ≤ 0.001.