Table 1:
Age-adjusted Demographic, Anthropometric, and Health Characteristics by Hispanic/Latino Background, for Women*
| Risk factors | Dominican (n = 840) | Central American (n = 905) | Cuban (n = 1,011) | Mexican (n = 3,807) | Puerto Rican (n = 1,348) | South American (n = 550) | Mixed or Other (n = 232) | Overall (n = 8,693) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, yr | 39.6 (0.8) | 41.4 (0.7) | 47.1 (0.7) | 39.4 (0.4) | 44.9 (0.7) | 44.5 (1.1) | 35.3 (1.5) | 41.8 (0.3) |
| Marital status, % | ||||||||
| Single | 42.0 (2.4) | 36.4 (2.0) | 28.9 (1.8) | 23.0 (1.1) | 48.9 (2.3) | 27.9 (2.4) | 35.4 (3.6) | 31.7 (0.8) |
| Married or living with a partner | 37.4 (2.7) | 45.9 (2.3) | 48.8 (2.0) | 58.9 (1.5) | 28.9 (1.8) | 50.2 (2.9) | 33.1 (4.8) | 47.8 (1.0) |
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 20.6 (1.4) | 17.7 (1.3) | 22.3 (1.5) | 18.1 (1.1) | 22.2 (2.1) | 21.9 (2.4) | 31.5 (4.1) | 20.5 (0.7) |
| Education, % | ||||||||
| No high school diploma or GED | 33.6 (2.1) | 36.4 (1.9) | 18.8 (1.7) | 37.4 (1.5) | 35.2 (2.4) | 19.1 (2.4) | 21.4 (3.9) | 32.0 (0.9) |
| At most a high school diploma or GED | 24.5 (2.6) | 26.0 (1.9) | 32.0 (2.0) | 27.1 (1.1) | 25.3 (1.7) | 27.6 (2.4) | 20.1 (6.7) | 27.1 (0.8) |
| Greater than high school diploma or GED | 41.9 (2.6) | 37.6 (1.9) | 49.1 (2.4) | 35.5 (1.7) | 39.5 (2.4) | 53.3 (2.6) | 58.6 (5.7) | 40.9 (1.0) |
| Household yearly income, % | ||||||||
| <$30K | 68.2 (3.0) | 68.2 (2.4) | 63.5 (2.1) | 62.3 (1.7) | 67.7 (2.0) | 64.6 (2.7) | 59.6 (4.9) | 64.3 (1.0) |
| ≥$30K | 23.8 (2.6) | 21.4 (2.2) | 20.5 (1.8) | 33.4 (1.7) | 27.3 (1.9) | 30.1 (2.6) | 38.4 (4.9) | 28.4 (1.0) |
| Missing | 7.9 (1.3) | 10.4 (1.4) | 16.1 (1.6) | 4.3 (0.5) | 5.0 (0.8) | 5.3 (1.3) | 2.1 (0.7) | 7.3 (0.5) |
| Employment status, % | ||||||||
| Retired and not currently employed | 8.8 (1.1) | 4.7 (0.8) | 7.2 (1.1) | 5.3 (0.4) | 14.7 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.5) | 13.2 (4.4) | 7.6 (0.4) |
| Not retired and not currently employed | 43.9 (3.0) | 37.1 (2.1) | 55.9 (1.9) | 48.5 (1.4) | 51.8 (2.2) | 39.2 (2.9) | 44.6 (5.2) | 48.2 (0.9) |
| Employed part-time (≤35 h/wk) | 20.5 (2.1) | 25.9 (1.9) | 13.5 (1.1) | 23.1 (1.1) | 10.6 (1.1) | 24.5 (2.3) | 15.2 (3.7) | 19.4 (0.6) |
| Employed full-time (>35 h/wk) | 26.8 (2.2) | 32.4 (1.9) | 23.4 (1.6) | 23.1 (1.2) | 22.9 (1.6) | 31.6 (2.8) | 27.0 (3.8) | 24.8 (0.7) |
| Current cigarette smoker, % | 11.0 (2.3) | 7.6 (1.0) | 21.5 (1.5) | 9.8 (1.0) | 29.1 (1.9) | 10.9 (1.6) | 19.9 (3.8) | 15.0 (0.7) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 30.0 (0.5) | 29.5 (0.2) | 29.0 (0.2) | 29.5 (0.2) | 31.4 (0.3) | 28.0 (0.4) | 30.1 (0.6) | 29.7 (0.1) |
| BMI, % | ||||||||
| <18.5: underweight | 0.5 (0.3) | 1.2 (0.4) | 2.2 (0.6) | 1.5 (0.4) | 1.2 (0.4) | 0.9 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.2) |
| 18.5–25: normal | 22.3 (2.2) | 21.2 (1.9) | 26.0 (1.6) | 22.2 (1.2) | 18.1 (1.5) | 33.6 (3.0) | 22.7 (4.4) | 22.7 (0.7) |
| 25–30: overweight | 33.7 (2.6) | 36.2 (1.9) | 34.6 (1.7) | 35.4 (1.3) | 30.0 (2.0) | 35.9 (2.7) | 27.5 (4.1) | 34.0 (0.8) |
| ≥30: obese | 43.5 (3.1) | 41.4 (2.0) | 37.3 (1.7) | 40.9 (1.6) | 50.7 (2.2) | 29.6 (2.6) | 49.4 (5.5) | 41.9 (0.9) |
| Waist circumference, cm | 95.1 (1.2) | 94.5 (0.5) | 94.1 (0.5) | 97.3 (0.4) | 98.9 (0.6) | 91.3 (0.8) | 98.0 (1.9) | 96.3 (0.3) |
| Diabetes, % | 15.0 (1.4) | 14.3 (1.3) | 10.9 (1.2) | 16.1 (0.8) | 17.5 (1.6) | 6.3 (1.4) | 18.0 (4.0) | 14.8 (0.5) |
| Hypertension, % | 22.5 (1.6) | 20.0 (1.4) | 24.4 (1.2) | 16.9 (0.8) | 26.0 (1.7) | 13.4 (1.8) | 21.3 (3.8) | 20.4 (0.5) |
Definition of abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; GED = general education degree.
*
For continuous variables other than age, statistic is age-adjusted weighted mean (SE); adjusted to overall mean age (41.1 yr). For categorical variables, statistic is age-adjusted weighted percent (SE). Estimates refer to the target population because sampling weights were applied.