Table 1.
Sample characteristics of Hispanics in the 2003–2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) by sex and race
| |
Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic blacks (n = 842) | Hispanics who identified as some other race (n = 10,077) | Hispanic whites (n = 11,982) | Hispanic blacks (n = 1421) | Hispanics who identified as some other race (n = 15,936) | Hispanic whites (n = 19,978) | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (SE) |
28.1 (0.3) |
28.3 (0.1)* |
28.1 (0.1) |
28.7 (0.4)* |
28.0 (0.1)* |
27.6 (0.1) |
| Age, years (SE) |
41.2 (0.9) |
40.4 (0.2)* |
42.7 (0.2) |
43.2 (0.8)* |
42.0 (0.2)* |
45.2 (0.2) |
| Education, % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school |
38.1 |
35.9* |
31.8 |
31.6 |
31.2 |
31.7 |
| High school |
27.9 |
27.3 |
25.7 |
27.7 |
28.1 |
26.7 |
| More than high school |
33.9 |
36.8 |
42.6 |
40.7 |
40.7 |
41.6 |
| Non-English questionnaire, % | 41.2 | 43.9 | 43.3 | 36.6 | 39.2* | 41.8 |
Abbreviation:SE = standard error.
*P < .05 for comparisons with Hispanic Whites.