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. 2014 Mar 27;14:283. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-283

Table 1.

Sample characteristics of Hispanics in the 20032008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) by sex and race

 
Men
Women
  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.

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