Table II.

Weighted characteristics for older Mexican Americans who used or did not use calcium or calcium/vitamin D supplements in wave 5 of the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (n = 2069).

	No Supplement		Supplement
Characteristic*	Weighted, %	Raw Count, n†	Weighted, %	Raw Count, n†
No. of subjects	89.3	1859	10.6	210
Age, y
75–84	88.9	1356	11.1	145
85–94	90.8	466	9.2	49
≥95	90.0	48	10.0	5
Sex
Male	92.8	742	7.2	55
Female	87.0	1128	13.0	144
Education
≤5th Grade	87.6	738	12.4	95
>5th Grade	90.9	1132	9.1	104
Income (2004–2005 US $)
≥$10,000	88.9	846	11.1	96
<$10,000	89.6	761	10.4	84
Living arrangements
Alone	87.7	515	12.3	62
Not alone	90.0	1355	10.0	137
Citizenship
Born in United States	89.3	1054	10.7	104
Born in Mexico	89.4	816	10.6	95
Interview language
Spanish	90.6	1508	9.4	153
English	85.2	362	14.8	46
Health
Poor/fair	89.3	1214	10.7	144
Good/excellent	89.2	638	10.8	55
ADLs
Independent	89.2	1177	10.8	130
Dependent	89.6	692	10.4	69
IADLs
Independent	89.7	474	10.3	55
Dependent	89.2	1396	10.8	144
Body mass index
Normal (<25 kg/m2)	89.4	485	10.6	57
Obese (≥25 kg/m2)	88.8	988	11.2	113
Cognition, MMSE score
>18	88.4	1339	11.6	160
≤18	90.4	399	9.6	37
Alcohol use
Never drank	90.2	857	9.8	83
Ever drank	88.8	1013	11.2	116
Antiosteoporosis medication use
No	90.2	1805	9.8	178
Yes	69.4	65	30.6	21

ADLs = activities of daily living; lADLs = instrumental ADLs; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.

^*Mean (SE) number of comorbidities (range, 0–6) = 1.75 (0.03) for no supplement use; 2.1 (0.11) for supplement use.

^†Some raw counts do not total 2069 due to missing data.