. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Jul;66(7):972–979. doi: 10.1002/acr.22254

Table 2.

Acculturation and Social Support scores of 706 RA patients at baseline according to ethnic group.

	Non-Hispanic White (n=272)	Hispanic (n=434)	P-value
Acculturation
First language English, n (%)	261 (96%)	89 (20%)	≤ 0.001
Speak English most often while at home, n (%)	269 (98%)	167 (38%)	≤ 0.001
Prefer to speak English, n (%)	270 (99%)	306 (71%)	≤ 0.001
Read any English, n (%)	272 (100%)	379 (87%)	≤ 0.001
Total Acculturation Score, mean (SD)	3.94 (0.28)	2.27 (1.26)	≤ 0.001
Social Support^*
Tangible support, mean (SD)	4.05 (1.07)	3.91 (1.03)	0.08
Affectionate support, mean (SD)	4.39 (0.95)	4.28 (0.99)	0.1
Positive interaction support, mean (SD)	4.26 (1.01)	4.02 (1.06)	0.004
Emotional/informational support, mean (SD)	4.22 (1.01)	3.95(1.09)	0.001

There was one patient for which we were unable to obtain data on social support. The values shown are for 705 patients (NHW, n = 271; Hispanic, n = 434)