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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Oct;17(5):1330–1336. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-9977-y

Table 1.

Sample Statistics of Youth with Acanthosis Nigricans and Their Biological Parents

Sample Statistics on Youth
Variables Mean or Percentage Variables Mean or Percentage
Leisure-time physical activity Hypertension 22.7
never 8.9 Diabetes 4.9
less than once a week 9.8 Fair/poor self-rated health 15.3
once or twice a week 24.3 TV/Game time per day
Once every other day 21.6 ≤ 1st quartile (45 min) 21.1
every day 35.4 > 1st quartile & ≤ median (60 min) 5.2
Age at survey (years) 10.5 > median & ≤ 3rd quartile (120 min) 33.4
Male gender 43.5 > 3rd quartile (120 min) 40.3
Obesity 90.9

Sample Statistics on Parents
Education (years) Obesity 62.3
<=12 82.8 Diabetes
>12 & <=16 10.1 neither parents diabetic 68.0
>16 7.1 one parent diabetic 27.8
Employment status both parents diabetic 4.3
work full time 33.6 Extended family member diabetic 70.8
work part time 19.3 Fair/poor self-rated health 29.7
unemployed or other 47.1 Physical exercise time per day (minutes)
Per capital family annual income ($) 4576.4 < 30 26.3
≥ 30 61.0
missing 12.7
Housework time per day (minutes) 149.5

Source: The 2011–2012 TRAT2DC and The 2012 SFBAAN conducted in Lower Rio Grande Valley