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Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2013 Aug;38(4):634–641. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9658-0

Table 1. Characteristics of Atahualpa and NOMAS Caribbean Hispanic populations.

Characteristics	Atahualpa (n = 616)	NOMAS Caribbean Hispanics

		Total (n = 1,617)	Dominican (n = 995)	Puerto Rican (n = 234)	Cuban (n = 187)	Other (n = 201)
Age, years	59 ± 13	66 ± 9	65 ± 9	68 ± 9	72 ± 10	65 ± 9
Male	40.6 %	36.7 %	32.7 %^*	41.0 %	47.1 %^*	42.3 %
Primary school or less	64.4 %	63.6 %^***	74.5 %	41.0 %^***	56.2 %^***	43.3 %^***
No or light alcohol drinking	85.9 %	65.8 %^***	67.2 %^***	65.0 %^***	65.2 %^***	60.2 %^***
Body mass index, kg/cm²	27 ± 5	28 ± 5^***	28 ± 5^***	28 ± 6^**	28 ± 5^***	29 ± 5^***
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	138 ± 25	144 ± 21	145 ± 21^**	142 ± 20	144 ± 21	140 ± 22
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	77 ± 12	84 ± 11^***	86 ± 11^***	81 ± 11^***	83 ± 10^***	82 ± 10^***
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	143 ± 89	108 ± 53^***	109 ± 52^***	112 ± 65^***	102 ± 43^***	104 ± 46^***
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	197 ± 31	202 ± 41^***	201 ± 40^*	205 ± 46^**	205 ± 40^*	201 ± 40
Antihypertensive medication	13.0 %	42.1 %^***	47.3 %^***	34.2 %^***	39.0 %^***	28.4 %^***
Lipid-lowering medication	1.1 %	12.7 %^***	12.4 %^***	15.8 %^***	13.9 %^***	10.0 %^***
Hypoglycemic treatment	10.9 %	15.8 %^*	16.6 %^*	20.5 %^**	11.8 %	10.0 %

^*

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001 compared with Atahualpa after adjustment for age