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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2015 Jul 2;62(3):665–672. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.03.065

TABLE 2.

CHARACTERISTICS BY HISPANIC/LATINO BACKGROUND GROUP*

Continuous Variables Dominican (858; 8.9%) Central Amer (951; 9.9%) Cuban (1,589; 16.5%) Mexican (3,578; 37.1%) Puerto-Rican (1,784; 18.5%) South Amer (652; 6.8%) Others (236, 2.4%) P-value
Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
Age (years) 55.5 0.4 55.8 0.4 58.3 0.3 55.3 0.2 56.8 0.3 55.9 0.5 56 0.9 < 0.01
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 29.7 0.2 29.9 0.2 29.4 0.2 29.7 0.1 31 0.3 29.3 0.3 30.3 0.5 < 0.01
Waist Circumference (cm) 97.9 0.5 98.4 0.6 100.1 0.4 100.1 0.3 101.3 0.5 97.1 0.6 102 1.9 < 0.01
Hip Circumference (cm) 105.7 0.5 105.4 0.5 106.7 0.4 106.2 0.3 107.4 0.5 105 0.5 108.2 1.5 < 0.01
Waist/Hip Ratio 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.9 0 < 0.01
SBP (mmHg) 131.3 0.7 131 0.9 132.3 0.6 125.1 0.5 129.5 0.8 126.9 1 131.9 2.4 < 0.01
DBP (mmHg) 77.9 0.5 75.8 0.5 77.1 0.4 72.7 0.3 76.3 0.3 73.9 0.5 77.4 1.1 < 0.01
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 127.3 1.9 131.6 2.1 134.1 1.2 128.6 1.2 122.4 1.3 134.9 1.8 126.6 5.1 < 0.01
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 50.6 0.5 49.7 0.6 49.4 0.4 49.3 0.4 49.6 0.7 50.5 0.8 50.3 1.4 0.31
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 203.3 2.2 212.9 2.2 213.9 1.4 209.1 1.3 200.5 1.5 215.2 2.2 205.4 5.3 < 0.01
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 125.9 3.5 161.2 3.8 154.4 2.7 158.6 3.1 150.1 7.4 151.6 4.4 146.4 7.5 < 0.01
Fasting Glucose (mg/dL) 107.2 1.4 112.5 1.8 108.6 1.1 111.8 1.5 111.9 1.3 104.3 1.4 120.1 4.5 < 0.01
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 81.4 0.8 85.1 1 82.7 0.9 88.1 0.5 80.5 1 86.2 0.9 82 3.3 < 0.01
hsCRP (mg/L) 4 0.4 4.7 0.8 4.7 0.2 3.8 0.2 4.9 0.2 3.8 0.3 4.4 0.5 < 0.01
Pack-years Smoking** 19.4 1.6 16.5 1.7 29.8 1.1 12.3 0.7 22.7 0.8 17.2 2.2 17.9 2.2 < 0.01
Years Living in US 21.55 0.54 19.98 0.52 17.05 0.80 27.06 0.60 42.67 0.64 19.01 0.77 30.05 1.99 < 0.01
Categorical Variables % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE
Female 60.4 2 60.9 2.1 48.8 1.3 56.3 1.3 53.2 1.9 60.3 2.5 56.5 5.2 < 0.01
Former Smoker 18.9 1.7 22.5 1.9 27 1.4 28 1.6 24 2 28.5 2.4 29.2 5 < 0.01
Current Smoker 10.5 1.5 13.3 1.4 29.1 1.7 14.5 1 28.2 1.7 14 1.7 16.1 3.5 < 0.01
Hypertension 45.6 2.5 41.3 2.1 52.9 1.5 34.4 1.8 47.9 2.2 33.6 2.5 47.6 5.7 < 0.01
Impaired Fasting Glucose 33.4 2 33.3 2 36.9 1.4 33.5 1.2 32.4 2.1 37.8 2.3 30.3 4.2 < 0.01
Diabetes 25.9 1.9 29.2 2.1 25.2 1.5 27.3 1.3 29.3 1.7 17.7 1.9 41.4 6 < 0.01
Dyslipidemia 36.8 2.2 49.9 2.5 48.2 1.3 45.3 1.6 38.6 2.2 46.3 2.6 38.7 5.3 < 0.01
Education 52.2 2.1 56.2 2.4 70.8 1.5 51.6 1.9 58.1 2.1 75.1 2.5 74 4.5 < 0.01
Unemployed (not retired) 34.5 2.1 33.1 2.1 42.2 1.6 34.3 1.6 38.1 2.3 34.6 2.4 33.9 4.8 < 0.01
First Generation Immigrant 99.3 0.3 99.1 0.5 98.5 0.4 84.4 1.1 73.3 1.6 98.9 0.4 79 4.1 < 0.01
US Born 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.3 0.4 10.9 0.9 26.3 1.6 1.2 0.4 18.4 3.6 < 0.01
PAD Procedure 6.7 2.8 1.2 1.2 7.9 3.3 11.1 4.2 12.0 3.3 2.1 2.1 6.1 4.4 0.18
Intermittent Claudication 38.1 2.3 23.9 1.9 19.7 1.1 25.0 1.5 36.8 2.2 22.5 2.1 28.9 7.4 < 0.01
ABI Groups
(<= 0.90) 4.7 0.8 5.3 1 9.1 0.8 3.2 0.5 5.9 0.7 4.6 1 5 1.8 < 0.01
(0.91-0.99) 21.5 1.9 19.7 1.8 25.4 1.6 14.4 1 18.1 1.8 17.2 1.9 16.6 3 < 0.01
(1.00-1.39) 72.2 1.9 73 2.1 62.7 1.7 79.9 1 73 1.9 75.1 2.2 77.8 3.4 < 0.01
(>= 1.40) 1.6 0.5 2 0.6 2.9 0.5 2.6 0.5 3 0.5 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 < 0.01
*

Weighted to the Sampling Probability

**

Of Current/Former Smokers only

SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure, eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate