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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Aug 17;143:98–106. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.029

Table 2.

Summary of the demographic characteristics of participants from the Cameron County Hispanic cohort (2008 - 2012).

aMet PA Guidelines, n (%)
CCHC, n (%) (n=1,438) No (n=993) (69.73%) Yes (n=431) (30.27%) bp value cPortions of FV Mean (SD) dp value
Gender 0.0012 <0.0001
    Male 464 (32.27) 293 (29.51) 166 (38.52) 2.31 (2.28)
    Female 974 (67.73) 700 (70.49) 265 (61.48) 2.85 (2.54)
Age <0.0001 0.0741
    ≤ 35 years 372 (25.87) 211 (21.25) 157 (36.43) 2.39 (2.29)
    36-48 years 369 (25.66) 266 (26.79) 102 (23.67) 2.72 (2.58)
    49-59 years 371 (25.80) 267 (26.89) 99 (22.97) 2.87 (2.44)
    ≥ 60 years 326 (22.67) 249 (25.08) 73 (16.94) 2.75 (2.64)
Marital status 0.0010 0.0933
    Single/Never Married 224 (15.59) 132 (13.29) 91 (21.16) 2.39 (2.24)
    Married 920 (64.02) 645 (64.95) 267 (62.09) 2.67 (2.46)
    Divorced/Separated 184 (12.80) 130 (13.09) 49 (11.40) 3.01 (2.89)
    Widowed 109 (7.59) 86 (8.66) 23 (5.35) 2.78 (2.23)
Educational Attainment <0.0001 0.3720
    ≤ 8 years 509 (35.40) 392 (39.48) 112 (25.99) 2.58 (2.45)
    > 8 years 929 (64.60) 601 (60.52) 319 (74.01) 2.74 (2.49)
Language e <0.0001 0.8736
    Spanish 1098 (77.43) 799 (81.36) 287 (68.01) 2.70 (2.48)
    English 320 (22.175) 183 (18.64) 135 (31.99) 2.64 (2.49)
Insurance 0.8361 0.7257
    Insurance 458 (31.85) 320 (32.23) 136 (31.55) 2.72 (2.62)
    None 980 (68.15) 673 (67.77) 295 (68.45) 2.66 (2.41)
Diabetes 0.0023 0.6809
    Diabetes 368 (26.08) 280 (28.60) 86 (20.53) 2.64 (2.34)
    No Diabetes 1043 (73.92) 699 (71.40) 333 (79.47) 2.68 (2.51)

Abbr. CCHC=Cameron County Hispanic Cohort. PA=Physical Activity. FV=Fruit and Vegetable.

Note.

a

Participants met physical activity guidelines if engaged in at least 150 minutes of moderate and vigorous exercise in the past 7 days.

b

Mixed logistic regression models.

c

Number of portions (80 g each) of fruits and vegetables consumed daily.

d

Mixed Poisson regression model.

e

Preferred language choice of participant.