. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2007 Dec 18;11(5):422–427. doi: 10.1007/s10903-007-9113-3

Table 1.

Mean body mass index (BMI) by demographic characteristics of study population^a

Characteristics	All sample (n = 2,342)			Men (n = 1,450)			Women (n = 892)
Characteristics	n	%	Mean BMI	n	%	Mean BMI	n	%	Mean BMI
Overall			22.81	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gender				–	–	–	–	–	–
Men	1450	55	23.41^**
Women	892	45	22.08
Age (years)
18–34	580	32	21.95	358	32.11	22.96	222	31.87	20.69
35–44	648	25.31	23.10	385	24.61	23.74	263	26.18	22.39
45–54	598	23.65	23.18	376	23.55	23.45	222	23.76	22.87
≥55	459	19.04	23.38^**	293	19.73	23.57	166	18.19	23.14^**
Education
< 12 years	945	41.76	23.22^**	572	39.19	23.42	373	44.92	23.01^**
Complete hs	528	23.21	22.65	311	23.07	23.53	217	23.39	21.61
>12 years	858	35.03	22.41	561	37.74	23.31	297	31.69	21.18
Marital status
Not married	445	22.3	22.04	324	25.99	22.51	121	17.78	21.18
Married	1889	77.7	23.05^**	1120	74.01	23.75^*	769	82.22	22.29^*
Employment
Yes	1636	66.73	22.89	1112	74.65	23.55	524	57.04	21.87
No	680	33.27	22.66^**	317	25.3	23.35	363	42.96	22.36^*
Country of birth
China	1890	79.67	22.68	1169	79.95	23.22	721	79.34	22.04
Taiwan	124	4.04	23.07	65	3.33	24.57	59	4.19	21.97
Hong Kong	180	9.67	23.07	115	9.52	23.99	65	9.85	21.94
US	57	3.01	24.27	45	3.72	24.86	12	2.15	23.11
Other	87	3.61	23.15	53	3.49	23.32	34	3.75	22.95
Income
< $10,000	304	14.78	22.95	171	12.99	22.99	133	17.09	22.92
$10,000–20,000	604	34.82	22.86	374	33.20	23.06	230	36.89	22.63^**
$20,000–40,000	585	27.37	22.69	388	30.26	23.53	197	23.93	21.39
>$40,000	475	23.03	22.88	304	23.75	23.83	171	22.10	21.59
Acculturated^b
Yes	522	22.23	22.25	346	22.97	23.03	176	21.34	21.24
No	1820	77.77	22.97^**	1104	77.03	23.53	716	78.66	22.31^*
Length of stay (years)
≤5	434	19.89	22.12	245	17.92	22.34	189	22.26	21.92
6–15	1071	48.83	22.69	662	49.43	23.56	409	48.1	21.62
≥16	656	31.28	23.39^**	422	32.65	23.66	234	29.64	23.04^*

Proportions have been calculated using probability weights assigned to respondents to account for unequal probabilities of sample selection and non-response

Acculturated is a composite of two categorical variables regarding language and media: speaks English in the home or reads English newspapers most of all days

P < 0.05;

^**

P < 0.005