Table 3.
Prevalence of ideal, intermediate, and poor heart health metrics, by years since migration and English proficiency [N, (%)]
| Characteristic | Years since migration |
Fishers exact test |
English proficiency |
Fishers exact test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest tertile (0.5–13 years) |
Middle tertile (14–23 years) |
Upper tertile (24–66 years) |
Low | High | |||
| Tobacco use | |||||||
| Ideal (non-smoker) | 184 (97.9) | 162 (93.6) | 142 (93.4) | 330 (94.8) | 99 (97.1) |
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| Poor (current smoker) | 4 (2.1) | 11 (6.4) | 10 (6.6) | 0.075 | 18 (5.2) | 3 (2.9) | 0.259 |
| Body mass index (BMI) | |||||||
| Ideal (ideal ≤22.9 kg/m2) | 6 (35.3) | 9 (37.5) | 18 (34.0) | 12 (27.3) | 2 (50.0) | ||
| Intermediate (23–26.9 kg/m2) | 7 (41.2) | 10 (42.7) | 28 (52.8) | 24 (54.6) | 2 (50.0) | ||
| Poor (≥27 kg/m2) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (20.8) | 7 (13.2) | 0.748 | 8 (18.2) | 0 (0) | 0.626 |
| Physical activity | |||||||
| Ideal (≥75 min/week vigorous, ≥150 min/ week moderate, or equivalent combination) |
14 (13.0) | 26 (22.6) | 25 (23.2) | 41 (18.6) | 9 (12.0) | ||
| Intermediate (1–74 min/week vigorous, 1–149 min/week moderate, or equivalent combination) |
88 (81.5) | 80 (69.6) | 70 (64.8) | 165 (74.7) | 56 (74.7) |
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| Poor (no moderate and vigorous activity) | 6 (5.6) | 9 (7.8) | 13 (12.0) | 0.068 | 15 (6.8) | 10 (13.3) |
0.133 |
| Diet | |||||||
| 4 Healthy components | 31 (16.1) | 40 (22.2) | 39 (24.8) | 71 (19.8) | 23 (21.9) |
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| 3 Healthy components | 61 (31.6) | 67 (37.2) | 59 (37.6) | 118 (32.9) | 42 (40.00) |
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| 2 Healthy components | 71 (36.8) | 49 (27.2) | 41 (26.1) | 118 (32.9) | 29 (27.6) |
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| 1 Healthy component | 26 (13.5) | 18 (10.0) | 14 (8.9) | 44 (12.3) | 7 (6.7) | ||
| 0 Healthy component | 4 (2.1) | 6 (3.3) | 4 (2.6) | 0.188 | 8 (2.2) | 4 (3.8) | 0.248 |
| Blood pressure | |||||||
| Ideal (<120/80 mmHg) | 6 (75.0) | 12 (60.0) | 30 (66.7) | 21 (61.8) | 1 (33.3) | ||
| Moderate (120–139/80–88 mm Hg) and poor (≥140/90 mm Hg) |
2 (25.0) | 8 (40.0) | 15 (33.3) | 0.815 | 13 (38.2) | 2 (66.7) | 0.356 |
| Random plasma glucose | |||||||
| Ideal | 5 (35.7) | 5 (20.8) | 16 (30.8) | 10 (25.0) | 0 | ||
| Moderate | 3 (21.4) | 8 (33.3) | 9 (17.3) | 11 (27.5) | 2 (50.0) | ||
| Poor | 6 (42.9) | 11 (45.8) | 27 (51.9) | 0.561 | 19 (47.5) | 2 (50.0) | 0.672 |