TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of 53 healthy, first and second generation Mexican immigrant women across Indigenous American (IA) ancestry tertiles
| IA ancestry tertiles
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| Lowest IA ≤ 45% (n = 18) |
Middle IA > 45 to ≤62% (n = 17) |
Highest IA > 62% (n = 18) |
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| Baseline characteristics | N (%) or Mean ± SD | |||
| Age, years | 27 ± 8 | 27 ± 10 | 28 ± 7 | 0.8 |
| Weight, kg | 67.6 ± 11.5 | 65.7 ± 14.0 | 66.2 ± 10.8 | 0.8 |
| Height, cm | 163 ± 5a | 159 ± 6b | 157 ± 6b | 0.005 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25.4 ± 4.8 | 25.9 ± 5.7 | 26.8 ± 3.9 | 0.6 |
| BMI categories | 0.2 | |||
| Normal weight: ≥18.2–24.9 | 11 (61) | 10 (59) | 6 (33) | |
| Overweight: ≥25–29.9 | 4 (22) | 3 (18) | 9 (50) | |
| Obese: ≥30.0 | 3 (17) | 4 (23) | 3 (17) | |
| Waist circumference, cm | 83.8 ± 11.2 | 81.3 ± 13.8 | 86.8 ± 11.2 | 0.4 |
| Hip circumference, cm | 102 ± 8 | 100 ± 12 | 102 ± 9 | 0.7 |
| Waist to hip ratio (WHR) | 0.82 ± 0.06a | 0.81 ± 0.07a | 0.85 ± 0.06b | 0.07 |
| Education | 0.02 | |||
| High school diploma | 1 (6) | 3 (19) | 7 (47) | |
| Some college or ≥ college | 16 (94) | 13 (81) | 8 (53) | |
| Marital Status | 0.2 | |||
| Married | 4 (22) | 5 (29) | 8 (47) | |
| Single | 14 (78) | 12 (71) | 8 (24) | |
| Employment Status | 0.05 | |||
| Employed | 11 (61) | 7 (41) | 8 (50) | |
| Full time student | 6 (33) | 10 (59) | 4 (25) | |
| Unemployed | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 4 (25) | |
| Place of birth | 0.2 | |||
| Mexico | 12 (67) | 8 (47) | 13 (72) | |
| United States | 6 (33) | 9 (53) | 5 (28) | |
| Language spoken | 0.06 | |||
| Spanish | 9 (53) | 4 (24) | 11 (61) | |
| English | 8 (47) | 13 (76) | 7 (39) | |
| Language Thought | 0.3 | |||
| Spanish | 1 (6) | 2 (12) | 4 (22) | |
| English | 17 (94) | 15 (88) | 14 (78) | |
| Ethnic identity | 0.2 | |||
| Mexican | 11 (61) | 9 (53) | 14 (78) | |
| Mexican American | 7 (39) | 8 (47) | 4 (22) | |
| Acculturation score | 1.6 ± 1.7a | 2.4 ± 1.5b | 1.1 ± 1.4a | 0.04 |
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General linear models for continuous variables and chi-squared tests for categorical variables
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Labeled means in a row with differing superscripts letters are significantly different from one another, using general linear models with the Duncan multiple range test (P<0.05).