Table 3.

OLS regression and logistic regression models for (A) blood pressure and (B) hypertension by legal status and legal status by duration in US, Latinos, LAFANS WAVE II, 2007–2008

	A. Continuous systolic BP				B. Whether or not hypertensive
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	ß	p value	ß	p value	OR	p value	OR	p value
Undocumented	− 1.2	0.5			0.8	0.6
≤ 15 years in the USA			− 1.9	0.6			0.9	0.9
> 15 Years in the USA			− 0.3	0.9			0.4	0.1
Documented	−0.8	0.6			0.6	0.6
≤ 15 years in the USA			− 8.1	< 0.01			0.1	< 0.01
> 15 years in the USA			0.8	0.6			0.9	0.8
US-born Latino (reference)	–		–		–		–
Age	0.6	< 0.01	0.6	< 0.01	1.1	< 0.01	1.1	< 0.01
Sex
Male	4.2	< 0.01	4.0	< 0.01	1.2	0.6	1.2	0.6
Female (reference)	–		–		–		–
Currently working
Yes	3.9	0.0	4.1	<0.01	4.2	<0.01	4.2	<0.01
No (reference)	–		–		–		–
Total years of education	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
Married or cohabitating
Yes	−5.3	<0.01	−5.4	<0.01	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.2
No (reference)	–		–		–		–
BMI	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.1	0.02	1.1	0.02
Has health insurance
Yes	− 3.8	0.1	− 3.9	0.0	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.4
No (reference)	–		–		–		–
Taking blood pressure med
Yes	10.9	< 0.01	10.7	< 0.01
No (reference)	–		–
Intercept	79.9	< 0.01	81.0	< 0.01
R-squared	0.4		0.4

Unweighted N = 1081. Data weighted using L.A.FANS sampling weights (Peterson et al., 2011)