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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2012 Mar 30;39(6):737–744. doi: 10.1177/1090198111430709

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Overweight or Obese Respondents (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) by Race/Ethnicity (N = 26,721)

Non-Hispanic White
(n = 19,264)
African American/Black
(n = 1,749)
Asian/Pacific Islander—EP
(n = 1,296)
Asian/Pacific Islander—LEP
(n = 320)
Latino—EP
(n = 2,624)
Latino—LEP
(n = 1,468)
p Value
Age, years 50.4 46.2 43.1 55.6 37.6 43.6 <.001
Female, % 43.2 52.5 40.2 41.0 42.5 48.4 <.001
Married, % 63.3 31.9 63.9 74.9 49.3 61.4 <.001
Some college or more, % 66.8 56.6 75.4 33.9 41.0   7.3 <.001
Foreign born, %   8.0   8.0 63.9 97.0 36.5 98.5 <.001
Income ≥$58,254, % 61.3 36.4 62.1 19.9 39.0   5.0 <.001
Food insecurity, %   5.0 17.1   7.7 25.1 15.2 42.5 <.001

Note. EP = English proficient; LEP = limited English proficient. All percentages are weighted.