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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Jan 10;26(2):442–450. doi: 10.1002/oby.22089

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics overall and by nativity/years in the US, HCHS/SOL

Overall (N=16,156) Nativity/Years in the US
Foreign born, < 10 years in the US (n=3,630) Foreign born, ≥ 10 years in the US (n=8,964) US born (n=2,713)

Characteristic % or mean SE % or mean SE % or mean SE % or mean SE
Age, mean (SE) 41.1 0.2 38.6 0.4 46.9 0.3 31.3 0.3
Female 52.6 0.5 54.8 * 1.0 53.9 * 0.9 49.0 1.8
Hispanic/Latino heritage
 Central American 7.3 0.5 8.8 * 0.9 8.4 * 0.6 1.4 0.3
 Cuban 21.1 1.7 40.0* 2.9 16.5 * 1.4 5.0 0.7
 Dominican 9.8 0.7 8.3 * 0.9 12.3 * 0.9 4.2 0.7
 Mexican 36.5 1.6 30.1 * 2.3 41.0 1.7 41.0 2.0
 Puerto Rican 16.4 0.8 3.6 * 0.6 13.9 * 0.8 39.1 1.8
 South American 5.1 0.3 7.2 * 0.7 5.3 * 0.4 0.9 0.1
 More than one/other 3.9 0.3 2.0 * 0.3 2.6 * 0.4 8.4 1.0
< HS Education 33.5 0.7 28.7 * 1.1 37.6 * 0.9 21.9 1.3
< $20,000 Income 42.5 0.9 47.8 * 1.4 43.5 * 1.0 31.3 1.6
Spanish language Preference 76.4 0.9 98.2 * 0.3 81.1 * 1.0 25.1 1.4
Current smoker 20.9 0.6 18.6 * 1.0 19.0 * 0.8 28.1 1.4
Heavy drinker 5.8 0.3 4.4 * 0.4 5.8 * 0.4 7.9 0.9
Physical activity (total METS/week), mean (SE) 685.1 13.4 657.7 24.6 665.5 18.6 728.2 33.3
Energy, Kcal, mean (SE) 1892.4 10.3 1951.4 18.7 1844.7* 14.1 1968.0 22.1
AHEAI-20102, mean (SE) 47.8 0.2 47.2 * 0.3 48.7 * 0.2 46.4 0.3
Hypertension 25.1 0.5 24.9 0.9 24.9 0.6 24.7 1.5
Diabetes 16.7 0.4 13.1 0.8 18.1* 0.5 14.3 1.1
Chronic kidney disase 5.0 0.3 4.6* 0.5 4.8* 0.3 8.7 1.4
CESD1 score, mean (SE) 7.1 0.1 6.6* 0.1 6.9* 0.1 7.9 0.2

All estimates are age adjusted to the US 2010 census population aged 18–74 years

*

Indicates estimate is significantly different compared with US born as the referent group, p< 0.05

1

CESD: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale

2

AHEI-2010: Alternative Heathy Eating Index 2010, range: 0–110