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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;251:253–256.

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables (n=2,007)

Variables* Mean (SD), N (%)
Emotional factor
 Perceived Stressa [0–5, 5: worst] 0.6 (SD 1.0)
 Anxiety symptomsb- days of having anxiety
 symptoms last month [0–30 days, 30: worst]
3.5 (SD 7.4)
 Depressive symptomsc [0–27, 27:worst] 2.2 (SD 4.6)

Behavioral factor
 Smoking (100 cigarettes) in life N=263 (13.1%)
 Sugary beverage consumption [0–70 times/week] 2.9 (SD 4.3)

Societal factor
 Health literacyd [0–6, 0:limited health literacy] 1.7 (SD 1.8)

Environmental factor
 Fruits and vegetable available in the neighborhood
   Strongly agree 746, (37.5%), Agree 960 (48.3%),
   Disagree 239 (12.0%), Strongly disagree 44 (2.2%)
a

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983)

b

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health-related quality of life (CDC HRQOL-14)

c

Modified Patient Heath Questionnaire-9 (modified PHQ-9 depression)

d

Newest Vital Sign-Health literacy (Weiss et al., 2005)

*

missing data ≤1% except for chronic stress (3%), depressive symptom (4%) and anxiety symptom (5%)