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. 2018 Nov 27;2(1):334–348. doi: 10.1089/heq.2018.0042

Table 3.

Health Behaviors of Study Participants: Filipino American Health Survey in the Greater Las Vegas Area

Health behaviors Total (N=200) n (%)a Male (N=70) n (%)a Female (N=130) n (%)a pb
Fruit and vegetable servings (missing=16)
 <5 Servings/day 179 (97.3) 64 (97.0) 115 (97.5) 0.845
 ≥5 Servings/day 5 (2.7) 2 (3.0) 3 (2.5)
Fish servings (missing=3)
 <2 Servings/day 122 (61.9) 45 (65.2) 77 (60.2) 0.485
 ≥2 Servings/day 75 (38.1) 24 (34.8) 51 (39.8)
Meat servings (missing=3)
 <2 Servings/day 67 (34.0) 16 (23.2) 51 (39.8) 0.02
 ≥2 Servings/day 130 (66.0) 53 (76.8) 77 (60.2)
Sweet servings (missing=3)
 <5 Servings/day 123 (62.4) 46 (66.7) 77 (60.2) 0.368
 ≥5 Servings/day 74 (37.6) 23 (33.3) 51 (39.8)
Salt addition to food (missing=2)
 Never 57 (28.8) 17 (24.3) 40 (31.3) 0.11
 Often 105 (53.0) 44 (62.9) 61 (47.7)
 Every meal 36 (18.2) 9 (12.9) 27 (21.1)
Adding salty condiments/sauces to food (missing=1)
 Never 61 (30.7) 21 (30.0) 40 (31.0) 0.387
 Often 116 (58.3) 44 (62.9) 72 (55.8)
 Every meal 22 (11.1) 5 (7.1) 17 (13.2)
Fast food consumption (missing=1)
 Never 33 (16.6) 14 (20.0) 19 (14.7) 0.542
 Once per week 94 (47.2) 30 (42.9) 64 (49.6)
 More than once per week 72 (36.2) 26 (37.1) 46 (35.7)
Current smoking status (missing=1)
 Every day 13 (6.5) 8 (11.6) 5 (3.8) <0.001
 Some days 12 (6.0) 10 (14.5) 2 (1.5)
 Not at all 174 (87.4) 51 (73.9) 123 (94.6)
Indoor smoking exposure (missing=48)
 Never 124 (81.6) 40 (78.4) 84 (83.2) 0.477
 Some days 28 (18.4) 11 (21.6) 17 (16.8)
Tobacco consumption (missing=7)
 No 182 (94.3) 59 (88.1) 123 (97.6) 0.006
 Yes 11 (5.7) 8 (11.9) 3 (2.4)
Alcohol consumption (missing=17)
 No 106 (57.9) 26 (39.4) 80 (68.4) <0.001
 Yes 77 (42.1) 40 (60.6) 37 (31.6)
Minutes of physical activity per week (missing=18)
 <150 Min 124 (67.4) 42 (61.8) 82 (70.7) 0.213
 ≥150 Min 60 (32.6) 26 (38.2) 34 (29.3)

Significant p-values are bolded.

a

Low percentage based on nonmissing data in total and by gender.

a

p-Values are from an independent samples t-test, all others are from a chi-square test.

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