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. 2019 Oct 16;18:158. doi: 10.1186/s12939-019-1066-3

Table 6.

Health risk behaviors by Region of Birth

Region of Birth
Africa (Col %) Southeast Asia (Col %) Europe/Central Asia (Col %) Latin America and the Caribbean (Col %) South Asia (Col %) Total (Col %) p-value
Totala 541 (100) 634 (100) 603 (100) 351 (100) 6622 (100) 8751 (100.0) 0.000
Ever smokea
 No 524 (97.6) 598 (95.4) 573 (95.7) 311 (88.9) 5943 (90.4) 7949 (91.5)
 Yes 13 (2.4) 29 (4.6) 26 (4.3) 39 (11.1) 630 (9.6) 737 (8.5)
Current smokera
 No 9 (69.2) 16 (55.2) 20 (76.9) 25 (64.1) 287 (45.6) 357 (48.4) 0.002
 Yes 4 (30.8) 13 (44.8) 6 (23.1) 14 (35.9) 343 (54.4) 380 (51.6)
One alcohol drinka
 No 526 (98) 583 (93) 573 (95.7) 310 (88.6) 6277 (95.5) 8269 (95.2) 0.000
 Yes 11 (2) 44 (7) 26 (4.3) 40 (11.4) 296 (4.5) 417 (4.8)
Elevated glucose
 Not elevated 608 (98.2) 604 (97.4) 780 (91.3) 311 (98.4) 6840 (93.7) 9143 (94.2) 0.000
 Elevated 11 (1.8) 16 (2.6) 74 (8.7) 5 (1.6) 459 (6.3) 565 (5.8)

aAge ≥ 15 years