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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 Jun 2;8(2):315–331. doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00784-w

Appendix 2.

Bivariate Association with Race/Ethnicity

Variable Race/Ethnicity, Weighted column % P-value
White Asian Black Mexican Other Hispanic Other
Main Variable
Self-rated dietary pattern <0.001
 Excellent/very good 34.9 43.0 24.6 13.7 21.7 27.6
 Good 42.8 41.8 40.4 40.2 44.2 42.4
 Fair/poor 22.3 15.1 35.0 46.1 34.2 30.0
HEI Total <0.001
 Poor 66.0 50.3 74.8 72.8 63.1 72.9
 Need improvement 30.8 42.8 23.1 24.6 32.7 26.0
 Acceptable 3.2 6.8 2.1 2.6 4.1 1.0
Caffeine <0.001
 None 9.1 17.0 28.8 17.0 13.3 9.7
 1–200 mg 51.9 67.6 60.3 64.3 65.3 58.2
 >200–400 mg 26.3 13.0 8.8 14.6 16.5 19.3
 >400 mg 12.7 2.5 2.1 4.1 4.9 12.7
Total Leisure-Time Physical Activity (MET-hours/week) <0.001
 None 43.2 39.2 49.3 53.7 50.3 44.4
 Low (≤12) 21.6 23.5 19.3 17.1 18.4 20.5
 Moderate (>12 to 32) 21.2 22.9 14.8 15.6 17.5 14.9
 High (>32) 13.9 14.3 16.7 13.6 13.8 20.1
Socio-Demographic
Sex 0.016
 Female 51.2 53.2 55.0 49.1 53.2 47.4
 Male 48.8 46.8 45.0 50.9 46.8 52.6
Age <0.001
 20–44 38.7 53.0 50.7 63.7 57.4 54.8
 45–64 38.4 32.4 36.3 28.5 31.3 30.3
 ≥65 22.9 14.6 13.0 7.8 11.3 15.0
Education <0.001
 <High school 9.53 11.0 18.4 45.1 29.6 10.3
 High school 20.9 13.3 25.9 20.7 22.1 20.4
 Some college 34.1 20.6 36.9 25.0 30.8 43.8
 College 35.5 55.0 18.8 9.2 17.5 25.6
Marital Status <0.001
 Married/cohabitating 64.7 67.2 41.2 67.4 57.9 57.8
 Never married 16.1 22.8 35.8 19.1 22.6 21.2
 Other (divorced. separated, widowed) 19.2 9.9 22.9 13.5 19.4 21.0
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty <0.001
 Poor 10.2 13.9 26.2 27.2 26.8 18.2
 Low 17.8 15.0 23.6 29.2 23.7 24.4
 Moderate 26.8 25.2 23.7 22.6 25.4 26.0
 High 40.4 37.2 17.0 9.8 14.5 23.3
 Missing 4.9 8.6 9.6 11.2 9.6 8.1
Health Insurance <0.001
 No insurance 11.3 15.8 21.6 44.1 31.1 21.2
 Public 13.3 13.0 24.3 14.2 19.6 15.7
 Private 69.0 63.0 44.6 34.0 41.5 50.3
 Other 6.4 8.2 9.5 7.6 7.8 12.7
Health-related
# of Chronic Conditions <0.001
 0 43.6 65.6 52.0 63.1 56.9 41.2
 1 27.5 22.7 25.9 22.9 26.7 29.2
 2+ 28.9 11.7 22.0 13.9 16.4 29.5
General Health <0.001
 Excellent/very good 52.0 49.3 37.6 224.3 34.4 41.9
 Good 33.6 38.2 39.9 39.9 39.1 35.6
 Fair/poor 14.4 12.4 22.5 35.7 26.5 22.5
Behavioral-related
Alcohol <0.001
 No 63.1 81.1 67.2 52.9 57.5 63.4
 Yes 36.9 18.9 32.8 47.1 42.5 36.6
Smoking <0.001
 Never 52.2 75.7 59.6 66.1 62.0 45.3
 Previous 28.5 14.2 15.3 18.9 21.4 22.3
 Current 19.3 10.1 25.1 15.0 16.6 32.4
Sleep disorder <0.001
 No 67.4 84.9 74.4 81.6 77.8 65.3
 Yes 32.6 15.1 25.6 18.4 22.2 34.7
Obesity <0.001
 Normal or underweight 29.9 57.6 24.8 19.0 25.1 29.2
 Overweight 34.2 29.7 26.8 35.0 34.4 27.1
 Obese 35.9 12.7 48.4 46.0 40.5 43.8

HEI = Health Eating Index. MET = Metabolic Equivalent of Task. Adjusting for the NHANES complex sampling design, Rao-Scott’s chi-square test was used to explore bivariate association with race/ethnicity.