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. 2020 Dec 28;31(1):14–18. doi: 10.1093/ppar/praa042

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Adults with 15 or More Years of U.S. Residence, Ages 50–60

All Origin White Black Hispanic Asian
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Native Immigrant Native Immigrant Native Immigrant Native Immigrant Native Immigrant
Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Health outcomes
 Hypertension 0.39 0.34 0.36 0.31 0.57 0.43 0.40 0.35 0.39 0.32
 Diabetes 0.11 0.13 0.10 0.07 0.18 0.14 0.20 0.17 0.10 0.13
 Obese (BMI 30+) 0.33 0.24 0.31 0.23 0.44 0.30 0.40 0.32 0.21 0.08
Demographic characteristics
 Age 54.92 54.74 54.96 54.99 54.80 54.52 54.61 54.66 54.80 54.66
 Female 0.54 0.52 0.53 0.52 0.58 0.52 0.55 0.52 0.49 0.53
 Observations 86,413 12,062 67,118 2529 13,817 1076 4701 5984 777 2473

Note. BMI = body mass index; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey. Source: 2000–2018 NHIS. All statistics use NHIS annual weights. Sample sizes are based on hypertension reports because, hypertension has the highest reporting rate.