Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic variables among the socioeconomic status—the Latin American Health and Nutrition Study (ELANS).
| Socioeconomic Levels | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 9218) | Low (n = 4796) | Middle (n = 3542) | High (n = 880) | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | p Value | |
| Country | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Brazil | 2000 | 21.7 | 916 | 19.1 | 915 | 25.8 | 169 | 25.8 | |
| Venezuela | 1132 | 12.3 | 880 | 18.3 | 190 | 5.4 | 62 | 5.4 | |
| Colombia | 1230 | 13.3 | 779 | 16.2 | 384 | 10.8 | 67 | 10.8 | |
| Argentina | 1266 | 13.7 | 616 | 12.8 | 585 | 16.5 | 65 | 16.5 | |
| Peru | 1113 | 12.1 | 533 | 11.1 | 355 | 10 | 225 | 10 | |
| Chile | 879 | 9.5 | 411 | 8.6 | 388 | 11 | 80 | 11 | |
| Ecuador | 800 | 8.7 | 399 | 8.3 | 297 | 8.4 | 104 | 8.4 | |
| Costa Rica | 798 | 8.7 | 262 | 5.5 | 428 | 12.1 | 108 | 12.1 | |
| Sex | 0.010 | ||||||||
| Male | 4409 | 47.8 | 2221 | 46.3 | 1752 | 49.5 | 436 | 49.5 | |
| Female | 4809 | 52.2 | 2575 | 53.7 | 1709 | 50.5 | 444 | 50.5 | |
| Age range (years) | 0.441 | ||||||||
| 15–19 | 1223 | 13.3 | 642 | 13.4 | 468 | 13.2 | 113 | 12.8 | |
| 20–34 | 3479 | 37.7 | 1803 | 37.6 | 1349 | 38.1 | 327 | 37.2 | |
| 35–49 | 2627 | 28.5 | 1332 | 27.8 | 1025 | 28.9 | 270 | 30.7 | |
| 50–65 | 1889 | 20.5 | 1019 | 21.2 | 700 | 19.8 | 170 | 19.3 | |
Percentages (%) correspond to the relative number of subjects per country within each socioeconomic status. p values correspond to chi-square (analysis). See main text for details.