Table 5.

Pearson correlations for Hispanic ethnic group between variables used in the study and their significance levels.

		Infection%	Mortality%	Poverty	Age60+	Diabetes	BMI30+	HBP	CVD
Infection%	Pearson correlations	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)
Mortality%	Pearson correlations	0.84***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01
Poverty	Pearson correlations	−0.16	−0.14	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.306	0.349
Age60+	Pearson correlations	0.74***	0.82***	−0.07	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.632
Diabetes	Pearson correlations	0.83***	0.85***	−0.04	0.96***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.793	<0.01
BMI30+	Pearson correlations	0.85***	0.87***	−0.16	0.97***	0.99***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.319	<0.01	<0.01
HBP	Pearson correlations	0.80***	0.81***	−0.11	0.98***	0.98***	0.98***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.482	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
CVD	Pearson correlations	0.75***	0.82***	−0.01	0.98***	0.97***	0.98***	0.98***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.950	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

“*” significance at p < 0.1, “**” significance at p < 0.05,

^“***”significance at p < 0.01.