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. 2022 Jul 5;8(3):e37212. doi: 10.2196/37212

Table 2.

Frequency of health characteristics of Cook for Your Life English- and Spanish-language respondents who completed at least 50% of the online survey.

 Characteristic English respondents (n=2665), n (%) Spanish respondents (n=681), n (%)
  Cancer survivors Primary caregivers General public Cancer survivors Primary caregivers General public
Cardiometabolic conditiona 

Chest pain 30 (2.4) 7 (3.4) 23 (2.4) 2 (2.3) 1 (2.4) 20 (3.8)

Diabetes or prediabetes 200 (14.3) 29 (13.9) 153 (16.0) 16 (18.2) 7 (16.7) 78 (14.8)

Hypertension 338 (24.2) 55 (26.4) 250 (26.2) 26 (29.6) 9 (21.4) 116 (22.1)

High cholesterol 290 (20.7) 45 (21.6) 215 (22.5) 18 (20.5) 14 (33.3) 90 (17.1)

Heart disease 66 (4.7) 10 (4.8) 45 (4.7) 2 (2.3) 3 (7.1) 19 (3.6)

Vascular disease 37 (2.6) 7 (3.4) 27 (2.8) 2 (2.3) 1 (2.4) 6 (1.1)
Current smokera,b 35 (2.5) 11 (5.3) 64 (6.7) 8 (9.1) 7 (16.7) 55 (10.5)
Drinks alcoholb,c,d 625 (45.5) 88 (45.4) 540 (59.0) 22 (25.3) 20 (48.8) 199 (39.2)
Number of alcoholic drinksa,b (out of those who drink alcohol, as reflected in “Total” row)

Total  619 (100) 86 (100) 535 (100) 22 (100) 20 (100) 195 (100)

1-2 per week 320 (51.7) 43 (50.0) 204 (38.1) 14 (63.6) 12 (60.0) 133 (68.2)

3-6 per week 191 (30.9) 23 (26.7) 187 (35.0) 6 (27.3) 6 (30.0) 43 (22.1)

Every day 57 (9.2) 4 (4.7) 56 (10.5) 1 (4.6) 1 (5.0) 9 (4.6)

≥2 per day 51 (8.2) 16 (18.6) 88 (16.5) 1 (4.6) 1 (5.0) 10 (5.1)
Days per week that fruit is eatena,b 

None 36 (2.7) 6 (3.1) 37 (4.1) 3 (3.5) 1 (2.4) 16 (3.2)

1-3 days 255 (18.7) 53 (27.8) 234 (25.8) 24 (27.6) 10 (24.4) 169 (33.6)

4-6 days 417 (30.6) 64 (33.5) 276 (30.4) 31 (35.6) 17 (41.5) 149 (29.6)

Every day 653 (48.0) 68 (35.6) 360 (39.7) 29 (33.3) 13 (31.7) 169 (33.6)
Amount of fruit when eating (out of those who eat fruit, as reflected in “Total” row)

Total 1318 (100) 184 (100) 860 (100) 83 (100) 40 (100) 483 (100)

<1 cup 853 (64.7) 116 (63.0) 548 (63.7) 50 (60.2) 18 (45.0) 234 (48.5)

1-2 cups 355 (26.9) 50 (27.2) 235 (27.3) 23 (27.7) 15 (37.5) 176 (36.4)

>2 cups 110 (8.4) 18 (9.8) 77 (9.0) 10 (12.1) 7 (17.5) 73 (15.1)
Days per week that vegetables are eaten

None 12 (0.9) 0 (0) 9 (1.0) 2 (2.3) 0 (0) 5 (1.0)

1-3 days 138 (10.2) 20 (10.5) 103 (11.5) 22 (25.6) 10 (24.4) 123 (24.7)

4-6 days 420 (31.0) 70 (36.8) 288 (32.1) 32 (37.2) 15 (36.6) 190 (38.1)

Every day 784 (57.9) 100 (52.6) 497 (55.4) 30 (34.9) 16 (39.0) 181 (36.3)
Amount of vegetables when eatinga,b (out of those who eat vegetables, as reflected in “Total” row)

Total 1321 (100) 184 (100) 849 (100) 84 (100) 41 (100) 473 (100)

<1 cup 775 (58.7) 95 (51.6) 442 (52.1) 48 (57.1) 23 (56.1) 225 (47.6)

1-2 cups 437 (33.1) 65 (35.3) 308 (36.3) 27 (32.1) 14 (34.2) 173 (36.6)

>2 cups 109 (8.3) 24 (13.0) 99 (11.7) 9 (10.7) 4 (9.8) 75 (15.9)
Days per week of MVPAe 

None 208 (15.6) 28 (15.2) 123 (14.4) 25 (29.4) 7 (17.1) 127 (26.6)

1-3 days 475 (35.7) 74 (40.2) 319 (37.3) 35 (41.2) 22 (53.7) 208 (43.5)

4-6 days 487 (36.6) 62 (33.7) 302 (35.3) 18 (21.2) 11 (26.8) 109 (22.8)

Every day 162 (12.2) 20 (10.9) 112 (13.1) 7 (8.2) 1 (2.4) 34 (7.1)
Minutes per day of MVPAe

0 to <10 220 (16.5) 31 (16.9) 134 (15.7) 24 (28.2) 6 (14.6) 134 (28.0)

10 to <30 352 (26.4) 56 (30.4) 214 (25.0) 25 (29.4) 17 (41.5) 110 (23.0)

30 to <40 296 (22.2) 37 (20.1) 185 (21.6) 17 (20.0) 6 (14.6) 77 (16.1)

40 to <60 321 (24.1) 41 (22.3) 208 (24.3) 14 (16.5) 9 (22.0) 101 (21.1)

≥60 143 (10.7) 19 (10.3) 115 (13.4) 5 (5.9) 3 (7.3) 56 (11.7)

aP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and primary caregivers among English-language survey respondents.

bP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and general public among English-language survey respondents.

cP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and primary caregivers among Spanish-language survey respondents.

dP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and general public among Spanish-language survey respondents.

eMVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.