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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of US-Born Hispanic Adults by Subgroups

From: Association of acculturation and country of origin with self-reported hypertension and diabetes in a heterogeneous Hispanic population

US-Born

Mexican

Central American

South American

2+ Hispanic

Other Hispanic

Non-Hispanic White

n

10, 433

333

162

1832

885

116, 122

Age, Mean (SD)

41 (17)

31 (13)

35 (13)

39 (16)

48 (17)

54 (17)

Female

50

43

52

52

46

51

Education

      

 < High School

4

2

0

3

4

2

 High School/GED

56

50

30

51

44

33

 College

40

48

70

45

51

65

Poverty Level

      

 0-99% FPL

16

19

9

16

10

5

 100-199% FPL

23

24

11

21

19

12

 200-299% FPL

17

14

12

17

18

13

 ≥300% FPL

43

44

67

46

53

69

Insurance

      

 Private

62

52

75

66

62

71

 Medicare

6

1

1

5

8

16

 Medicaid

16

22

8

11

16

6

 Uninsured

17

26

16

18

14

7

Utilization

      

Utilization of Care/year

      

 No visits

19

23

27

19

17

14

 ≥1 to <11 visits

73

73

68

74

74

76

 ≥11 visits

8

4

6

7

9

9

% Clinical

      

 BMI

      

 Normal

46

50

61

56

47

58

 Overweight

28

26

30

25

31

27

 Obese

26

24

9

19

22

15

 Ever Smoke

34

27

25

32

42

47

 Hypertension

21

6

11

19

25

27

 Diabetes

9

1

0.50

7

13

7

% Acculturation

      

 Speak English Not Well or Not At All

5

5

0

2

1

1

  1. All p values less than 0.05 compared to Non-Hispanic whites.