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

Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of Foreign-Born Hispanic Adults by Subgroups

Foreign-Born	Mexican	Central American	South American	2+ Hispanic	Other Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White
n	15, 658	2,759	759	413	399	10, 326
Age, Mean (SD)	40 (14)	42 (14)	46 (15)	44 (16)	52 (16)	53 (17)
% Demographics
Female	48	52	57	44	51	52
Education
< High School	45	39	6	19	16	6
High School/GED	42	39	32	41	32	26
College	13	21	62	40	52	68
Poverty Level
0-99% FPL	40	35	19	23	17	8
100-199% FPL	36	36	25	29	21	14
200-299% FPL	12	12	17	16	13	13
≥300% FPL	12	17	39	32	49	65
Insurance
Private	40	42	60	58	51	68
Medicare	2	2	6	5	17	15
Medicaid	20	19	14	16	14	8
Uninsured	38	37	21	21	19	9
Utilization of Care/year
No visits	30	27	17	24	16	17
≥1 to <11 visits	65	68	77	70	78	75
≥11 visits	5	5	6	5	6	7
% Clinical
BMI
Normal	47	50	61	64	61	63
Overweight	32	28	27	22	23	26
Obese	21	22	12	15	16	11
Ever Smoke	30	25	39	39	37	46
Hypertension	16	19	17	20	37	23
Diabetes	9	9	5	8	10	6
% Acculturation
Speak English Not Well or Not At All	72	61	37	31	26	13
Years in US^*
≤1 – 4	12	12	14	9	6	11
5 – 9	18	14	21	7	7	13
10 – 14	14	12	12	9	4	9
>15	56	62	54	75	82	68
Citizenship Status*
Naturalized	28	34	51	58	70	66
Not a citizen	72	66	49	42	30	34

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