Exposure to a community-wide campaign is associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior among Hispanic adults on the Texas-Mexico border

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and bivariate associations

Variable	Control	Intervention	p	Meet MVPA guidelines			Excessive sedentary
	N = 400	N = 399		Meet MVPA guidelines			Excessive sedentary
	N = 400	N = 399		Yes	No	p	Yes	No	p
Age, Mean (SD)	42.7 (13.09)	44.6 (15.17)	0.122^a	39.67 (12.27)	44.26 (14.35)	0.002	39.92 (12.22)	44.14 (14.25)	0.003
Female, n (%)	340 (85.64)	338 (84.92)	0.775^b	88 (83.02)	508 (85.81)	0.454	107 (79.26)	549 (86.87)	0.023
Completed grade 9 or higher, n (%)	254 (63.66)	177 (44.47)	<0.001 ^b	61 (57.55)	317 (53.55)	0.447	92 (68.15)	325 (51.26)	<0.001
Married, n (%)	274 (69.90)	250 (63.61)	0.062^b	65 (63.11)	398 (68.03)	0.326	88 (67.69)	419 (66.83)	0.848
Mexican origin, n (%)	388 (98.73)	376 (97.66)	0.264^b	100 (97.09)	568 (98.27)	0.419	130 (98.48)	608 (98.22)	0.834
Spanish-language preference, n (%)	395 (98.75)	372 (97.64)	0.242^b	104 (98.11)	568 (98.44)	0.806	131 (98.50)	612 (98.55)	0.962
Employment, n (%)	138 (34.67)	104 (26.20)	0.009 ^b	32 (30.19)	183 (31.02)	0.865	45 (33.33)	188 (29.70)	0.404

Note: Missing data: Age (control group n = 4, Intervention group n = 8), Sex (control group n = 3, Intervention group n = 1), Education (control group n = 1, Intervention group n = 1), Marital Status (control group n = 8, Intervention group n = 6), Ethnicity (control group n = 7, Intervention group n = 14), Language Preference (control group n = 0, Intervention group n = 18), Employment(control group n = 2, Intervention group n = 2)
Bold indicates significance; ^aWilcoxon rank-sum test ^bChi-square test

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