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Table 6 Differences in dietary- exercise- and sleep behaviors among White, Black, Latinx, Filipino, and Chinese adults aged 35–79 with diabetes and/or high blood pressure

From: Racial/ethnic, gender, and age group differences in cardiometabolic risks among adults in a Northern California health plan: a cross-sectional study

Health behaviors

White

Black

Latinx

Filipino

Chinese

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Dietary behaviors

 Usually eats ≥3 servings of fruits and vegetables a day

50.8 a (49.0–52.6)

31.6 ab (28.3–34.9)

33.6 ab (30.3–37.0)

19.0 bc (15.5–22.6)

37.8 ab (31.8–43.7)

  Women

61.0 a (58.4–63.5)

40.3 ab (35.8–44.8)

38.2 ab (33.3–43.1)

21.6 bc (16.6–26.6)

51.9 a (43.1–60.7)

  Men

41.0 (38.5–43.5)

19.3 b (15.1–23.5)

29.6 b (25.0–.34.2)

16.0 b (11.0–21.0)

23.2 b (16.0–30.4)

 Tries to avoid high sodium/high salt food most or all of the time

59.1 (57.3–60.9)

59.6 (56.2–63.0)

53.0 b (49.5–56.5)

48.8 b (44.3–53.3)

55.2 (49.1–61.4)

 Frequency consumes sugar-sweetened beverages

  < Once a week or never

59.0 a (56.6–61.4)

33.9 b (30.1–37.7)

43.9 ab (39.8–48.0)

42.8 b (37.1–48.5)

47.0 b (39.4–54.6)

  Women

64.3 a (60.9–67.6)

35.5 b (30.4–40.5)

54.3 ab (48.5–60.1)

46.9 b (39.2–54.5)

48.5 b (37.3–59.7)

  Men

53.9 (50.4–57.3)

31.8 b (26.1–37.5)

34.4 b (29.0–39.9)

37.8 b (29.4–46.3)

45.4 (35.1–55.6)

 ≥ 3 days a week

28.0 a (25.8–30.3)

48.2 b (44.2–52.3)

41.0 ab (36.9–45.0)

44.3 b (38.6–50.0)

36.6 (29.2–43.9)

  Women

24.4 (21.3–27.4)

47.0 b (41.7–52.3)

32.3 b (26.8–37.7)

39.6 b (32.7–47.1)

33.5 (23.0–44.0)

  Men

31.6 (28.4–34.8)

49.9 b (43.7–56.1)

49.0 b (43.2–54.7)

50.0 b (41.3–58.8)

39.8 (29.6–50.0)

Exercise frequency

 ≥ 3 days a week

71.8 (70.1–73.4)

66.6 b (63.3–69.9)

68.6 (65.3–71.9)

70.3 (66.1–74.5)

71.9 (66.3–77.6)

 < once a week

13.7 (12.5–15.0)

15.7 (13.2–18.3)

14.9 (12.4–17.4)

12.2 (9.1–15.2)

9.7 (6.0–13.3)

Usual amount of sleep

 ≥ 7 h a day

66.5 (63.8–69.1)

47.9 b (44.1–51.8)

59.1 b (55.1–63.0)

47.3 b (42.2–52.4)

53.5 b (45.4–61.5)

 < 7 h a day

33.6 (30.9–36.2)

52.1 b (48.2–56.0)

40.9 b (37.0–44.9)

52.7 b (47.7–57.8)

46.6 b (38.5–54.6)

 < 6 h a day

8.3 (7.3–9.4)

22.8 b (19.8–25.8)

15.0 b (12.4–17.5)

20.1 b (16.4–23.8)

13.1 b (8.8–17.3)

  1. Estimates are based on pooled data from the 2014/2015 and 2017 Member Health Surveys weighted to the age-gender composition of the relevant race/ethnic group in KPNC in 2016 and then standardized to the age distribution of adults aged 35–79 in the U.S. population in 2016. Sugary drink consumption is based on weighted pooled data from the 2015 and 2017 Member Health Surveys. Separate estimates are shown for women and men only when there are statistically significant gender differences
  2. a Significantly different from men in same racial/ethnic group at p < .05
  3. b Significantly different from Whites at p < .05
  4. c Filipinos significantly different from Chinese at p < .05