From: Ethnic group differences in obesity in Asian Americans in California, 2013–2014
All Asians n (%) | Chinese n (%) | Korean n (%) | Japanese n (%) | Filipino n (%) | Vietnamese n (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall sample size | N = 778 | N = 180 | N = 60 | N = 153 | N = 197 | N = 73 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 381 (28.0) | 84 (21.1) | 28 (20.7) | 75 (34.5) | 98 (43.7) | 32 (15.4) |
Female | 397 (19.2) | 96 (14.3) | 32 (6.7) | 78 (21.5) | 99 (24.5) | 41 (20.2) |
P-value | 0.0012 | 0.1025 | 0.0071 | 0.0754 | 0.0022 | 0.5324 |
Age | ||||||
18–44 years | 234 (22.8) | 56 (17.8) | 12 (15.0) | 26 (21.6) | 74 (35.8) | 10 (7.8) |
45–64 years | 327 (27.4) | 84 (17.0) | 19 (9.8) | 70 (31.0) | 81 (39.5) | 29 (30.3) |
65 years or above | 217 (16.1) | 40 (15.1) | 29 (11.4) | 57 (28.3) | 42 (15.0) | 34 (21.4) |
P-value | 0.0054 | 0.9100 | 0.6487 | 0.7584 | 0.0063 | 0.0017 |
Family income | ||||||
< 100% FPL | 126 (18.8) | 28 (15.4) | 16 (21.8) | 12 (21.0) | 20 (27.6) | 30 (11.9) |
100–299% FPL | 229 (25.2) | 58 (19.1) | 26 (13.4) | 28 (25.3) | 70 (35.1) | 27 (22.9) |
≧300% FPL | 423 (23.4) | 94 (16.7) | 18 (8.8) | 113 (27.2) | 107 (34.6) | 16 (17.7) |
P-value | 0.2795 | 0.8095 | 0.2824 | 0.9058 | 0.7600 | 0.4792 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Current smoker | 65 (27.1) | 10 (28.0) | 4 (12.7) | 11 (7.4) | 23 (43.4) | 6 (14.7) |
Not current smoker | 713 (22.9) | 170 (16.2) | 56 (12.8) | 142 (27.5) | 174 (32.7) | 67 (18.2) |
P-value | 0.3403 | 0.1422 | 0.9844 | 0.0114 | 0.2648 | 0.7638 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 448 (22.6) | 110 (16.9) | 33 (10.5) | 85 (28.8) | 90 (31.0) | 45 (23.8) |
Others | 147 (23.4) | 28 (16.2) | 17 (4.5) | 27 (25.2) | 48 (35.4) | 17 (12.9) |
Never married | 183 (24.4) | 42 (18.4) | 10 (20.7) | 41 (23.5) | 59 (36.6) | 11 (8.8) |
P-value | 0.8103 | 0.9270 | 0.0385 | 0.7787 | 0.7064 | 0.0144 |
Education | ||||||
High school | 204 (21.1) | 46 (13.6) | 22 (15.7) | 30 (31.0) | 38 (30.7) | 49 (14.9) |
College | 433 (26.1) | 92 (19.8) | 32 (13.3) | 90 (24.9) | 140 (32.6) | 19 (24.3) |
Graduate | 141 (18.9) | 42 (17.0) | 6 (6.0) | 33 (25.6) | 19 (45.6) | 5 (7.0) |
P-value | 0.0707 | 0.4335 | 0.4098 | 0.7629 | 0.3643 | 0.1717 |
Physical activity | ||||||
Yes | 611 (22.7) | 135 (16.9) | 49 (12.5) | 107 (24.2) | 163 (33.7) | 58 (13.7) |
No | 167 (26.0) | 45 (18.7) | 11 (15.0) | 46 (35.5) | 34 (34.3) | 15 (32.5) |
P-value | 0.3041 | 0.7134 | 0.7367 | 0.1644 | 0.9436 | 0.0492 |
Fast food consumption | ||||||
Never | 337 (21.8) | 80 (12.8) | 29 (8.0) | 53 (25.9) | 73 (43.7) | 54 (21.4) |
1–2 times | 303 (22.2) | 67 (17.1) | 24 (15.1) | 70 (21.5) | 80 (28.3) | 17 (19.0) |
≧3 times | 138 (29.1) | 33 (31.2) | 7 (19.7) | 30 (37.4) | 44 (28.4) | 2 (2.4) |
P-value | 0.1096 | 0.0046 | 0.4043 | 0.3107 | 0.0942 | 0.0967 |