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Table 2 Demographic and lifestyle characteristics among Californian Asians with obesity, CHIS 2013–2014 (n = 1441)

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

  1. The Chi-square test was used to compare the prevalence of variables across race groups
  2. Abbreviations: CHIS California Health Information Survey, FPL federal poverty level, SD standard deviation, NA not applicable