Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics (weighted percentages and standard error in parenthesis) by ethnic background and study site (EBS). Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, 2008–2011

Age (y) (%)

 18–44

59.3 (0.8)

63.3 (2.2)

66.1 (4.2)

66.8 (3.4)

63.6 (2.3)

45.2 (1.5)

85.2 (4.1)

72.7 (1.2)

62.7 (1.6)

52.7 (2.0)

55.6 (2.8)

63.9 (4.5)

56.3 (3.2)

 <.001

 45–55

19.0 (0.5)

18.5 (1.4)

19.0 (3.4)

15.6 (2.3)

18.0 (1.5)

21.6 (0.9)

6.2 (1.6)

15.3 (1.0)

19.2 (1.0)

20.9 (1.3)

22.6 (2.4)

17.7 (2.5)

20.3 (2.0)

 55–74

21.6 (0.6)

18.2 (1.4)

14.9 (2.8)

17.5 (2.3)

18.4 (1.6)

33.2 (1.4)

8.6 (4.0)

12.0 (0.8)

18.1 (1.2)

26.4 (1.7)

21.8 (1.4)

18.4 (3.1)

23.4 (2.7)

Sex (%)

 Female

52.5 (0.6)

60.1 (1.9)

52.3 (4.5)

45.0 (3.1)

54.9 (2.2)

48.0 (1.1)

53.4 (4.2)

49.6 (1.3)

54.8 (1.3)

51.2 (1.8)

48.0 (2.1)

47.1 (3.4)

60.1 (2.5)

 <.001

Immigrant Generation (%)

 First

77.2 (0.8)

82.7 (2.1)

81.3 (4.2)

93.9 (2.3)

96.3 (0.8)

93.5 (0.9)

94.8 (2.1)

84.9 (1.4)

66.6 (1.6)

49.2 (1.8)

46.1 (2.6)

95.1 (2.2)

96.7 (0.9)

 <.001

Nativity/Years lived in mainland United States (50 states and DC) (%)

 Born in mainland United States

28.3 (1.0)

24.1 (1.9)

25.1 (5.2)

36.7 (5.5)

41.5 (2.4)

50.2 (1.9)

34.0 (4.8)

25.4 (1.6)

21.7 (1.7)

6.6 (1.0)

3.9 (1.0)

40.3 (4.1)

46.3 (3.5)

 <.001

  < 10 y

50.2 (0.8)

58.4 (2.2)

56.2 (5.0)

57.7 (5.1)

55.3 (2.2)

43.4 (1.7)

60.8 (4.9)

59.7 (1.5)

48.4 (1.6)

45.6 (1.9)

43.4 (2.6)

54.9 (4.3)

50.4 (3.4)

  ≥ 10 y

21.5 (0.8)

17.5 (2.1)

18.7 (4.2)

5.7 (2.3)

3.3 (0.8)

6.4 (0.9)

5.2 (2.1)

14.8 (1.4)

29.9 (1.4)

47.8 (2.0)

52.7 (2.5)

4.9 (2.2)

3.3 (0.9)

Age of immigration^b (y)

26.9 (0.3)

25.6 (0.5)

24.9 (1.0)

24.8 (0.7)

27.7 (0.5)

35.3 (0.5)

22.9 (1.0)

23.0 (0.3)

25.1 (0.6)

16.8 (0.8)

17.1 (0.7)

26.5 (1.0)

31.0 (0.9)

 <.001

Employment (%)

 Retired and not currently employed

8.2 (0.4)

8.3 (0.9)

6.6 (1.5)

5.2 (1.2)

3.2 (0.7)

11.5 (0.9)

0.8 (0.5)

3.1 (0.4)

5.5 (0.6)

16.9 (1.6)

14.2 (1.7)

3.4 (0.8)

4.0 (1.2)

 <.001

 Not retired and not currently employed

41.1 (0.7)

42.6 (2.3)

34.9 (4.4)

31.5 (3.6)

38.3 (1.9)

46.7 (1.4)

37.7 (4.8)

31.5 (1.1)

41.7 (1.5)

45.2 (2.1)

38.8 (2.5)

23.1 (2.8)

31.5 (2.6)

 Part-time (≤ 35 h)

16.8 (0.5)

17.2 (1.5)

21.0 (3.5)

22.3 (2.8)

23.3 (1.6)

11.1 (0.7)

18.8 (3.3)

19.4 (1.1)

19.7 (1.1)

11.6 (1.2)

13.4 (2.2)

28.7 (2.7)

24.1 (2.1)

 Full-time (35 + hrs)

33.9 (0.7)

31.9 (2.0)

37.5 (4.5)

41.0 (2.8)

35.2 (1.7)

30.7 (1.2)

42.8 (4.6)

46.0 (1.3)

33.0 (1.5)

26.2 (1.8)

33.6 (2.6)

44.8 (2.7)

40.4 (2.9)

Marital Status (%)

 Single

33.8 (0.7)

47.6 (1.9)

46.3 (4.4)

27.7 (3.3)

39.9 (1.8)

25.5 (1.3)

27.3 (4.7)

26.2 (1.5)

28.9 (1.4)

51.5 (1.9)

37.8 (2.7)

30.3 (4.6)

30.8 (2.7)

 <.001

 Married/living with partner

49.9 (0.8)

36.7 (1.8)

42.2 (4.4)

58.7 (3.9)

44.0 (1.8)

52.3 (1.5)

65.8 (4.9)

63.1 (1.5)

57.6 (1.7)

29.9 (1.7)

41.5 (2.9)

56.7 (4.3)

46.5 (3.1)

 Separated/divorced/widowed

16.3 (0.5)

15.7 (1.3)

11.5 (2.2)

13.6 (2.0)

16.1 (1.3)

22.2 (1.2)

6.9 (1.8)

10.7 (0.6)

13.4 (1.0)

18.5 (1.6)

20.7 (2.1)

13.0 (2.1)

22.7 (2.9)

Yearly household income (%)

    < $30 k

61.7 (1.0)

66.4 (1.9)

62.5 (4.8)

66.2 (4.0)

69.3 (2.4)

64.5 (1.6)

75.0 (4.1)

65.4 (1.4)

52.6 (2.5)

64.6 (1.9)

55.4 (2.5)

59.2 (4.3)

61.3 (3.2)

 <.001

 \(\ge\) $30 k

31.8 (1.0)

25.9 (1.6)

27.7 (4.2)

30.5 (3.3)

21.4 (2.0)

23.8 (1.4)

17.7 (4.0)

29.7 (1.3)

44.8 (2.5)

29.8 (1.9)

41.6 (2.6)

38.1 (4.4)

33.1 (3.1)

 Not reported

6.4 (0.4)

7.7 (1.0)

9.8 (2.5)

3.3 (1.2)

9.3 (1.1)

11.7 (1.1)

7.4 (1.9)

4.9 (0.6)

2.6 (0.4)

5.6 (0.7)

3.0 (0.8)

2.7 (1.1)

5.7 (1.2)

Education status (%)

 Less than high school

33.0 (0.7)

37.2 (1.9)

36.0 (4.2)

39.6 (4.2)

39.3 (2.0)

21.6 (1.1)

48.0 (5.3)

49.8 (1.7)

29.2 (1.6)

39.4 (2.1)

31.3 (2.3)

33.0 (4.3)

15.0 (2.3)

 <.001

 High school or equivalent

28.4 (0.6)

23.5 (1.9)

30.0 (4.6)

19.8 (2.6)

26.3 (1.6)

30.0 (1.4)

36.1 (4.5)

30.5 (1.6)

28.5 (1.3)

26.8 (1.5)

30.4 (2.1)

27.3 (3.2)

25.3 (2.4)

 Greater than high school

38.6 (0.8)

39.3 (1.8)

34.1 (4.6)

40.6 (4.9)

34.3 (1.8)

48.5 (1.5)

16.0 (3.7)

19.8 (1.2)

42.3 (2.0)

33.7 (2.0)

38.2 (2.2)

39.7 (3.7)

60.0 (2.8)

Met 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (%)

 No

57.6 (0.9)

42.9 (2.1)

40.5 (2.2)

53.1 (4.2)

63.1 (2.4)

78.5 (1.5)

28.4 (5.1)

54.9 (1.3)

58.9 (1.6)

43.3 (2.0)

63.0 (3.0)

50.6 (3.3)

65.0 (2.9)

 <.001

Dietary Supplement Use (%)

 No

59.3 (0.7)

63.8 (2.1)

66.5 (4.1)

56.6 (4.0)

57.5 (2.1)

57.6 (1.5)

69.6 (5.2)

67.7 (1.3)

52.2 (1.6)

65.5 (1.8)

61.4 (2.0)

62.6 (4.7)

46.7 (2.6)

 <.001

Body Mass Index^c (%)

 Underweight

1.2 (0.1)

1.4 (0.4)

1.6 (1.3)

0.1 (0.1)

1.1 (0.4)

1.5 (0.3)

0.8 (0.3)

1.4 (0.4)

0.9 (0.3)

0.4 (0.3)

2.5 (1.7)

0.6 (0.4)

 <.001

 Normal

21.6 (0.5)

20.9 (1.5)

21.3 (3.8)

24.2 (2.6)

22.5 (2.0)

23.2 (1.1)

18.0 (3.2)

20.6 (1.0)

21.7 (1.1)

17.5 (1.5)

22.2 (2.5)

25.0 (3.4)

32.2 (3.4)

 Overweight

37.4 (0.6)

36.5 (1.9)

36.9 (4.3)

43.4 (3.3)

38.2 (2.3)

37.4 (1.2)

39.8 (5.0)

37.9 (1.3)

39.4 (1.6)

33.3 (1.8)

31.0 (2.1)

42.7 (2.8)

38.8 (3.1)

 Obesity

39.8 (0.7)

41.2 (2.0)

40.2 (4.6)

32.3 (2.7)

38.2 (1.6)

37.9 (1.3)

42.3 (5.3)

40.7 (1.5)

37.5 (1.7)

48.3 (2.0)

46.4 (2.5)

29.8 (3.3)

28.4 (2.7)

Energy intake^b (kcal/day)

1910.1 (10.8)

1620.0 (28.6)

1634.6 (70.4)

1929.6 (44.9)

1910.7 (37.0)

2093.3 (19.9)

1652.1 (61.6)

2000.4 (17.5)

1937.8 (19.5)

1756.1 (24.7)

1982.8 (37.3)

1919.1 (52.5)

2028.8 (39.0)

 <.001