Associations* of sociodemographic, acculturation and lifestyle variables with meeting national PA recommendations by birthplace among the Mexican-American Mano A Mano cohort, 2001–2011
| Variable | Mexico-born | US-born | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Meeting rec | % Not meeting rec | p Value | % Meeting rec | % Not meeting rec | p Value | |
| Male | 1446 (45.4) | 1737 (54.6) | <0.0001 | 613 (42.5) | 830 (57.5) | <0.0001 |
| Female | 2339 (18.9) | 10 013 (81.1) | 949 (22.6) | 3250 (77.4) | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 3128 (24.4) | 9673 (75.6) | .359 | 901 (26.3) | 2520 (73.7) | 0.003 |
| Not married | 652 (24.1) | 2055 (75.9) | 658 (29.7) | 1557 (70.3) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Middle school or less | 1174 (19.1) | 4959 (80.9) | <0.0001 | 164 (17.9) | 751 (82.1) | <0.0001 |
| Some high school, HS graduate or GED | 1858 (26.6) | 5134 (73.4) | 885 (26.9) | 2410 (73.1) | ||
| Some college and beyond | 749 (31.2) | 1651 (68.8) | 513 (35.9) | 917 (64.1) | ||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Low active | 812 (19.1) | 3435 (80.9) | 285 (27.3) | 759 (72.7) | ||
| High active | 811 (30.3) | 1868 (69.7) | <0.0001 | 132 (32.2) | 278 (67.8) | 0.063 |
| Acculturation | ||||||
| <2.5 | 2440 (20.8) | 9316 (79.2) | <0.0001 | 78 (15.1) | 440 (84.9) | <0.0001 |
| ≥2.5 | 1334 (35.7) | 2406 (64.3) | 1480 (29.0) | 3628 (71.0) | ||
| BMI | ||||||
| Mean (kg/m2) | 29.2 (±5.6) | 30.4 (±6.3) | <0.0001 | 30.9 (±7.0) | 32.5 (±7.9) | <0.0001 |
| Normal | 756 (27.9) | 1949 (72.1) | <0.0001 | 289 (33.4) | 576 (66.6) | <0.0001 |
| Overweight | 1510 (27.2) | 4037 (72.8) | 487 (31.1) | 1081 (68.9) | ||
| Obese (class I) | 984 (23.4) | 3229 (76.6) | 398 (27.0) | 1077 (73.0) | ||
| Obese (class II) | 323 (18.0) | 1473 (82.0) | 203 (24.1) | 639 (75.9) | ||
| Obese (class III) | 159 (16.0) | 835 (84.0) | 172 (20.9) | 651 (79.1) | ||
| Drink alcohol | ||||||
| Never | 2189 (19.6) | 8975 (80.4) | <0.0001 | 626 (22.8) | 2114 (77.20 | <0.0001 |
| Quit | 419 (33.5) | 832 (66.5) | 200 (24.3) | 622 (75.7) | ||
| Current | 1116 (38.3) | 1800 (61.7) | 613 (34.3) | 1174 (65.7) | ||
| Smoke | ||||||
| Never | 2640 (22.2) | 9254 (77.8) | <0.0001 | 890 (26.0) | 2528 (74.0) | 0.055 |
| Quit | 622 (30.9) | 1391 (69.1) | 287 (28.7) | 714 (71.3) | ||
| Current | 505 (32.6) | 1046 (67.4) | 311 (29.3) | 750 (70.7) | ||
| PA/sedentary time | ||||||
| Strenuous hours/year | 127.6 (±198.1) | 0.2 (±2.7) | <0.0001 | 117.2 (±186.1) | 0.34 (±3.3) | <0.0001 |
| Moderate hours/year | 168.9 (±189.6) | 3.0 (±14.1) | <0.0001 | 174.5 (±190.6) | 3.8 (±15.8) | <0.0001 |
| Light hours/year | 223.0 (±232.9) | 298 (±221.6) | <0.0001 | 196.6 (±223.1) | 265.1 (±223.4) | <0.0001 |
| Total hours/year | 519.5 (±296.7) | 301.5 (±221.0) | <0.0001 | 488.3 (±318.7) | 269.3 (±222.9) | <0.0001 |
| Mean sitting hours/day | 3.3 (±2.0) | 3.4 (±2.2) | <0.0001 | 4.6 (±2.9) | 4.8 (±3.2) | 0.05 |
| 3 h or less | 2848 (25.0) | 8565 (75.0) | 0.003 | 808 (28.6) | 2016 (71.4) | 0.064 |
| More than 3 h | 935 (22.7) | 3175 (77.3) | 753 (26.8) | 2061 (73.2) | ||
| Sleep (h/day) | ||||||
| <5 | 276 (22.7) | 940 (77.3) | <0.0001 | 182 (26.6) | 503 (73.4) | 0.002 |
| 6 | 662 (25.6) | 1926 (74.4) | 351 (29.4) | 842 (70.6) | ||
| 7 | 938 (26.8) | 2566 (73.2) | 346 (30.7) | 780 (69.3) | ||
| 8 | 1522 (23.9) | 4852 (76.1) | 503 (26.6) | 1389 (73.4) | ||
| 9 | 244 (22.3) | 848 (77.7) | 112 (27.4) | 297 (72.6) | ||
| ≥10 | 139 (18.7) | 604 (81.3) | 66 (19.9) | 265 (80.1) | ||
*χ2 Or t test as appropriate.
BMI, body mass index; PA, physical activity; rec, national physical activity recommendations.