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All Participants (n = 35)
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Participants with complete data†(n=22)
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|---|
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Demographic characteristics
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N(%)
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N (%)
|
|
Mean Age (SD)
|
37.7 (8.3)
|
36.5 (7.5)
|
|
Education completed
| | |
|
Less than High School
|
27 (77)
|
16 (73)
|
|
Marital status (%)
| | |
|
Married/Living together as married
|
28 (80)
|
19 (86)
|
|
Employment (%)
| | |
|
Full or part time
|
18 (51)
|
12 (55)
|
|
Health Insurance (%)
|
5 (14)
|
3 (14)
|
|
Country of origin
| | |
|
Mexico
|
30 (86)
|
18 (82)
|
|
El Salvador
|
3 (9)
|
2 (9)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
2 (5)
|
2 (9)
|
|
Mean Years in U.S. (SD)
|
12.6 (5.8)
|
12.2 (4.9)
|
|
Mean Years in A.L. (SD)
|
9.9 (4.8)
|
10.5 (4.7)
|
|
Self-rated health (%)
| | |
|
Excellent/good
|
17 (49)
|
11 (50)
|
|
Fair/poor
|
18 (51)
|
11 (50)
|
|
Family history of diabetes (%)
|
24(69)
|
15 (68)
|
|
Child birth weight > 9lbs
|
13 (38)
|
8 (38)
|
|
Anthropometric measures
| | |
|
Mean Height (cm; SD)
|
158.6 (5.8)
|
159.2 (5.5)
|
|
Mean Weight (kg; SD)
|
82.9 (13.9)
|
83.3 (14.5)
|
|
Mean BMI (SD)
|
32.9 (4.8)
|
32.7 (4.7)
|
|
Told by MD to lose weight
|
18 (51)
|
14 (64)‡
|
|
Depressive symptoms (%)
| | |
|
No symptoms
|
13 (37)
|
5 (23)
|
|
Minimal
|
16 (46)
|
13 (59)
|
|
Moderate/severe
|
6 (17)
|
4 (18)
|
- †Participants (n=22) with complete data for baseline, 8 weeks, and 6-month follow-up.
- ‡P < 0.05 for n=35 versus n=22.
