Table 1 Demographic, diet, and diet-related disease characteristics in the full and analytic samples of participants of the 2011 Los Angeles County Health Survey (LACHS).
Participants, no. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Full sample (n = 8036) | Analytic sample (n = 5447) | P value |
Age | 0.005 | ||
18–24 | 596 (7.4%) | 467 (8.6%) | |
25–29 | 438 (5.5%) | 341 (6.3%) | |
30–39 | 1204 (15.0%) | 878 (16.1%) | |
40–49 | 1596 (19.9%) | 1063 (19.5%) | |
50–59 | 1674 (20.8%) | 1118 (20.5%) | |
60–64 | 748 (9.3%) | 464 (8.5%) | |
65 or over | 1780 (22.2%) | 1116 (20.5%) | |
Gender | 0.044 | ||
Female | 4863 (60.5%) | 3201 (58.8%) | |
Male | 3173 (39.5%) | 2246 (41.2%) | |
Race and ethnicity | 0.002 | ||
White | 3414 (43.4%) | 2257 (41.4%) | |
Hispanic/Latino | 2769 (35.2%) | 2050 (37.6%) | |
Black/African American | 784 (10.0%) | 584 (10.7%) | |
Asian | 728 (9.3%) | 432 (7.9%) | |
Multiracial/other | 174 (2.2%) | 124 (2.3%) | |
Unknown | 167 | 0 | |
Education | 0.5 | ||
Less than high school | 1385 (17.4%) | 942 (17.3%) | |
High school | 1370 (17.2%) | 965 (17.7%) | |
Some college or trade school | 2007 (25.2%) | 1409 (25.9%) | |
College or post graduate degree | 3206 (40.2%) | 2131 (39.1%) | |
Unknown | 68 | 0 | |
Income | 0.034 | ||
Low | 2980 (37.1%) | 2119 (38.9%) | |
High | 5056 (62.9%) | 3328 (61.1%) | |
Fast food intake frequency | 0.014 | ||
Never | 1552 (19.4%) | 944 (17.3%) | |
Infrequent | 1540 (19.3%) | 1040 (19.1%) | |
Moderate | 2113 (26.9%) | 1463 (26.9%) | |
Frequent | 2794 (34.9%) | 2000 (36.7%) | |
Unknown | 37 | 0 | |
Obesity | 0.072 | ||
No | 5751 (76.6%) | 4097 (75.2%) | |
Yes | 1757 (23.4%) | 1350 (24.8%) | |
Unknown | 528 | 0 | |
Diabetes | >0.9 | ||
No | 7125 (88.8%) | 4841 (88.9%) | |
Yes | 895 (11.2%) | 606 (11.1%) | |
Unknown | 16 | 0 |
