Risk factors for liver disease among adults of Mexican descent in the United States and Mexico

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2018; 24(37): 4281-4290
Published online Oct 7, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i37.4281

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample n (%)

	Male			P value¹		Female			P value¹
	Mexico cohort (REF)	NHANES Mexico born	NHANES US born	Mexico born	US born	Mexico cohort (REF)	NHANES Mexico born	NHANES US born	Mexico born	US born
Total sample sizes	3010 (58.9)	1021 (20.0)	1076 (21.1)	0.925	0.897	6475 (68.3)	944 (10.9)	1233 (14.3)	0.923	0.845
Age (yr)
20-44	1680 (55.8)	380 (58.6)	377 (59.8)			3357 (51.8)	356 (55.5)	460 (56.9)
45-59	951 (31.6)	239 (25.6)	222 (22.7)			2031 (31.4)	196 (24.3)	256 (23.4)
60+	379 (12.6)	402 (15.9)	477 (17.5)			1087 (16.8)	392 (20.2)	517 (19.8)
Marital status				0.074	0.804				0.088	0.423
Never married/single	458 (15.2)	73 (9.8)	162 (22.4)			1489 (23.0)	81 (10.0)	169 (19.5)
Married/living together	2390 (79.4)	843 (83.)	746 (65.2)			3701 (57.2)	580 (67.8)	697 (57.3)
Divorced/separated/widowed	162 (5.4)	105 (6.6)	167 (12.4)			1285 (19.8)	283 (22.2)	367 (23.2)
Education
Less than high school	706 (23.5)	724 (61.7)	381 (24.8)	0.000	0.463	2073 (32.0)	660 (61.3)	436 (24.8)	0.002	0.705
High school graduate	574 (19.1)	136 (17.6)	246 (26.2)			1121 (17.3)	108 (14.6)	279 (23.6)
More than high school	1730 (57.5)	160 (20.7)	447 (48.9)			3281 (50.7)	173 (24.1)	513 (51.5)

¹The Chi square test was used to determine differences between groups.

Citation: Flores YN, Zhang ZF, Bastani R, Leng M, Crespi CM, Ramírez-Palacios P, Stevens H, Salmerón J. Risk factors for liver disease among adults of Mexican descent in the United States and Mexico. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(37): 4281-4290
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v24/i37/4281.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i37.4281