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Table 1 Characteristics of the N = 100 Individuals; Late Summer/Early Fall 2017; Nogales AZ

From: Culturally-consistent diet among individuals of Mexican descent at the US-Mexico border is associated with sleep duration and snoring

aVariable

Complete Sample (N = 100)

Stratified by Frequent Consumption of Culturally-Consistent Food

No (N = 13)

Yes (N = 87)

a,bp

Age (Years)

36.50 ± 19.10

30.34 ± 23.07

37.45 ± 18.36

0.3050

Sex

   

0.9480

 Male

53.00

53.85

52.87

 

 Female

47.00

46.15

47.13

 

Acculturation

 Mexican

2.90 ± 0.75

1.79 ± 0.96

3.06 ± 0.55

0.0004

 Anglo

1.94 ± 0.94

2.03 ± 1.00

1.93 ± 0.93

0.7449

Mother’s Education

   

0.7924

 Less Than High School

42.00

30.80

43.70

 

 High School

13.00

15.40

12.60

 

 Some College

23.0

23.10

23.00

 

 College

22.0

30.80

20.70

 

Father’s Education

   

0.3120

 Less than High School

39.00

23.10

41.40

 

 High School

18.00

30.80

16.10

 

 Some College

20.00

30.80

18.40

 

 College

23.00

15.40

24.10

 

 PSQI Sleep Duration (Hours)

6.06 ± 1.75

4.83 ± 2.14

6.24 ± 1.62

0.0377

 PSQI Total Score

7.73 ± 3.47

7.69 ± 4.42

7.74 ± 3.34

0.9734

 ISI Score

9.14 ± 4.20

8.08 ± 4.52

9.30 ± 4.16

0.3726

 ESS Score

6.36 ± 4.33

7.00 ± 5.58

6.26 ± 4.14

0.6549

Snoring

   

0.0681

 Never

41.00

30.80

42.50

 

 Rarely

18.00

15.40

18.40

 

 Sometimes

19.00

15.40

19.50

 

 Often

9.00

30.80

5.75

 

 Always

13.00

7.69

13.80

 
  1. aValues reported as percent or mean ± standard deviation (% or M ± SD)
  2. bTests of significance were either student’s t-tests or chi-squared tests
  3. PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale