Linkage between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and BMI of South Asians in the Masala Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the MASALA study participants by neighborhood social cohesion, 2010–2013, N = 906.

	Women (N = 420)					Men (N = 486)
	Lowest tertile (N = 151)	Middle tertile (N = 149)	Highest tertile (N = 120)	Total	value	Lowest tertile (N = 151)	Middle tertile (N = 207)	Highest tertile (N = 128)	Total	value
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)		N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Age, mean (SD)	55.58 (9.28)	54.53 (8.50)	52.63 (7.68)	54.37 (8.63)	0.0185	57.36 (9.47)	54.92 (9.90)	56.69 (10.35)	56.14 (9.93)	0.0555
BMI, mean (SD)	27.34 (4.19)	26.43 (4.35)	25.85 (4.02)	26.59 (4.30)	0.0156	26.29 (4.19)	26.08 (3.35)	26.60 (4.23)	26.28 (3.87)	0.4873
Income					0.0013					0.0133
Less than $50,000	38 (26.21)	20 (13.89)	12 (10.26)	70 (17.24)		39 (27.08)	28 (13.66)	18 (14.4)	85 (17.93)
$50,000 to $99,999	33 (22.76)	29 (20.14)	19 (16.24)	81 (19.95)		27 (18.75)	39 (19.02)	22 (17.6)	88 (18.57)
$100,000 or more	74 (51.03)	95 (65.97)	86 (73.50)	255 (62.81)		78 (54.17)	138 (67.32)	85 (68)	301 (63.5)
Education					0.0036
Less than a bachelor’s degree	35 (23.18)	15 (10.07)	12 (10.0)	62 (14.76)		17 (11.26)	21 (10.14)	10 (7.81)	48 (9.88)
Bachelor’s degree	49 (32.45)	45 (30.20)	44 (36.67)	138 (32.86)		50 (33.11)	49 (23.67)	24 (18.75)	123 (25.31)
More than a bachelor’s degree	67 (44.37)	89 (59.73)	64 (53.33)	220 (52.38)		84 (55.63)	137 (66.18)	94 (73.44)	315 (64.81)
Marriage					0.0234					0.0387
Married or living as married	120 (79.47)	133 (89.26)	107 (89.17)	360 (85.71)		141 (93.38)	202 (97.58)	126 (98.44)	469 (96.5)
Others	31 (20.53)	16 (10.74)	13 (10.83)	60 (14.29)		10 (6.62)	5 (2.42)	2 (1.56)	17 (3.5)

Missing for 3 participants (one woman and two men).
Missing for 26 participants (14 women and 12 men).
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