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Table 2 Associations1 between BMI, Individual's Nativity and Neighborhood Level Immigrant Context

From: Place of birth, duration of residence, neighborhood immigrant composition and body mass index in New York City

 

All subjects

 

Model 1 Beta2, 95% CI, P-value

Model 2 Beta2, 95% CI, P-value

Model 3 Beta2, 95% CI, P-value

Individual foreign-born

-1.09 (-1.37, -0.81) p-value: <0.0001

-1.10 (-1.38, -0.82) p-value: <0.0001

-1.08 (-1.36, -0.80) p-value: <0.0001

Neighborhood proportion foreign-born

-

0.49 (-1.49, 0.52) p-value: 0.34

-

Neighborhood proportion linguistically isolated

-

-

-0.42 (-2.11, 1.28) p-value: 0.63

Asians Alone

Individual foreign-born

-0.66 (-1.40, 0.07) p-value: 0.08

-0.69 (-1.42, 0.05) p-value: 0.07

-0.64 (-1.38, 0.09) p-value: 0.09

Neighborhood proportion foreign-born

-

0.41 (-0.87, 1.68) p-value: 0.53

-

Neighborhood proportion linguistically isolated

-

-

-1.09 (-3.11, 0.94) p-value: 0.29

Hispanics Alone

Individual foreign-born

-1.17 (-1.67, -0.67) p-value: <0.0001

-1.12 (-1.63, -0.62) p-value: <0.0001

-1.10 (-1.61, -0.60) p-value: <0.0001

Neighborhood proportion foreign-born

-

-1.03 (-2.62, 0.56) p-value: 0.20

-

Neighborhood proportion linguistically isolated

-

-

-2.97 (-5.67, -0.28) p-value: 0.03

Black-Caribbeans Alone

Individual foreign-born

-1.41 (-2.92, -0.11) p-value: 0.07

-1.55 (-3.01, -0.03) p-value: 0.05

-1.42 (-2.94, 0.10) p-value: 0.07

Neighborhood proportion foreign-born

-

3.14 (-0.65, 6.93) p-value: 0.10

-

Neighborhood proportion linguistically isolated

-

-

-0.80 (-8.48, 6.88) p-value: 0.84

Caucasians Alone

Individual foreign-born

-0.95 (-1.40, -0.50) p-value: <0.0001

-0.93 (-1.38, -0.48) p-value: <0.0001

-0.95 (0.50, 1.40) p-value: <0.0001

Neighborhood proportion foreign-born

-

-1.19 (-2.39, 0.00) p-value: 0.05

-

Neighborhood proportion linguistically isolated

-

-

0.24 (-2.76, 3.24) p-value: 0.88

  1. 1 All models control for age, gender and education, and the models that includes all subjects also controls for race/ethnicity. The models for Hispanics also control for Hispanic ethnicity. Model 1 includes only individual level variables. Model 2 includes individual level variables, neighborhood proportion foreign-born and proportion of households in the neighborhood below the poverty line. Model 3 includes individual level variables, neighborhood proportion linguistically isolated and proportion of households in the neighborhood below the poverty line.
  2. 2 The Beta coefficients for foreign-born represents the adjusted difference in BMI for foreign-born versus U.S.-born individuals. The Beta coefficients for proportion foreign-born and proportion linguistically isolated represent the estimated difference in BMI for a 1 unit difference in these variables.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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