Strategies for recruiting Hispanic women into a prospective cohort study of modifiable risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Characteristics of Baseline Participants as Compared to the Greater Springfield/Massachusetts Area; Proyecto Buena Salud, Western Massachusetts, 2006-2008.

	Total Sample		Greater Springfield/Massachusetts Area		P-value
	N^a	%	N	%
Total sample	851	100.0
Age (years)^b
16-24	586	69.7	356	61.9	0.02
25-29	156	18.6	139	24.2
30-34	64	7.6	48	8.3
35-40^c	35	4.2	32	5.6
Educational status^b
<High school	366	47.3	274	45.8	0.83
High school graduate	255	33.0	199	33.3
Some college/graduate	153	19.8	125	20.9
Health insurance^b
Private insurance	12	1.6	68	11.4	< 0.01
Public insurance	629	81.5	501	83.6
Other	93	12.1	19	3.2
Public and private insurance	4	0.5	0	0.0
No insurance	30	3.9	6	1.0
Don't know/refused	4	0.5	5	0.8
Marital status^b
Single/divorced/separated/widowed	664	87.9	488	81.5	< 0.01
Married	91	12.1	111	18.5
Language preference for speaking/reading^b
English	675	79.3	461	77.1	0.31
Spanish	176	20.7	137	22.9
Birthplace^b
Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic^d	334	47.8	215	35.9	0.01
United States	365	52.2	320	53.4
Other			64	10.7
Pre-pregnancy alcohol consumption^e
No	447	60.2	n/a	71.2	0.10
Yes	295	39.8	n/a	28.8
Pre-pregnancy cigarette smoking^f
No	525	68.3	n/a	72.6	0.51
Yes	244	31.7	n/a	27.4
Early pregnancy cigarette smoking^b
No	614	85.9	526	87.8	0.30
Yes	101	14.1	73	12.2

^aNumbers may not total to 851 due to missing data.
^bMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. N = 599 pregnant Hispanic women in Springfield, MA, 2006.
^cMassachusetts Department of Public Health category age 35-39.
^dMassachusetts Department of Public Health response options: Puerto Rico/US Territory, US, Other.
^eMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, N = 829 Hispanic females in MA, 2006.
^fMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, N = 843 Hispanic females in MA, 2006.

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