Table 2

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


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 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 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.

Park et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:19   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-19