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Caregivers' mean acculturation score was 2.1, indicating low acculturation.
Responses are made on a four-point scale and averaged to create a mean acculturation score ranging from 1 to 4, which is further dichotomised into less than or greater than 2.5, with scores of ≥2.5 reflecting a preference for, and fluency in English and a high degree of acculturation.
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Among Mexican-origin Hispanics, the prevalence of diabetes was lowest (19.5%) in the most acculturated group (acculturation score = 5); however, the overall trend was not significant.
Because far fewer non Mexican-origin Hispanon Mexican-originrticipants were Hispaniccculturandd, the aChineseation score was collaparticipantsree categories in these groups (0–1, 2, and 3–5 for non–Mexican-origin Hispanics and 0, 1, 2, and 3–5 for Chinese).
These scores were summed to obtain the acculturation score, ranging from 0 (least acculturated) to 5 (most acculturated).
The prevalence of diabetes was significantly higher among the most acculturated versus the least acculturated non Mexican-origin Hispanon Mexican-originatio 2.49 [95% CI 1.14−5.44]); tHispanics the acculturation score is, the higher the prevalence of diabetes (P forationd 0.059).
Our main independent variable was acculturation score.
Thirty-nine percent of Mexican-origin Hispanics, 70% of non Mexican-origin Hispanon Mexican-originHispanicsd low andulturation (acculturation score of 0–1 or 2).
We constructed an acculturation score for each participant based on these proxy markers.
Among Chinese participants, there was no significant association between acculturation score and diabetes prevalence.
For all groups, a higher acculturation score was associated with greater odds of meeting PA recommendations.
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