Table 2

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and subtypes among participants currently employed in HCHS/SOL (n=7404)

Characteristic	Cardiovascular disease*		Coronary heart disease†		Cerebrovascular disease‡		Atrial fibrillation§		Heart failure¶
Characteristic	%	P value	%	P value	%	P value	%	P value	%	P value
Overall	6.1		4.3		1.0		0.7		0.8
Centre		<0.01		<0.01		<0.01		0.02		0.09
Bronx	8.9		6.3		1.6		1.5		0.9
Chicago	5.0		3.7		1.1		0.2		0.3
Miami	6.1		4.2		1.0		0.6		0.7
San Diego	4.4		3.0		0.3		0.3		1.3
Background		<0.01		0.13		<0.01		<0.01		0.44
Dominican	6.8		4.4		0.8		1.4		0.7
Central American	5.5		3.6		1.6		0.3		0.5
Cuban	6.6		5.1		0.9		0.7		0.8
Mexican	5.0		3.7		0.6		0.2		0.9
Puerto Rican	10.6		6.4		2.3		2.6		1.4
South American	4.9		3.3		1.0		0.1		1.1
Other/mixed	3.4		3.1		0.4		0.2		0.0
Age (years)		<0.01		<0.01		<0.01		0.63		<0.01
18–24	4.0		2.8		0.4		0.6		0.1
25–34	3.1		2.3		0.4		0.4		0.2
35–44	5.7		4.1		0.8		0.7		1.1
45–54	7.3		4.5		1.7		0.6		1.3
≥55	13.2		10.1		2.0		1.4		1.8
Gender		0.05		<0.01		0.91		0.51		0.28
Female	5.2		3.1		1.0		0.5		1.0
Male	6.9		5.2		1.0		0.8		0.7
Residential duration in USA (years)		0.12		0.07		0.58		0.93		0.79
<10	5.1		3.4		0.8		0.6		0.8
≥10	6.5		4.6		1.0		0.7		0.9
Employment status		0.58		0.49		0.37		0.70		0.58
Part time (≤35 hours/week)	5.8		3.9		1.2		0.6		0.9
Full time (>35 hours/week)	6.3		4.5		0.9		0.7		0.8
Primary occupation		0.85		0.27		0.85		0.14		0.07
Non-skilled worker	5.9		3.9		1.0		1.2		0.6
Service worker	5.9		4.5		0.9		0.1		1.1
Skilled worker	6.0		3.9		1.1		0.6		1.1
Professional/technical	5.8		3.4		0.9		0.9		1.4
Other	7.1		6.0		0.7		0.4		0.2
Educational attainment		0.18		0.3		0.32		0.20		0.85
No high school diploma/GED	7.0		5.1		1.3		0.8		0.7
High school diploma/GED	5.0		3.6		0.9		0.2		0.9
Greater than high school/GED	6.3		4.3		0.8		0.9		0.9
Current health insurance		<0.01		<0.01		0.45		<0.01		0.14
No	4.6		3.2		0.9		0.2		0.6
Yes	7.8		5.6		1.1		1.2		1.1
SASH language subscale		0.84		0.27		0.24		0.03		0.40
1-<3 (low)	6.2		4.5		0.9		0.5		0.9
≥3 (high)	5.9		3.5		1.3		1.5		0.6
Physical activity level		0.03		0.23		0.25		0.27		0.07
Low	5.0		3.6		0.7		0.4		0.9
Medium	7.2		4.8		1.2		0.9		1.0
High	5.5		4.2		0.9		0.5		0.3
Alternative healthy eating index		0.06		0.09		0.64		0.04		0.66
≤43.8 (low)	6.5		4.3		1.0		1.3		0.9
>43.8–50.2 (medium)	4.7		3.3		0.8		0.5		0.7
>50.2 (high)	7.1		5.2		1.1		0.3		0.9
Current alcohol intake		0.02		0.09		<0.01		0.01		0.28
None	6.6		4.3		1.4		1.0		1.1
Low/moderate	5.2		3.9		0.7		0.3		0.7
Heavy	10.2		7.4		0.3		2.1		0.4
Smoking status		0.25		0.06		0.13		0.50		0.90
Never	5.7		3.6		0.9		0.8		0.8
Former	6.2		5.0		0.7		0.4		1.0
Current	7.5		5.9		1.4		0.6		0.8
Hypertension		<0.01		<0.01		<0.01		<0.01		<0.01
No	4.6		3.3		0.7		0.5		0.6
Yes	13.4		9.2		2.6		1.7		2.1
Hypercholesterolaemia		<0.01		<0.01		0.05		0.95		0.09
No	5.1		3.2		0.8		0.7		0.7
Yes	7.7		6.0		1.3		0.7		1.1
Obese		<0.01		<0.01		0.08		0.79		0.48
No	5.2		3.3		0.8		0.7		0.8
Yes	7.7		5.9		1.3		0.6		1.0
Diabetes mellitus		<0.01		<0.01		<0.01		0.09		<0.01
No	5.3		3.7		0.8		0.6		0.6
Yes	13.7		9.7		2.3		1.6		3.1

*Cardiovascular disease was defined as at least one of the following: coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure or atrial fibrillation; data are expressed as row percentages.
†Coronary heart disease was defined as self-reported angina, myocardial infarction, coronary bypass surgery, balloon angioplasty or stent placement in coronary arteries, or ECG evidence of major Q wave abnormalities or minor Q, QS waves with ST and T abnormalities; data are expressed as row percentages.
‡Cerebrovascular disease was defined as self-reported stroke or transient ischaemic attack; data are expressed as row percentages.
§Heart failure was defined as self-reported heart failure; data are expressed as row percentages.
¶Atrial fibrillation was defined as self-reported atrial fibrillation or ECG evidence of atrial fibrillation or flutter; data are expressed as row percentages.
GED, General Equivalency Diploma; HCHS/SOL, Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos; SASH, Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics.