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Volume
7: No. 3, May 2010
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Socioeconomic Status and Prevalence of Obesity and Diabetes in a Mexican American Community, Cameron County, Texas, 2004-2007
| Age group, y |
Lower SES |
Higher SES |
| 35-44 |
8 |
10 |
| 45-54 |
26 |
23 |
| 55-64 |
37 |
20 |
Figure 2. Percentage of participants with diabetes, by
age and by socioeconomic status (SES), Cameron County Hispanic Cohort,
2004-2007. People in the first quartile had annual household incomes of $17,830
or less, and people in the third quartile had annual household incomes of
$24,067-$31,747. Among people aged 55-64 years, the difference between people
in the lower socioeconomic stratum compared with those in the higher stratum was
significant at
P < .05.
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