Findings from Mano a Mano
Data as of June, 2011
Demographics of Study Participants
- Number of households: 15,466
- Number of participants: 22,734 (5,236 men; 17,455 women)
- Place of birth: Mexico, 64%; Texas, 34%
- Language spoken regularly: Spanish; women, 80%; men, 73%
- Education level: less than 8th grade, 35%; some high school, 26%; completed high school /GED, 21%; technical training or college 18%
Obesity in Hispanics
- Men: nationally, 23% ; Texas, 28%, in study participants, 47%
- Women: nationally, 25% , Texas, 32%; in study participants 56%
Self-reported Disease Among Study Participants
- High blood pressure: men, 15%; women,16%
- Diabetes: men, 13%; women, 13%
- High cholesterol: men, 14%; women, 14%
- Cancer (481 reported at baseline; additional 128 reported at follow-up)
o Women: breast cancer, n=167; cervical cancer, n=98; uterine cancer, n=70
o Men: prostate cancer, n=38; lung cancer, n=10; colon cancer, n=9
Family History of Disease Among Study Participants
- High blood pressure: men, 20%; women,30%
- Diabetes: men, 37%; women, 39%
- High cholesterol: men, 9%; women, 9%
- Cancer (3,820 reported at baseline)
- Women: breast cancer, n=563; cervical cancer, n=263; uterine cancer, n=357
- Men: prostate cancer, n=322; lung cancer, n=315; stomach cancer, n=185