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. 2023 Sep 9;13:15. doi: 10.1038/s41387-023-00244-4

Table 2.

Linear regression for the relationships between demographic variables and FPG and HbA1c for TX Sprouts participants.

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) HbA1c (%) HbA1c (%)
Model 1 (n = 973) Model 2 (n = 920)a Model 1 (n = 610) Model 2 (n = 571)a
Unstd β 95% CI p-value Unstd β 95% CI p-value Unstd β 95% CI p-value Unstd β 95% CI p-value
Sex
 Female REF REF REF REF
 Male 0.50 (−0.68, 1.69) 0.404 0.24 (−0.99, 1.46) 0.705 −0.05 (−0.09, 0.01) 0.017 −0.05 (−0.09, −0.00) 0.03
Age (years)
 7 to 8 REF REF REF REF
 9 −0.4 (−2.01, 1.21) 0.625 −0.26 (−1.92, 1.40) 0.759 0.03 (−0.03, 0.09) 0.3 0.03 (−0.03, 0.09) 0.349
 10 −0.29 (−1.90, 1.32) 0.725 −0.49 (−2.15, 1.17) 0.564 0.02 (−0.04, 0.08) 0.531 0.014 (−0.0, 0.07) 0.64
 11 to 12 2.14 (−0.40, 4.69) 0.099 2.09 (−0.59, 4.78) 0.126 0.08 (−0.01, 0.17) 0.071 0.04 (−0.05, 0.13) 0.393
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White REF REF REF REF
 Hispanic 2.44 (0.66, 4.23) 0.007 4.57 (2.04, 7.10) <0.001 0.09 (0.03, 0.15) 0.002 0.08 (−0.00, 0.16) 0.052
 Black 5.51 (3.11, 7.90) <0.001 3.046 (−1.18, 7.27) 0.158 0.18 (0.10, 0.26) <0.001 0.13 (−0.00, 0.26) 0.054
 Other 1.58 (−1.34, 4.51) 0.288 0.06 (−0.03, 0.15) 0.203
Free/reduced-price lunch (FRL)
 No REF REF REF REF
 Yes 0.37 (−1.08, 1.81) 0.619 2.89 (−0.12, 5.89) 0.06 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06) 0.604 −0.04 (−0.13, 0.06) 0.446
Race/ethnicity*FRL
 Non-Hispanic White; No FRL REF REF
 Hispanic; Yes FRL −3.78 (−7.21, −0.35) 0.031 0.04 (−0.07, 0.15) 0.451
 Black; Yes FRL 2.09 (−3.15, 7.34) 0.434 0.1 (−0.07, 0.27) 0.249
Parent education
 College graduate REF REF REF REF
 Some college/vocational school 1.57 (−0.28, 3.42) 0.095 1.36 (−0.58, 3.30) 0.168 −0.02 (−0.08, 0.04) 0.43 −0.03 (−0.09, 0.03) 0.363
 High school grad/GED 2.75 (0.79, 4.72) 0.006 2.09 (0.015, 4.17) 0.048 0.001 (−0.06, 0.07) 0.967 −0.01 (−0.07, 0.06) 0.865
 Some high school 4.48 (2.08, 6.89) <0.001 4.00 (1.50, 6.51) 0.002 0.12 (0.03, 0.20) 0.007 0.11 (0.02, 0.19) 0.017
 Finished 8th grade 5.64 (3.25, 8.03) <0.001 5.42 (2.95, 7.88) <0.001 0.03 (−0.07, 0.14) 0.509 0.04 (−0.07, 0.14) 0.498
 Less than 8th grade 4.46 (2.22, 6.71) <0.001 4.29 (1.97, 6.62) <0.001 0.04 (−0.04, 0.11) 0.345 0.04 (−0.04, 0.12) 0.276
BMI category
 Underweight/normal REF REF REF REF
 Overweight 1.02 (−0.58, 2.61) 0.21 1.094 (−0.56, 2.75) 0.195 0.05 (−0.01, 0.10) 0.098 0.05 (−0.01, 0.10) 0.106
 Obesity 0.14 (−1.21, 1.49) 0.841 0.21 (−1.17, 1.59) 0.768 0.09 (0.05, 0.14) <0.001 0.10 (0.05, 0.15) <0.001
 Model fit p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.079 p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.110 p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.110 p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.117

aModel 2 contains a subset of study participants excluding those who indicated race/ethnicity as “other” and modeling potential interaction of race/ethnicity and FRL status.