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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Feb;23(1):26–34. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01032-3

Table 3.

Prevalence ratio of antihypertensive medication use among those with hypertension comparing non-Hispanic White to non-Hispanic Asian overall and by subgroup

Crude Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Total Non-Hispanic White referent 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Non-Hispanic Asian 0.92 (0.88–0.95) 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.96 (0.94–0.99) 0.96 (0.94–0.99)
p-value <0.0001 0.0163 0.0943 0.0060 0.0062
Non-Hispanic Asian Japanese referent 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Asian Indian 0.89 (0.81–0.97) 1.01 (0.91–1.12) 0.98 (0.89–1.09) 0.98 (0.89–1.08) 0.98 (0.90–1.08)
Chinese 0.77 (0.67–0.88) 0.86 (0.75–0.99) 0.86 (0.76–0.97) 0.86 (0.76–0.97) 0.86 (0.77–0.97)
Filipino 1.01 (0.93–1.10) 1.09 (0.98–1.22) 1.07 (0.95–1.19) 1.06 (0.95–1.18) 1.06 (0.95–1.18)
Korean 0.65 (0.52–0.80) 0.77 (0.65–0.92) 0.79 (0.68–0.93) 0.79 (0.68–0.92) 0.79 (0.68–0.91)
Vietnamese & Other 0.80 (0.70–0.91) 0.94 (0.83–1.06) 0.93 (0.82–1.04) 0.93 (0.82–1.05) 0.93 (0.82–1.04)
p-value <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001

Model 1: adjusted by age, sex, education

Model 2: adjusted by variables from model 1 + diabetes, standard BMI cut point (≥25 kg/m2, ≥30 kg/m2) for both non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic Asian

Model 3: adjusted by variables from model 1 + diabetes, standard BMI for non-Hispanic white and Asian specific BMI cut points (≥23 kg/m2 and ≥27.5 kg/m2) for non-Hispanic Asian

Model 4: adjusted by variables from model 3 plus survey year