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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2006;16(6):361–371. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.07.001

Table 4.

Unadjusted percentages and adjusted odds ratios from logistic regressions on diabetes intermediate outcomes among veteran women with diabetes and disability—fiscal 2000

HbA1C Value >9%
LDL-C Value ≥ 130 mg/dL
Logistic Regression on HbA1C Value >9%
% 95% CI % 95% CI AOR 95% CI
All 25 23–27 30 27–33
Race/ethnicity a
 White 20 8–23 29 25–32
 African American 34 30–38 33 28–37 1.92*** 1.47–2.49
 Latina 30 17–44 31 18–44 1.63 0.84–3.14
Age (y) a
 <45 30 25–34 33 28–39
 45–49 24 19–29 31 26–37 0.77 0.56–1.08
 50–54 25 20–30 28 22–34 0.88 0.62–1.25
 55–59 23 16–28 28 21–36 0.80 0.52–1.22
 60–64 18 12–24 25 18–32 0.68 0.42–1.10
Marital status
 Married 25 22–29 30 26–35
 Single 24 19–29 31 26–37 0.87 0.63–1.22
 Divorced/separated 27 23–30 29 25–34 1.04 0.78–1.39
 Widowed 19 10–28 29 17–40 0.85 0.43–1.65
Physical comorbidity (CCI) a 0.97 0.82–1.15
 None 22 9–36 36 22–50
 Low (1–2) 26 23–28 32 28–35
 Moderate (3–4) 25 20–29 25 19–31
 Severe (≥5) 20 11–29 23 12–34
Psychiatric comorbidity
 Yes 26 23–30 30 25–34 0.89 0.69–1.15
 No 24 21–27 30 27–34
Medicare utilization
 None 25 23–28 30 27–33
 >0–<25% 22 13–30 26 16–36
 25–<75% 24 16–32 36 25–47 1.26 0.78–2.02
 ≥75% 26 13–39 31 15–47 1.36 0.67–2.77
Source of disability identification a
 Medicare 23 18–27 28 23–33
 Medicare and VA 24 19–29 33 27–39 0.98 0.67–1.42
 VA 27 24–30 30 26–34 1.11 0.79–1.56

Notes: Based on veteran women with diagnosed diabetes, aged <65 years who were alive as of the end of fiscal 2000 and qualified for either Medicare or VHA health insurance through disability.

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratios; HbA 1C, hemoglobin A1C; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index.

a

Significant association of individual independent variable and process of care measures based on χ2 tests. Asterisks represent significant group differences in intermediate outcomes. The regressions also include intercepts. In multivariate analyses, the continuous scale of physical comorbidity was used as a predictor. ‘“None” and “>0–<25%” groups were combined in the Medicare utilization variable for the logistic regression analysis.

*

.05 ≤ p < .10.

**

.01 ≤ p < .05.

***

p < .01.