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. 2008 Aug;31(8):1621–1628. doi: 10.2337/dc07-2182

Table 3.

Prevalence ratio of diabetes among Hispanic and Chinese participants by race and acculturation score strata, MESA, 2000–2002

Acculturation score n Prevalence ratio (95% CI)
Unadjusted Model 1 (adjusted for age, sex)* Model 2 (model 1 + SES)* Model 3 (model 2 + BMI)* Model 4 (model 2 + diet)* Model 5 (model 2 + physical activity)* Model 6 (model 2 + BMI, diet, physical activity)*
Mexicans
    0–1 (least acculturated) 99 Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
    2 175 1.10 (0.69–1.76) 1.09 (0.69–1.73) 1.15 (0.72–1.86) 0.99 (0.60–1.62) 1.16 (0.72–1.87) 1.09 (0.67–1.77) 1.06 (0.65–1.74)
    3–4 157 0.99 (0.61–1.61) 0.91 (0.56–1.48) 1.14 (0.68–1.92) 0.99 (0.58–1.68) 1.17 (0.70–1.95) 1.09 (0.64–1.84) 1.07 (0.63–1.82)
    5 (most acculturated) 277 0.92 (0.59–1.44) 0.87 (0.55–1.35) 1.18 (0.71–1.98) 1.01 (0.60–1.71) 1.17 (0.71–1.93) 1.18 (0.69–2.00) 1.08 (0.65–1.79)
    P for trend 0.433 0.249 0.618 0.994 0.702 0.643 0.903
Non-Mexican Hispanics
    0–1 (least acculturated) 112 Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
    2 271 2.27 (1.11–4.67) 1.97 (0.95–4.06) 2.09 (0.98–4.47) 1.83 (0.88–3.80) 2.03 (0.98–4.20) 2.08 (0.97–4.45) 1.72 (0.85–3.48)
    3–5 (most acculturated) 164 1.96 (0.91–4.23) 1.82 (0.84–3.91) 2.49 (1.14–5.44) 2.08 (0.97–4.45) 2.08 (0.97–4.47) 2.45 (1.11–5.44) 1.59 (0.75–3.39)
    P for trend 0.299 0.352 0.059 0.196 0.179 0.069 0.510
Chinese
    0 (least acculturated) 142 Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
    1 232 1.53 (0.85–2.74) 1.51 (0.85–2.70) 1.48 (0.83–2.62) 1.44 (0.81–2.57) 1.48 (0.85–2.59) 1.48 (0.84–2.63) 1.39 (0.78–2.45)
    2 271 1.53 (0.87–2.72) 1.59 (0.90–2.80) 1.36 (0.76–2.43) 1.27 (0.72–2.26) 1.42 (0.81–2.49) 1.37 (0.77–2.43) 1.34 (0.76–2.35)
    3–5 (most acculturated) 92 0.88 (0.39–2.02) 0.95 (0.42–2.16) 0.90 (0.38–2.11) 0.78 (0.34–1.78) 1.26 (0.56–2.87) 0.91 (0.39–2.08) 1.13 (0.50–2.56)
    P for trend 0.761 0.973 0.792 0.503 0.618 0.815 0.833
*

Model 1 adjusted for age and sex; model 2, model 1 plus SES (education in three categories; income in four categories); model 3, model 2 plus BMI; model 4, model 2 plus dietary variables (total calories in kilocalories, total fat in percent kilocalories, total carbohydrate in percent kilocalories, and total fiber in grams per 1,000 cal); model 5, model 2 plus physical activity in MET-minutes per week; model 6, model 2 plus BMI, dietary variables (total calories in kilocalories, total fat in percent kilocalories, total carbohydrate in percent kilocalories, and total fiber in grams per 1,000 cal), and physical activity in MET-minutes per week.

P < 0.01;

P < 0.05 compared with the referent group (least acculturated) within each strata.