Table 2.

Crude and adjusted analyses on the effect of the independent variables on random blood glucose levels among the men. Pelotas, Southern Brazil, 1982 to 2004-5.

Variable	Crude analysis		Adjusted analysis
	Mean blood glucose level	p	Mean blood glucose level	p
	(95% CI)		(95% CI)
Skin color		0.69 *		0.73 *
White	Reference		Reference
Black or Mixed	−0.36 (−2.09; 1.38)		0.33 (−1.42; 2.07)
Family income in 1982 (MW)		0.46*		0.46 *
≤ 1	2.19 (−1.37; 5.75)		2.06 (−1.45; 5.58)
1.1 - 3	1.23 (−2.12; 4.57)		0.63 (−2.63; 3.89)
3.1 - 6	2.56 (−1.01; 6.13)		1.75 (−1.72; 5.22)
6.1 - 10	2.35 (−2.01; 6.70)		1.49 (−2.75; 5.72)
> 10	Reference		Reference
Maternal schooling (years)		0.17*		0.11 *
0 - 4	−0.40 (−2.73; 1.94)		−0.51 (−2.81; 1.80)
5 - 8	1.41 (−0.84; 3.66)		1.41 (−0.79; 3.60)
9 - 11	0.69 (−2.25; 3.63)		0.31 (−2.55; 3.15)
≥ 12	Reference		Reference
Income change (1982 → 2004-5)		0.61*		0.70 *
Always poor	0.25 (−1.82; 2.32)		1.29 (−1.03; 3.61)
Non-poor → poor	1.14 (−0.92; 3.20)		0.75 (−1.29; 2.79)
Poor → non-poor	−0.53 (−2.51; 1.46)		0.34 (−1.89; 2.57)
Never poor	Reference		Reference
Birth weight (grams)		0.79*		0.59 *
< 2500	−1.98 (−5.90; 1.94)		−1.69 (−5.51; 2.13)
2500 - 2999	−1.08 (−4.17; 2.01)		−0.49 (−3.49; 2.52)
3000 - 3499	−1.67 (−4.58; 1.24)		−1.57 (−4.40; 1.26)
3500 - 3999	−2.01 (−5.00; 0.98)		−1.72 (−4.62; 1.18)
≥ 4000	Reference		Reference
Duration of breastfeeding (months)		0.42*		0.25 *
< 1	−0.01 (−2.39; 2.37)		−0.16 (−2.48; 2.16)
1 - 2.9	1.09 (−1.23; 3.40)		0.38 (−1.88; 2.65)
3 - 5.9	0.44 (−1.94; 2.82)		−0.22 (−2.55; 2.11)
6 - 8.9	−1.96 (−4.96; 1.03)		−1.09 (−4.03; 1.85)
9 - 11.9	0.87 (−3.21; 4.96)		−0.51 (−4.52; 3.50)
≥ 12	Reference		Reference

MW: Minimum wage

^*Test for heterogeneity