Table 4.

Percentage Distribution of Familial Risk of Diabetes in Adults (Age ≥18 Years) from Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of U.S. Population and Overall Odds of Having Diabetes According to Risk Stratum (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2004)^a

	Familial risk of diabetes
	Average	Moderate	High
Non-Hispanic White	71.6	22.1	6.3
Non-Hispanic Black	63.1	25.4	11.5
Mexican American	64.0	25.7	10.3
Total	69.8	22.7	7.5
Odds of having diabetes (95% CIb)	Referent	2.3c (1.8–2.9)	5.5c (4.4–6.8 )

^aData obtained from Valdez and colleagues.¹⁸

^bConfidence interval.

^cControlling for sex, race or ethnicity, age, BMI, hypertension, and household income.