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. 2011 May 6;26(10):1138–1144. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1729-2

Table 2.

GEE Models of Patient-Reported Discrimination and Medication Treatment Intensification

Hyperglycemia cohort RR (95% CI) Hyperlipidemia cohort RR (95% CI) Hypertension cohort RR (95% CI) Composite cohort RR (95% CI)
Unadjusted
 Discrimination
 No (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 0.91 (0.71, 1.16) 1.22 (0.91, 1.66) 1.23 (0.80, 1.88) 1.10 (0.88, 1.39)
 
Adjusted
 Discrimination
 No (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) 1.23 (0.93, 1.63) 1.06 (0.69, 1.61) 1.08 (0.88, 1.33)
 Race/ethnicity
 White (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Black 0.97 (0.84, 1.12) 0.91 (0.73, 1.14) 1.19 (0.96, 1.48) 1.09 (0.96, 1.24)
 Latino 0.86 (0.74, 1.01) 0.97 (0.74, 1.27) 0.99 (0.76, 1.29) 1.05 (0.91, 1.22)
 Asian 0.89 (0.71, 1.12) 0.81 (0.56, 1.17) 1.19 (0.88, 1.61) 1.09 (0.91, 1.31)
 Filipino 1.06 (0.88, 1.28) 0.96 (0.64, 1.43) 1.59 (1.19, 2,12)** 1.39 (1.17, 1.65)**
 Other 1.10 (0.87, 1.40) 0.74 (0.46, 1.19) 1.44 (0.89, 2.31) 1.26 (1.00, 1.59)*
 Age
 <50 0.96 (0.75, 1.22) 1.12 (0.81, 1.54) 1.12 (0.81, 1.55) 1.23 (1.02, 1.48)*
 50–64 1.05 (0.83, 1.32) 1.11 (0.84, 1.46) 1.26 (0.97, 1.64) 1.31 (1.12, 1.55)*
 ≥65 (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Gender
 Male 0.96 (0.83, 1.10) 1.08 (0.87, 1.34) 1.25 (1.01, 1.54)* 1.17 (1.04, 1.33)*
 Female (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Education
 ≤High school (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Some college 1.00 (0.86, 1.18) 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) 0.98 (0.74, 1.28) 0.89 (0.76, 1.04)
 ≥College 1.00 (0.84, 1.20) 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) 1.06 (0.82, 1.37) 0.93 (0.79, 1.10)
 Mean DxCG score (1-point change) 0.96 (0.94, 0.99)** 0.96 (0.94, 0.99)** 0.98 (0.96, 1.01) 0.96 (0.94, 0.98)**
 Duration diabetes
 0–4 years 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 5–10 years 0.92 (0.79, 1.06) 0.91 (0.69, 1.19) 1.16 (0.90, 1.50) 0.99 (0.86, 1.15)
 >10 years 0.87 (0.74, 1.03) 1.24 (0.95, 1.62) 1.12 (0.86, 1.46) 1.02 (0.87, 1.19)

*Indicates p < 0.05

**Indicates p < 0.01

“Ref” indicates the referent group when examining a categorical covariate. RR = Relative risk