Table 2.

Association Between Ethnicity and Self-reported Adherence to Diet and Exercise Plans (Overall n = 297)

Adherence Variables	Ethnicity	N	Percent Adherenta	Unadjusted OR (CI)	Sig.	Adjustedb OR (CI)	Sig.
Diabetic diet plan	Overall	162
	Whitec	18	33	NA		NA
	Black	29	52	2.14 (0.63–7.27)	ns	2.79 (0.76–10.19)	ns
	Vietnamese	55	91	20.0 (5.22–76.66)	.0001	17.56 (3.77–81.70)	.0001
	Latino	60	62	3.22 (1.06–9.76)	.04	4.28 (1.20–15.24)	.03
Diabetic exercise plan	Overall	162
	White	17	35	NA	.005	NA
	Black	31	42	1.32 (0.39–4.50)	ns	1.43 (0.40–5.04)	ns
	Vietnamese	57	74	5.13 (1.62–16.31)	.006	6.75 (1.72–26.48)	.006
	Latino	57	49	1.77 (0.58–5.44)	ns	2.32 (0.67–8.02)	ns
Hypertension diet plan	Overall	200
	White	28	54	NA		NA
	Black	47	62	1.40 (0.54–3.60)	ns	1.60 (0.59–4.33)	ns
	Vietnamese	66	82	3.90 (1.48–10.30)	.006	4.10 (1.28–13.15)	.02
	Latino	59	76	2.79 (1.07–7.24)	.04	3.97 (1.34–11.74)	.01
Hypertension exercise plan	Overall	188
	White	27	59	NA		NA
	Black	40	43	0.51 (0.19–1.37)	ns	0.56 (0.20–1.55)	ns
	Vietnamese	68	62	1.11 (0.45–2.76)	ns	1.12 (0.39–3.24)	ns
	Latino	53	53	0.77 (0.30–1.97)	ns	0.77 (0.28–2.13)	ns

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^a.Percent adherent = “Always/often follow diet/exercise plan.”

^b.Adjusted logistic regression analysis included gender, age, monthly income, and education (years of schooling) as covariates.

^c.White ethnicity served as the reference group in logistic regression analyses.