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. 2013 Oct 11;178(12):1721–1730. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt234

Table 5.

Association of Zip-Code-level Participant Characteristics With Celiac Disease and Helicobacter pylori Infection Among Patients With Biopsy Specimens Submitted to Miraca Life Sciences (Irving, Texas) During the Period January 1, 2008–June 30, 2012

Zip-Code-level Characteristic and Quartile Prevalence of Celiac Disease, % Adjusteda OR 95% CI Prevalence of H. pylori, % Adjusteda OR 95% CI
Median household incomeb
 1 1.7 1.0 13.4 1.0
 2 2.0 1.17 0.94, 1.47 8.8 0.75 0.67, 0.84
 3 2.2 1.25 1.00, 1.56 7.6 0.70 0.63, 0.78
 4 2.3 1.25 1.00, 1.58 6.4 0.66 0.59, 0.75
% of black residentsc
 1 2.3 1.0 7.5 1.0
 2 2.3 1.00 0.81, 1.22 7.5 0.98 0.86, 1.12
 3 1.9 0.83 0.67, 1.03 8.8 1.07 0.94, 1.21
 4 1.8 0.83 0.66, 1.03 11.2 1.42 1.25, 1.60
% of Hispanic residentsd
 1 2.3 1.0 6.8 1.0
 2 2.3 1.01 0.83, 1.25 6.7 1.00 0.87, 1.14
 3 1.9 0.85 0.67, 1.03 7.9 1.18 1.04, 1.35
 4 1.9 0.91 0.73, 1.13 13.4 1.86 1.65, 2.10

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

a Adjusted for age, gender, and Medicaid enrollment status.

b Quartile 1, <$42,104; quartile 2, $42,104–$54,642; quartile 3, $54,643–$74,034; quartile 4, >$74,034.

c Quartile 1, <1%; quartile 2, 1%–3.7%; quartile 3, 3.8%–12.5%; quartile 4, >12.5%.

d Quartile 1, <2.5%; quartile 2, 2.5%–6.4%; quartile 3, 6.5%–16.8%; quartile 4, >16.8%.