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. 2014 Nov;104(11):2147–2155. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301420

TABLE 3—

Estimated Odds Ratios of Having Diabetes With Control for the Nexus of Poverty–Place and Race–Poverty–Place: 1999–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and 2000 US Census

Variable Poverty–Place Model, OR (95% CI) Race–Poverty–Place Model, OR (95% CI)
Individual race
White (Ref) 1.00
Black 1.59* (1.11, 2.28)
Poverty–place individual poverty and neighborhood poverty concentration
 Nonpoor in nonpoor neighborhood (Ref) 1.00
 Poor in nonpoor neighborhood 1.67** (1.14, 2.44)
 Nonpoor in poor neighborhood 1.26 (0.72, 2.21)
 Poor in poor neighborhood 1.98* (1.16, 3.39)
Race–place–poverty individual race and poverty and neighborhood poverty concentration
 Nonpoor White in nonpoor neighborhood (Ref) 1.00
 Nonpoor White in poor neighborhood 1.07 (0.44, 2.59)
 Poor White in nonpoor neighborhood 1.73** (1.16, 2.57)
 Poor White in poor neighborhood 2.51** (1.31, 4.81)
 Nonpoor Black in nonpoor neighborhood 2.08** (1.26, 3.44)
 Nonpoor Black in poor neighborhood 2.49*** (1.48, 4.19)
 Poor Black in nonpoor neighborhood 2.34* (1.22, 4.46)
 Poor Black in poor neighborhood 2.45*** (1.50, 4.01)
Gender
 Female (Ref) 1.00 1.00
 Male 2.15 (1.63, 2.85) 2.15*** (1.63, 2.84)
Family history of diabetes
 No family history of diabetes (Ref) 1.00 1.00
 Family history of diabetes 2.95*** (2.21, 3.92) 2.94*** (2.21, 3.91)
Educational attainment
 < 9th grade 1.04 (0.62, 1.73) 1.05 (0.63, 1.74)
 9th–12th grade, no diploma 1.03 (0.65, 1.64) 1.05 (0.66, 1.66)
 High-school graduate (Ref) 1.00 1.00
 Some college 1.05 (0.73, 1.49) 1.05 (0.74, 1.49)
 ≥ college graduate 0.55 (0.30, 1.01) 0.55 (0.30, 1.01)
Health insurance status
 Private insurance (Ref) 1.00 1.00
 Medicare 1.34 (0.94, 1.90) 1.33 (0.92, 1.89)
 Medicaid, SCHIP, or other government insurance 0.96 (0.54, 1.71) 0.97 (0.55, 1.72)
 No insurance 0.70 (0.39, 1.27) 0.70 (0.40, 1.23)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; SCHIP = state children’s health insurance program. The models controlled for age and quadratic age, which were significant predictors (P < .001).

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.