Table 3. Multivariable-adjusted odds ratios of ‘at least one cardiometabolic condition’ for Asian sub-groups compared to South Asians.
High Blood Pressure | Diabetes | Heart Disease | At least one Cardiometabolic Condition | |||||
Self-reported Ethnicity | OR* (95% CI) | |||||||
South Asian | 1.00 (referent) | 1.00 (referent) | 1.00 (referent) | 1.00 (referent) | ||||
Chinese | 0.76 | (0.55–1.06) | 0.25 | (0.12–0.5) | 1.52 | (0.47–4.9) | 0.63 | (0.44–0.9) |
Filipino | 1.6 | (1.05–2.44) | 0.61 | (0.39–0.97) | 0.92 | (0.33–2.54) | 1.29 | (1.04–1.62) |
Southeast Asian | 1.09 | (0.64–1.85) | 0.31 | (0.15–0.67) | 0.22 | (0.05–0.89) | 0.72 | (0.37–1.4) |
Arab | 0.68 | (0.51–0.91) | 0.15 | (0.07–0.3) | 1.24 | (0.57–2.71) | 0.38 | (0.28–0.51) |
West Asian | 0.31 | (0.14–0.71) | 0.66 | (0.4–1.1) | 3.86 | (2.4–6.22) | 0.75 | (0.47–1.21) |
Japanese | 0.53 | (0.13–2.2) | 0.09 | (0.02–0.45) | 1.51 | (0.29–7.74) | 0.46 | (0.14–1.53) |
Korean | 1.03 | (0.49–2.16) | 0.50 | (0.23–1.1) | 1.06 | (0.32–3.49) | 0.87 | (0.48–1.56) |
*Adjusted for BMI, demographic (age, sex, marital status, stress level, smoking, alcohol, household education level, household income quartile, English proficiency, immigrant status, age at immigration, length of time since immigration, urban/rural), and lifestyle (sedentary time, daily energy expenditure, daily fruit and vegetable consumption) variables.