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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Aug 1;24(10):714–719. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.011

Table 3.

Association of Acculturation to Individual Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Logistic Multivariate Regression Models.

Framingham Risk Factors Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI
Diabetes (Yes/No)
  Acculturation score (IQR:
24 unit)		 1.05 0.87, 1.26 1.03 0.85, 1.24 1.21 0.96, 1.53
  Age 0.99 0.98, 1.00 0.97 0.96, 0.99
  Female 0.87 0.71, 1.07 0.59 0.46, 0.75
Current Smoker (Yes/No)
  Acculturation score (IQR:
24 unit)		 1.00 0.76, 1.32 0.91 0.68, 1.20 0.95 0.67, 1.36
  Age 0.97 0.95, 0.99 0.96 0.94, 0.99
  Female 0.44 0.33, 0.60 0.46 0.32, 0.67
History of Cardiovascular
Disease (Yes/No)
  Acculturation score (IQR:
24 unit)		 0.82 0.68, 0.98 0.85 0.71, 1.02 0.99 0.80, 1.24
  Age 1.02 1.01, 1.04 1.01 0.99, 1.02
  Female 1.19 0.97, 1.45 1.03 0.81, 1.31
BMI (Odds of being in a
higher category compared to
normal BMI)**
  Acculturation score (IQR:
24 unit)		 0.94 0.79, 1.13 0.91 0.76, 1.09 0.93 0.75, 1.16
  Age 0.96 0.94, 0.97 0.95 0.93, 0.96
  Female 1.09 0.89, 1.32 1.13 0.89, 1.43
*

Model 3 adjusts for: Age, Sex, Monthly Income >= $1500, Married, Physical Activity, Current smoker (not adjusted for in model with current smoker as outcome), Alcohol consumption, Medical Insurance.

**

Ordinal logistic regression models.