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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Endocrine. 2014 Nov 21;49(2):422–428. doi: 10.1007/s12020-014-0482-9

Table 3. Adjusted Models for the Relationship between Perceived Discrimination, Self- Care, Diabetes Outcomes and Quality of Life.

Overall Black White
β p CI β p CI β p CI

A1c -0.03 0.840 -0.28, 0.23 -0.27 0.502 -1.07, 0.52 -0.003 0.984 -0.29, 0.29
Systolic Blood Pressure 1.86 0.159 -0.73, 4.45 10.17* 0.028 1.13, 19.22 0.70 0.606 -1.97, 3.37
LDL 3.18 0.545 -7.13, 13.50 -4.06 0.830 -41.38, 33.26 3.69 0.511 -7.34, 14.73
MCS -0.56** 0.001 -0.90, -0.23 -0.68 0.204 -1.73, 0.37 -0.51** 0.008 -0.89, -0.14
General Diet -0.37* 0.012 -0.65, -0.08 -0.21 0.692 -1.28, 0.85 -0.40** 0.009 -0.69, -0.99
Specific Diet -0.25* 0.025 -0.47, -0.03 -0.17 0.702 -1.07, 0.72 -0.25* 0.024 -0.47, -0.03
Exercise 0.10 0.527 -0.21, 0.42 0.43 0.477 -0.77, 1.64 0.11 0.522 -0.22, 0.43
Blood Glucose Test -0.29 0.108 -0.65, 0.06 0.69 0.316 -0.66, 2.03 -0.43* 0.023 -0.80, -0.06
Foot Care -0.25 0.162 -0.60, 0.10 0.14 0.839 -1.22, 1.50 -0.22 0.218 -0.58, 0.13
Medication Adherence -0.20 0.148 -0.47, 0.07 -0.02 0.963 -1.00, 0.96 -0.21 0.162 -0.51, 0.09

Models are adjusted for race, site, gender, marital status, duration of diabetes, number of years in school, number of hours worked per week, income, health status, charlson comorbidity score

MCS = Mental Component of Quality of Life

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001