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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Care. 2007 Dec 10;31(3):427–429. doi: 10.2337/dc07-2044

Table 1.

Adjusted association between diabetes and stress burden*

Northern Plains
Southwest
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Early-life stress
 Separation from parents 1.08 (0.72–1.62) 0.98 (0.63, 1.51) 1.42 (0.90, 2.25) 1.42 (0.90, 2.24)
 Interpersonal trauma 1.70 (1.06–2.71)§ 1.67 (1.01, 2.77)§ 1.16 (0.63, 2.14) 0.95 (0.52, 1.75)
Chronic stress
 Location hassles 1.36 (0.89–2.06) 1.20 (0.73–1.96) 1.00 (0.55–1.84) 0.75 (0.41–1.38)
 Discrimination 1.14 (0.65–2.01) 0.78 (0.39–1.59) 2.74 (1.52–4.96)|| 2.76 (1.49–5.11)||
 Community family dysfunction 1.34 (1.00–1.79)§ 1.19 (0.77–1.85) 1.22 (0.87–1.71) 0.78 (0.47–1.30)
 Community addiction problem 1.34 (0.99–1.81) 1.15 (0.75–1.77) 1.56 (1.10–2.20)§ 1.91 (1.10–3.30)§
 Community economic distress 1.25 (0.85–1.83) 0.93 (0.60–1.45) 1.20 (0.82–1.76) 0.90 (0.55–1.47)
*

Only includes stressors that showed a significant unadjusted relationship with diabetes in the Northern Plains or Southwest.

Controlling for sex, age, education, and employment status.

Controlling for sex, age, education, employment status, and other stress variables.

§

P < 0.05,

||

P < 0.001.

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