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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Jul 25;189:44–52. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.019

Table 2.

Odds Ratio from Multilevel Logistic Regression Models Predicting High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol Level

High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Level

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Neighborhood-level Variables
Percent Latino ≥ 25% 1.42*
[1.03–1.96]
1.34
[0.91–1.97]
1.34
[0.91–1.98]
1.36*
[1.01–1.82]
1.48*
[1.02–2.14]
1.47*
[1.02–2.14]
Immigrant concentration (medium) 0.77
[0.52–1.15]
0.73
[0.49–1.09]
0.75
[0.50–1.12]
0.88
[0.62–1.25]
0.79
[0.55–1.14]
0.80
[0.56–1.16]
Immigrant concentration (high) 0.65*
[0.44–0.95]
0.63*
[0.43–0.92]
0.64*
[0.44–0.94]
0.73+
[0.51–1.04]
0.70*
[0.49–1.00]
0.71+
[0.49–1.01]
Neighborhood poverty ≥ 20% 1.25
[0.87–1.80]
1.23
[0.85–1.77]
0.91
[0.64–1.31]
0.89
[0.62–1.29]
Individual-level Variables
Age 1.12***
[1.07–1.18]
1.12***
[1.07–1.18]
1.12***
[1.05–1.07]
1.12***
[1.06–1.17]
1.19***
[1.13–1.26]
1.19***
[1.13–1.26]
1.19***
[1.13–1.26]
1.19***
[1.13–1.25]
Age2 1.00*
[1.00–1.00]
1.00*
[1.00–1.00]
1.00*
[1.00–1.00]
1.00*
[1.00–1.00]
1.00***
[1.00–1.00]
1.00***
[1.00–1.00]
1.00***
[1.00–1.00]
1.00*
[1.00–1.00]
Male 1.16
[0.86–1.56]
1.15
[0.85–1.55]
1.18
[0.87–1.58]
1.16
[0.85–1.57]
1.20
[0.89–1.62]
1.18
[0.88–1.59]
1.20
[0.89–1.62]
1.19
[0.87–1.61]
Separated/divorced/widowed 1.30+
[0.95–1.79]
1.33+
[0.96–1.83]
1.25
[0.91–1.73]
1.24
[0.90–1.71]
1.63**
[1.18–2.24]
1.67**
[1.21–2.29]
1.61**
[1.17–2.22]
1.61**
[1.16–2.23]
Single 1.01
[0.68–1.52]
1.00
[0.67–1.51]
0.97
[0.64–1.45]
0.94
0.62–1.42
1.64*
[1.10–2.46]
1.65*
[1.11–2.47]
1.62*
[1.08–2.43]
1.59*
[1.05–2.39]
US born 1.26
[0.95–1.69]
1.19
[0.89–1.60]
1.24
[0.93–1.66]
1.21
[0.90–1.63]
0.76+
[0.57–1.03]
0.72*
[0.54–0.96]
0.75+
[0.56–1.01]
0.76+
[0.56–1.02]
Some college 0.79
[0.55–1.13]
0.77
[0.53–1.11]
0.78
[0.54–1.13]
0.81
[0.56–1.17]
0.70+
[0.48–1.02]
0.68*
[0.47–0.99]
0.69+
[0.47–1.00]
0.72+
[0.49–1.05]
College or above 0.57**
[0.38–0.86]
0.55**
[0.36–0.83]
0.59*
[0.39–0.89]
0.61*
[0.40–0.93]
0.60*
[0.40–0.90]
0.58**
[0.39–0.86]
0.61*
[0.41–0.91]
0.64*
[0.42–0.97]
100%–200% FPL 0.64**
[0.45–0.89]
0.62**
[0.44–0.87]
0.63**
[0.45–0.89]
0.64**
[0.45–0.89]
0.83
[0.58–1.17]
0.81
[0.57–1.14]
0.81
[0.57–1.15]
0.82
[0.57–1.16]
200% FPL or above 0.47***
[0.33–0.69]
0.44***
[0.30–0.63]
0.48***
[0.33–0.70]
0.49***
[0.34–0.71]
0.90
[0.62–1.31]
0.84
[0.58–1.22]
0.89
[0.61–1.29]
0.90
[0.62–1.32]
Health insurance (yes) 1.50*
[1.03–2.16]
1.45*
[1.00–2.11]
1.45*
[1.00–2.10]
1.42+
[0.98–2.06]
1.65*
[1.12–2.42]
1.60*
[1.09–2.35]
1.61*
[1.10–2.37]
1.58*
[1.08–2.33]
Discrimination (yes) 1.31
[0.92–1.87]
1.29
[0.90–1.84]
1.29
[0.90–1.84]
1.27
[0.89–1.82]
1.30
[0.91–1.86]
1.29
[0.90–1.84]
1.28
[0.90–1.84]
1.27
[0.89–1.83]
Current smoker 1.33+
[0.95–1.85]
1.11
[0.79–1.56]
Leisure-time physical activity 0.81
[0.61–1.07]
0.82
[0.62–1.10]
Fruits/vegetable intake 1.01
[0.93–1.10]
0.96
[0.88–1.05]
Survey year 2008 1.06
[0.78–1.42]
0.96
[0.70–1.31]
1.00
[0.73–1.36]
1.02
[0.74–1.39]
0.96
[0.70–1.30]
0.91
[0.67–1.24]
0.94
[0.69–1.28]
0.94
[0.69–1.29]
Constant 0.01***
[0.00–0.02])
0.01***
[0.00–0.04]
0.01***
[0.00–0.03]
0.01***
[0.00–0.03]
0.00***
[0.00–0.00]
0.00***
[0.00–0.01]
0.03***
[0.02–0.06]
0.00***
[0.00–0.01]

Observations 1,456 1,456 1,456 1,456 1,456 1,456 1,456 1,456
Number of tracts 513 513 513 513 513 513 513 513

Note. 95% confidence intervals are in parentheses.

***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05,

+

p<0.10