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. 2019 Apr 16;21(4):e10389. doi: 10.2196/10389

Table 7.

Correlation between Latino subgroup affiliation and online patient portal use among internet users controlling for age, sex, education, income to federal poverty level, marital or partnered status, occupation, insurance status, daily internet use, and region using the National Health Interview Survey 2015-16. N=46,480.

Variablesa Use of health information technology
Dependent variable: fill prescription (n=34,483), ORb (95% CI) Dependent variable: schedule medical appointment (n=34,477), OR (95% CI) Dependent variable: email provider (n=34,480), OR (95% CI)
US-born non-Hispanic white 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
US-born Mexican 1.01 (0.81-1.26) 1.01 (0.83-1.23) 0.85 (0.68-1.06)
US-born Puerto Rican 0.94 (0.53-1.68) 1.12 (0.71-1.77) 0.8 (0.5-1.27)
US-born Central and South American 1.15 (0.67-2) 1.21 (0.75-1.96) 1.1 (0.63-1.9)
US-born other Latino 0.48 (0.2-1.15)c 0.84 (0.44-1.59)c 0.43 (0.2-0.93)c
Foreign-born Mexican 0.72 (0.51-1.01) 0.86 (0.64-1.15) 0.51 (0.36-0.72)d
Foreign-born Puerto Rican 0.74 (0.41-1.34) 0.86 (0.51-1.46) 0.57 (0.32-1)c
Foreign-born Central and South American 0.61 (0.41-0.92)d 0.82 (0.59-1.13) 0.7 (0.5-0.99)d
Foreign-born other Latino 0.26 (0.1-0.68)c 0.6 (0.32-1.12)c 0.57 (0.27-1.17)c

aControl variables not listed include age, sex, education, income to federal poverty level ratio, occupational group, insurance status, daily internet use, and region.

bOR: odds ratio.

cToo few individuals use the technology in question to draw a statistical conclusion.

dIndicates values are significant.