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. 2020 Apr;110(4):520–526. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305523

TABLE 3—

AORs for Health Condition, Outcomes, and Service Access for 5 Asian Subgroups with Non-Hispanic Whites as a Referent: California Health Interview Survey, 2011–2017

Variable All Asian, AOR (95% CI) Filipino, AOR (95% CI) Vietnamese, AOR (95% CI) Chinese, AOR (95% CI) Japanese, AOR (95% CI) Korean, AOR (95% CI)
Health condition
 Fair or poor health 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 1.4 (1.0, 1.9) 1.6 (1.2, 2.3) 1.0 (0.8, 1.4) 0.9 (0.5, 1.4) 1.2 (0.8, 1.7)
 Obese or overweight 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) 2.9 (2.1, 3.8) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 1.4 (1.1, 1.8) 1.4 (1.1, 2.0) 1.1 (0.8, 1.5)
 Serious distress 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 1.1 (0.6, 2.2) 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) 0.6 (0.1, 3.7) 1.5 (0.7, 3.3)
 Disability 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 0.9 (0.5, 1.3) 0.5 (0.3, 0.6) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9)
Health outcomes
 High blood pressure 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 2.0 (1.4, 2.8) 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) 1.1 (0.7, 1.5)
 Diabetes 1.8 (1.4, 2.4) 2.9 (2.0, 4.3) 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) 1.1 (0.7, 1.7) 1.7 (1.1, 2.5) 1.4 (0.8, 2.5)
 Asthma 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) 1.4 (1.0, 2.0) 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) 0.5 (0.2, 1.1)
 Heart disease 0.9 (0.6, 1.1) 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) 0.9 (0.5, 1.8) 0.8 (0.4, 1.3) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) 0.7 (0.2, 2.4)
Health service access
 No usual source of care 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 1.3 (0.8, 2.2) 2.4 (1.6, 3.7)
 No doctor’s visit in past year 1.2 (0.9, 1.4) 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 1.1 (0.7, 1.8) 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) 1.4 (0.9, 2.1)
 Delayed medications 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.6 (0.4, 1.1) 0.6 (0.3, 1.1)
 Delayed care 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.5 (0.3, 0.6) 0.8 (0.4, 1.3) 1.2 (0.7, 2.0)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. We controlled for sex, income, education, marital or partnered status, employment, age, nativity, insurance status, English proficiency, and California Health Interview Survey year.