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. 2020 Apr 24;17(8):2961. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082961

Table 2.

Crude chronic disease prevalence regression models in the 500 largest U.S. cities, 2015.

Variables Diabetes Stroke High Blood Pressure
b 95% CI b 95% CI b 95% CI
Structural vulnerabilities
% Black households 0.055 ** 0.054, 0.057 0.130 ** 0.127, 0.133 0.022 ** 0.021, 0.023
% Households with persons 65 years+ 0.080 ** 0.075, 0.082 0.223 ** 0.217, 0.230 0.030 ** 0.029, 0.032
Housing characteristics
Median year units built −0.002 * 0.000, 0.001 0.001 −0.004, 0.04 −0.003 ** −0.003, −0.001
Median home value −0.001 * 0.000, 0.001 −0.001 ** 0.000, 0.011 −0.001 ** 0.000, 0.001
Socioeconomic characteristics
Gini index of inequality 1.41 ** 0.898, 1.91 6.66 ** 5.66, 7.65 0.964 ** 0.795, 1.13
% Receiving SNAP benefits 0.059 ** 0.052, 0.065 0.090 ** 0.078, 0.103 0.029 ** 0.026, 0.031
% < High school education 0.085 ** 0.082, 0.089 −0.038 ** −0.04, −0.03 0.010 ** 0.009, 0.012
Weight status (1 = overweight/obese) 0.897 ** 0.801, 1.01 1.91 ** 1.72, 2.11 0.185 ** 0.153, 0.217
Constant 5.09 4.86, 5.31 19.7 19.3, 20.3 1.19 1.14, 1.27
df 8 8 8
Adjusted R2 0.54 0.51 0.55

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001.