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. 2021 Oct 25;21:1150. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07146-0

Table 2.

Association of patient characteristics with care received by individuals recently diagnosed with diabetes

In the past 12 months: Eye doctor visit Foot doctor visit Blood Pressure check by health professional Cholesterol check by health professional
OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI)
Model 1* Model 2* Model 3* Model 1* Model 2* Model 3* Model 1* Model 2* Model 3* Model 1* Model 2* Model 3*
Age (mean) 1.02 (1.02-1.03)‡ 1.02 (1.02-1.03)‡ 1.02 (1.01-1.03)‡ 1.02 (1.02-1.03)‡ 1.02 (1.02-1.03)‡ 1.02 (1.01-1.03)‡ 1.04 (1.02-1.05)‡ 1.04 (1.02-1.05)‡ 1.03 (1.01-1.05)‡ 1.04 (1.03-1.05)‡ 1.04 (1.03-1.05)‡ 1.03 (1.02-1.04)‡
Sex
Male (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
Female 1.29 (1.13-1.47)§ 1.34 (1.16-1.55)‡ 1.37 (1.18-1.58)‡ 1.08 (0.91-1.28) 1.06 (0.88-1.27) 1.07 (0.88-1.29) 1.70 (1.20-2.42)§ 1.79 (1.24-2.58)§

1.83

(1.26-2.66)§

1.14 (0.89-1.45) 1.14 (0.89-1.46) 1.13 (0.88-1.47)
Race
Non-Hispanic white (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
Non-Hispanic black 0.81 (0.68-0.96)|| 0.85 (0.71-1.02) 0.86 (0.72-1.04) 1.28 (1.03-1.61)|| 1.38 (1.10-1.73)§ 1.37 (1.08-1.74)§ 0.75 (0.45-1.26) 0.86 (0.48-1.55) 0.82 (0.44-1.49) 1.14 (0.81-1.60) 1.33 (0.92-1.93) 1.30 (0.88-1.93)
Hispanic 0.65 (0.54-0.79)‡ 0.74 (0.60-0.90)§ 0.80 (0.65-0.99)|| 0.99 (0.76-1.28) 1.06 (0.81-1.38) 1.11 (0.84-1.47) 0.39 (0.26-0.56)‡ 0.38 (0.25-0.57)‡ 0.42 (0.28-0.65)‡ 0.66 (0.49-0.88)§ 0.69 (0.51-0.93)|| 0.81 (0.58-1.12)
SES
High - (ref) (ref) - (ref) (ref) - (ref) (ref) - (ref) (ref)
Low - 0.58 (0.50-0.68)‡ 0.61 (0.52-0.71)‡ - 0.92 (0.76-1.12) 0.95 (0.77-1.17) - 0.51 (0.34-0.76)§ 0.60 (0.40-0.92)|| - 0.70 (0.54-0.90)|| 0.81 (0.62-1.06)
Has insurance
No - - (ref) - - (ref) - - (ref) - - (ref)
Yes - - 2.46 (1.90-3.18)‡ - - 2.58 (1.69-3.95)‡ - - 3.41 (2.31-5.04)‡ - - 4.04 (2.99-5.44)‡

Notes:

*Model 1 was adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, taking oral diabetes medicine, taking insulin, general health status, US. Census region, marital status, body mass index and number of comorbidities; Model 2 was adjusted for same covariates as Model 1 with the addition of adjustment for SES; Model 3 was adjusted for same covariates as Model 2 with the addition of adjustment for insurance status

p<0.001

§p<0.01

||p<0.05