Research Article

Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Influences on Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Overweight/Obese African-American and Latino-American Children and Adolescents

Table 3

Results of multiple regression analysis for African-American children and adolescents ( ).

OutcomeParameters (parameter) (parameter) value

Household social position†† −0.140.44
Integration 0.130.56
log HOMA-IRSeparation 0.200.27
Assimilation −0.100.72
Marginalization 0.030.89

Household social position†† 0.050.70
Integration 0.120.45
log SISeparation −0.070.63
Assimilation −0.110.63
Marginalization −0.220.19

Household social position†† −0.120.48
Integration 0.48<0.01
log AIRGSeparation −0.060.71
Assimilation −0.140.59
Marginalization 0.130.55

Household social position†† −0.110.52
Integration 0.55<0.01
log DISeparation −0.080.65
Assimilation −0.180.53
Marginalization 0.080.73

SI: insulin sensitivity; AIRG: acute insulin response to glucose; DI: disposition index. Models control for: Tanner stage, sex, fat mass, log fat-free mass, log energy intake, log moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, log sedentary time, and household social position. ††Model controls for: Tanner stage, sex, fat mass, log fat-free mass, log energy intake, and log moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and log sedentary time. For log AIRG models, SI was included as a covariate.