Research Article

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

Table 4

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

OutcomeParameters (parameter) (parameter) value

Household social position†† 0.040.60
Integration 0.100.29
log HOMA-IRSeparation 0.050.57
Assimilation −0.080.36
Marginalization 0.110.18

Household social position†† −0.080.33
Integration −0.020.82
log SISeparation 0.000.99
Assimilation −0.070.41
Marginalization −0.130.10

Household social position†† 0.190.02
Integration 0.030.70
log AIRGSeparation −0.130.08
Assimilation −0.050.52
Marginalization 0.070.36

Household social position†† 0.27<0.01
Integration 0.040.73
DISeparation −0.080.39
Assimilation −0.090.35
Marginalization 0.060.52

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.