Racial/Ethnic Variability in Diabetes Mellitus among United States Residents Is Unexplained by Lifestyle, Sociodemographics and Prognostic Factors

Table 3

Unconditional univariable logistic regression model of the effect of race/ethnicity and other factors on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a large sample of community-based United States residents.

Variables	Prevalence odds ratio	95% confidence interval	p
Race
Non-Hispanic whites	1.00	Reference	Reference
Non-Hispanic blacks	1.45	1.30–1.62	<0.001
Hispanics	0.98	0.87–1.09	0.68
Family income
≤$20,000	1.00	Reference	Reference
>$20,000	0.59	0.54–0.64	<0.001
Insurance status
Yes	1.00	Reference	Reference
No	1.00	0.88–1.14	0.950
Education
<High school	1.00	Reference	Reference
High school	0.39	0.36–0.42	<0.001
Some college	0.22	0.19–0.25	<0.001
≥Bachelor’s degree	0.20	0.17–0.24	<0.001
Age
≤50 years	1.00	Reference	Reference
>50	6.36	5.61–7.21	<0.001
Body mass index
Underweight	1.00	Reference	Reference
Normal weight	0.82	0.55–1.21	0.320
Overweight	1.68	1.13–2.49	0.010
Obese	4.08	2.76–6.04	<0.001
Smoking
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	1.90	1.63–2.22	<0.001
Alcohol
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	1.32	1.21–1.44	<0.001
Physical activities
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	0.67	0.60–0.74	<0.001
Marital status
Nonmarried	1.00	Reference	Reference
Married	0.89	0.82–0.96	0.004