Research Article
Diabetes Risk by Length of Residence among Somali Women in Oslo Area
Table 4
Association between sociodemographic variables and diabetes risks.
| | Indicators | Crude OR (CI) | Model 1 OR (CI) |
| | Age | | | | 25–35 | 1.00 | | | 36–45 | 1.53 (0.86–2.69) | 1.34 (0.66–2.74) | | >45 | 2.57 (1.15–5.74) | 1.52 (0.56–4.13) |
| | Education | | | | Secondary/university | 1.00 | | | Primary | 2.00 (1.30–3.90) | 1.84 (0.75–4.49) | | No education | 1.71 (0.91–3.19) | 1.35 (0.61–2.96) |
| | Employment | | | | Employed | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Job training | 0.93 (0.44–1.95) | 1.14 (0.46–2.83) | | Unemployed | 0.96 (0.56–1.66) | 1.19 (0.62–2.30) |
| | Years in Norway | | | | ≤5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | 6–10 | 2.46 (1.18–5.14) | 2.74 (1.14–6.60) | | 11+ | 2.58 (1.37–4.84) | 2.84 (1.19–7.12) |
| | Level of language | | | | Fluent | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Moderate | 0.85 (0.45–1.61) | 1.40 (0.53–3.72) | | Poor | 1.13 (0.58–2.21) | 1.20 (0.52–2.77) |
| | Following local media | | | | Yes, everyday | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Often | 1.49 (0.75–2.93) | 1.89 (0.79–4.49) | | Rarely or never | 1.35 (0.54–3.36) | 1.12 (0.41–3.09) |
| | Ethnicity of friends | | | | Somalis, other immigrants, and Norwegians | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Somalis & other immigrants | 0.50 (0.27–0.90) | 0.59 (0.28–1.24) | | Only Somalis | 1.26 (0.69–2.31) | 1.20 (0.54–2.68) |
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