Diabetes and Diabetes Care among Nonobese Japanese-Americans: Findings from a Population-Based Study
Table 2
Descriptive characteristics and odds of having diabetes (OR) of nonobese Japanese-American adults with and without diabetes (n=2,295). Source: 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 CHIS.
Without Diabetes (n = 2,026)
With Diabetes (n = 269)
p-value
Fully Adjusted Model OR (95% CI)
p-value
Demographics
Gender
Male
91.5%
8.5%
0.72
1.30 (0.57, 2.95)
0.54
Female (Ref.)
92.3%
7.7%
1.00
Mean Age (95% CI)
48.1±1.07 (46.0-50.2)
70.4±2.50 (65.5, 75.3)
<0.0001
1.91 (1.52, 2.39)
<0.001
Socioeconomic Status
Education
No Post-Secondary Degree
88.6%
11.4%
0.04
0.93 (0.44, 1.94)
0.84
Post-Secondary Degree (Ref.)
93.8%
6.2%
1.00
Poverty Level
Not In Poverty (Ref.)
91.9%
8.1%
0.69
1.00
In Poverty
93.5%
6.6%
1.14 (0.42, 3.11)
0.80
Health Variables
Lifetime Smoking
Less than 100 Cigarettes (Ref.)
94.6%
5.4%
0.0009
1.00
100 or more Cigarettes
85.9%
14.1%
1.86 (0.76, 4.54)
0.18
Nativity
US-born (Ref.)
92.7%
7.3%
0.38
1.00
Foreign-born
90.0%
10.0%
1.48 (0.63, 3.48)
0.37
Exercise
Less than Moderate Exercise
92.8%
7.2%
0.64
0.72 (0.37, 1.40)
0.34
Moderate Exercise (Ref.)
91.6%
8.5%
1.00
Body Mass Index (BMI)
BMI< 25 (Ref)
93.7%
6.3%
0.048
1.00
BMI >=25, <30
88.3%
11.7%
1.77 (0.89, 3.55)
0.11
† Age was divided by 10 and can be interpreted as odds for diabetes by decade. All variables in the table were included in the logistic regression analysis.
