Diabetes and Diabetes Care among Nonobese Japanese-Americans: Findings from a Population-Based Study
Table 4
Logistic regression of diabetes management variables for non-Hispanic White vs. Japanese-American adults with BMI < 30.
Crude (Unadjusted) OR (95% CI)
Model 1 OR (95% CI)
(a) Optimal Eye Care (n = 7,739)
White (Ref: Japanese)
0.34 (0.17, 0.68)
0.35 (0.17, 0.74)
(b) Optimal Foot Care (n = 7,739)
White (Ref: Japanese)
1.21 (0.50, 2.91)
1.21 (0.50, 2.94)
(c) Optimal Testing for A1C Levels (n = 7,739)
0.80 (0.35, 1.82)
0.77 (0.34, 1.79)
White (Ref: Japanese)
(d) Confidence to Control and Manage Diabetes (n = 6,063)
0.78 (0.13, 4.74)
1.04 (0.17, 6.38)
White (Ref: Japanese)
p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001. Crude includes ethnicity only in the analysis. Model 1 includes ethnicity, insulin dependence, age, sex, education, poverty, and overweight( (BMI 25 to 29.99) vs BMI<25).