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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (N = 624)a

From: Medical advice and diabetes self-management reported by Mexican-American, Black- and White-non-Hispanic adults across the United States

Variableb

MA

BNH

WNH

P MA/WNH

P BNH/WNH

P Total

Age (years)

56.2 ± 1.95

57.6 ± 0.89

60.7 ± 0.65

0.019

0.012

0.002

Gender

   

-

-

0.127

Male

54 (48.1)

96 (398)

160 (50.2)

-

-

 

Female

67 (51.9)

117 (60.2)

128 (49.8)

-

-

 

Years with diabetes

9.68 ± 0.85

11.6 ± 0.67

11.6 ± 0.68

0.127

0.989

0.242

Education

     

< 0.001

≤ 8th grade

56 (41.5)

25 (9.2)

37 (10.1)

-

-

-

> 8th < HS

29 (25.7)

60 (28.2)

59 (15.0)

-

-

-

HS/GED

12 (11.8)

50 (24.1)

89 (31.0)

-

-

-

Some college

23 (21.0)

78 (38.6)

103 (43.7)

-

-

-

Income

     

0.132

< 15,000

21 (17.0)

47 (21.3)

49 (12.0)

-

-

-

15 to 34,999

29 (26.5)

62 (30.9)

111(34.2)

-

-

-

35 to 54,999

26(24.0)

33(15.8)

41(16.4)

-

-

-

55 to 74,999

9 (7.1)

24 (12.3)

21 (12.7)

-

-

-

≥ 75,000

20 (15.3)

28 (16.1)

38 (22.4)

-

-

-

Refused

5 (3.4)

2 (0.6)

4 (2.2)

-

-

-

Don't know

6 (3.9)

5 (2.9)

2 (0.6)

-

  

Health insurancec none in the past 12 months

38.0 (6.7)

14.8 (3.3)

6.9 (1.2)

< 0.001

0.055

< 0.001

Age first told had diabetesd

71.8(21)

46.0(1.1)

60.8(5.4)

  

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: MA = Mexican American; BNH = Black non-Hispanic; WNH = White non-Hispanic; BMI = body mass index; LDL = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  2. aunweighted cases varies based on the variable for the: MEC (mobile examination center) participants.
  3. b Continuous variables are given as (mean ± SE) were tested by one-way ANOVA and categorical; variables are given as N (%) and were tested by Pearson's chi-square.
  4. c The values are percent (SE) for the unadjusted odds ratios. The adjusted odds ratios are as follows; OR MA/WNH = 5.73 (2.17, 15.1), p < 0.001; OR BNH/WNH = 1.90 (0.77, 4.70), p = 0.151 (controlling for age and education).
  5. d Results are mean(SE). N = 622 (32 (5%) missing responses).