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Table 4 Potential influencing variables of the German Diabetes Risk Score: results from linear regression analyses (n = 1236)

From: Low health literacy is associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in Germany

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

ß (95% CI)

p

ß (95% CI)

p

ß (95% CI)

p

Age (in years)

0.72 (0.67 to 0.77)

< 0.001

0.74 (0.69 to 0.78)

< 0.001

0.70 (0.65 to 0.75)

< 0.001

Gender: female vs. male

−6.80 (−8.03 to − 5.57)

< 0.001

−6.72 (−7.91 to − 5.53)

< 0.001

−7.09 (−8.27 to − 5.91)

< 0.001

Health Literacy:

- problematic vs. sufficient

1.25 (−0.09 to 2.58)

0.067

1.03 (−0.26 to 2.33)

0.117

0.53 (−0.75 to 1.81)

0.419

- inadequate vs. sufficient

3.58 (1.52 to 5.65)

0.001

2.86 (0.86 to 4.87)

0.005

2.38 (0.38 to 4.34)

0.020

Education:

- medium vs. low

  

−2.84 (−4.54 to − 1.14)

0.001

−2.28 (−3.96 to − 0.59)

0.008

- high vs. low

  

−7.68 (−9.47 to − 5.88)

< 0.001

−6.77 (−8.56 to − 4.98)

< 0.001

Presence of chronic diseases

    

4.04 (2.77 to 5.31)

< 0.001

  1. Statistically significant results (p ≤ 0.05) are shown in bolt and italic