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Table 6 Potential influencing variables of incorrect self-estimated diabetes risk: results from logistic regression analyses (n = 1094)

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)

−0.01 (−0.02 to 0.0006)

0.066

−0.01 (−0.02 to 0.002)

0.120

−0.01 (−0.02 to − 0.002)

0.016

Gender: female vs. male

−0.16 (− 0.42 to 0.09)

0.211

− 0.17 (− 0.43 to 0.09)

0.199

−0.24 (− 0.51 to 0.02)

0.075

Health Literacy:

- problematic vs. sufficient

0.41 (0.13 to 0.68)

0.004

0.38 (0.10 to 0.66)

0.007

0.31 (0.02 to 0.59)

0.033

- inadequate vs. sufficient

0.84 (0.43 to 1.26)

< 0.001

0.80 (0.38 to 1.22)

< 0.001

0.72 (0.29 to 1.14)

0.001

Education:

- medium vs. high

  

0.49 (0.19 to 0.79)

0.001

0.44 (0.14 to 0.74)

0.004

- low vs. high

  

0.57 (0.17 to 0.96)

0.005

0.42 (0.01 to 0.82)

0.042

Presence of chronic diseases

    

0.65 (0.37 to 0.93)

< 0.001

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