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Table 3 Intersectionality between preferred language and race and preferred language and geography for COVID-19 patients in the Western U.S. in 2020

From: Major disparities in COVID-19 test positivity for patients with non-English preferred language even after accounting for race and social factors in the United States in 2020

 

Model D

Model E

ORa

95% CI

p-value

ORb

95% CI

p-value

Race/Ethnicity

 Asian

1.45

1.17, 1.79

0.0006

   

 Black/African American

3.08

2.12, 4.48

< 0.001

   

 Hispanic

2.3

2.12, 2.50

< 0.001

   

 Multiracial

2.44

1.53, 3.88

0.0002

   

 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

2.67

1.64, 4.36

< 0.001

   

 Other

1.86

1.48, 2.34

< 0.001

   

 White

2.57

1.91, 2.67

< 0.001

   

State

 California

   

1.84

1.69, 2.00

< 0.001

 Oregon

   

3.04

2.57, 3.60

< 0.0001

 Washington

   

2.8

2.52, 3.13

< 0.001

  1. aOR comparing COVID-19 test positivity between people who prefer English (ref) and people whose preferred language is not English. Results stratified by race/ethnicity and adjusting for age, SVI Domain: Socioeconomic, SVI Domain: Housing/Transportation, and clustering of patients within states
  2. bOR comparing COVID-19 test positivity between people who prefer English (ref) and people whose preferred language is not English stratified by state and adjusting for age, SVI Domain: Socioeconomic, and SVI Domain: Housing/Transportation, and clustering of patients within states