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Table 3 Associations of neighborhood characteristics with odds of type 1 diabetes in combined Colorado and South Carolina sample

From: Neighborhood level risk factors for type 1 diabetes in youth: the SEARCH case-control study

 

Colorado and South Carolina

 

Unadjusted

Adjustment 1

Adjustment 2

Adjustment 3

Neighborhood characteristics

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Unemployment (+5%)

0.44

(0.28,0.68)

0.69

(0.45, 1.06)

0.71

(0.46, 1.10)

0.83

(0.52,1.32)

Population below poverty (+5%)

0.76

(0.69,0.84)

0.84

(0.76,0.93)

0.86

(0.76,0.96)

0.88

(0.78,0.99)

Household crowding (+5%)

0.79

(0.67,0.92)

0.96

(0.80,1.14)

0.83

(0.69,1.00)

0.91

(0.75,1.11)

Social security recipient (+5%)

0.81

(0.74,0.88)

0.83

(0.76,0.90)

0.87

(0.79,0.95)

0.85

(0.77,0.93)

Minority population (+5%)

0.89

(0.86,0.92)

0.93

(0.89,0.97)

0.93

(0.89,0.97)

0.94

(0.90,0.99)

Homeowners (+5%)

1.07

(1.03,1.11)

1.04

(1.00,1.08)

1.04

(1.00,1.09)

1.03

(0.98,1.07)

Median housing value (+ $10,000)

1.07

(1.04,1.09)

1.04

(1.02,1.07)

1.02

(0.99,1.06)

1.02

(0.99,1.05)

Working outside county (+5%)

1.10

(1.05,1.14)

1.07

(1.02,1.12)

1.06

(1.00,1.12)

1.05

(0.99,1.11)

Income from interest and others (+5%)

1.16

(1.10,1.22)

1.09

(1.03,1.16)

1.06

(0.99,1.14)

1.03

(0.96,1.10)

Management position (+5%)

1.18

(1.11,1.25)

1.11

(1.04,1.18)

1.09

(1.01,1.17)

1.07

(0.99,1.15)

High school education and above (+5%)

1.21

(1.13,1.29)

1.13

(1.05,1.21)

1.12

(1.04,1.21)

1.09

(1.01,1.19)

Median household income (+ $10,000)

1.29

(1.19,1.40)

1.21

(1.11,1.32)

1.14

(1.03,1.27)

1.14

(1.03,1.27)

Vehicle ownership (+5%)

1.40

(1.23,1.59)

1.26

(1.10,1.44)

1.08

(1.02,1.17)

1.18

(1.02,1.37)

Neighborhood socioeconomic advantage score

1.79

(1.47,2.17)

1.47

(1.19,1.82)

1.25

(0.95-1.65)

1.32

(0.99,1.77)

  1. Adjustment 1: Race/ethnicity
  2. Adjustment 2: Race/ethnicity, gender, age, education, income, persons living in household, maternal age, age fed food other than breast milk, age at solid food introduction, birth weight, and study center
  3. Adjustment 3: Variables included in adjustment 2 plus number of siblings and birth order
  4. Data presented in bold are statistically significant at p < 0.05.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

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