Table 3 Risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes by acculturation surrogates: Crude and adjusted models.

From: Addressing the impact of urban exposure on the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: The PERU MIGRANT Study

 

Crude

Adjusted model 1*

Adjusted model 2**

RR (95% CI)

RR (95% CI)

RR (95% CI)

Years lived in urban area

(n = 693)

(n = 686)

(n = 686)

Rural (never)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

Migrant of <30 years

0.96 (0.34–2.70)

1.28 (0.41–4.01)

0.93 (0.31–2.77)

Migrant of ≥30 years

2.21 (0.90–5.43)

2.70 (1.17–6.83)

1.94 (0.75–5.02)

Urban (always)

2.86 (1.14–7.16)

3.88 (1.38–10.90)

2.33 (0.81–6.68)

Age at first migration †

(n = 437)

(n = 432)

(n = 432)

<14 years

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

≥14 years

1.54 (0.79–3.02)

1.47 (0.71–3.07)

1.23 (0.59–2.56)

  1. In bold: p < 0.05.
  2. *Model adjusted by age, sex, education and assets index, current daily smoking, heavy alcohol drinking, and physical activity levels. Using an alternative categorization based on four age categories (<40, 40–49, 50–59, 60+) gives similar results to those based on two age categories.
  3. **Model adjusted by age, sex, education, assets index, current daily smoking, heavy alcohol drinking, physical activity levels and obesity. Using an alternative categorization based on four age categories (<40, 40–49, 50–59, 60+) gives similar results to those based on two age categories.
  4. †Variable only assessed among rural-to-urban migrants.
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