Table 2 Linear regression for the relationships between demographic variables and FPG and HbA1c for TX Sprouts participants.

From: Ethnicity/race, parent educational attainment, and obesity associated with prediabetes in children

 

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

HbA1c (%)

HbA1c (%)

Model 1 (n = 973)

Model 2 (n = 920)a

Model 1 (n = 610)

Model 2 (n = 571)a

Unstd β

95% CI

p-value

Unstd β

95% CI

p-value

Unstd β

95% CI

p-value

Unstd β

95% CI

p-value

Sex

 Female

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 Male

0.50

(−0.68, 1.69)

0.404

0.24

(−0.99, 1.46)

0.705

−0.05

(−0.09, 0.01)

0.017

−0.05

(−0.09, −0.00)

0.03

Age (years)

 7 to 8

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 9

−0.4

(−2.01, 1.21)

0.625

−0.26

(−1.92, 1.40)

0.759

0.03

(−0.03, 0.09)

0.3

0.03

(−0.03, 0.09)

0.349

 10

−0.29

(−1.90, 1.32)

0.725

−0.49

(−2.15, 1.17)

0.564

0.02

(−0.04, 0.08)

0.531

0.014

(−0.0, 0.07)

0.64

 11 to 12

2.14

(−0.40, 4.69)

0.099

2.09

(−0.59, 4.78)

0.126

0.08

(−0.01, 0.17)

0.071

0.04

(−0.05, 0.13)

0.393

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

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 Hispanic

2.44

(0.66, 4.23)

0.007

4.57

(2.04, 7.10)

<0.001

0.09

(0.03, 0.15)

0.002

0.08

(−0.00, 0.16)

0.052

 Black

5.51

(3.11, 7.90)

<0.001

3.046

(−1.18, 7.27)

0.158

0.18

(0.10, 0.26)

<0.001

0.13

(−0.00, 0.26)

0.054

 Other

1.58

(−1.34, 4.51)

0.288

0.06

(−0.03, 0.15)

0.203

Free/reduced-price lunch (FRL)

 No

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 Yes

0.37

(−1.08, 1.81)

0.619

2.89

(−0.12, 5.89)

0.06

0.01

(−0.04, 0.06)

0.604

−0.04

(−0.13, 0.06)

0.446

Race/ethnicity*FRL

 Non-Hispanic White; No FRL

   

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 Hispanic; Yes FRL

   

−3.78

(−7.21, −0.35)

0.031

   

0.04

(−0.07, 0.15)

0.451

 Black; Yes FRL

   

2.09

(−3.15, 7.34)

0.434

   

0.1

(−0.07, 0.27)

0.249

Parent education

            

 College graduate

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 Some college/vocational school

1.57

(−0.28, 3.42)

0.095

1.36

(−0.58, 3.30)

0.168

−0.02

(−0.08, 0.04)

0.43

−0.03

(−0.09, 0.03)

0.363

 High school grad/GED

2.75

(0.79, 4.72)

0.006

2.09

(0.015, 4.17)

0.048

0.001

(−0.06, 0.07)

0.967

−0.01

(−0.07, 0.06)

0.865

 Some high school

4.48

(2.08, 6.89)

<0.001

4.00

(1.50, 6.51)

0.002

0.12

(0.03, 0.20)

0.007

0.11

(0.02, 0.19)

0.017

 Finished 8th grade

5.64

(3.25, 8.03)

<0.001

5.42

(2.95, 7.88)

<0.001

0.03

(−0.07, 0.14)

0.509

0.04

(−0.07, 0.14)

0.498

 Less than 8th grade

4.46

(2.22, 6.71)

<0.001

4.29

(1.97, 6.62)

<0.001

0.04

(−0.04, 0.11)

0.345

0.04

(−0.04, 0.12)

0.276

BMI category

 Underweight/normal

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 Overweight

1.02

(−0.58, 2.61)

0.21

1.094

(−0.56, 2.75)

0.195

0.05

(−0.01, 0.10)

0.098

0.05

(−0.01, 0.10)

0.106

 Obesity

0.14

(−1.21, 1.49)

0.841

0.21

(−1.17, 1.59)

0.768

0.09

(0.05, 0.14)

<0.001

0.10

(0.05, 0.15)

<0.001

 Model fit

p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.079

p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.110

p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.110

p-value: <0.001; R-squared: 0.117

  1. aModel 2 contains a subset of study participants excluding those who indicated race/ethnicity as “other” and modeling potential interaction of race/ethnicity and FRL status.