IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/10.2105-ajph.2005.072884_8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Education and diabetes in a racially and ethnically diverse population

Author

Listed:
  • Borrell, L.N.
  • Dallo, F.J.
  • White, K.

Abstract

Objectives. We used data from the National Health Interview Survey (1997-2002) to examine the association between education and the prevalence of diabetes in US adults and whether this relation differs by race/ethnicity. Methods. The analyses were limited to non-Hispanic Blacks, non-Hispanic Whites, and Hispanics. SUDAAN was used to account for the complex sampling design. Results. Educational attainment was inversely associated with the prevalence of diabetes. Individuals with less than a high-school diploma were 1.6 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.4, 1.8) times more likely to have diabetes than those with at least a bachelor's degree. Whites and Hispanics exhibited a significant relation between diabetes and having less than a high-school education (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.5, 2.0; and OR = 1.6; 95% CI = 1.1, 2.3, respectively). In addition, the odds of having diabetes was stronger for women (OR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.6, 2.4) than for men (OR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.1, 1.6). Conclusions. Educational attainment was inversely associated with diabetes prevalence among Whites, Hispanics, and women but not among Blacks. Education may have a different effect on diabetes health among different racial/ethnic groups.

Suggested Citation

  • Borrell, L.N. & Dallo, F.J. & White, K., 2006. "Education and diabetes in a racially and ethnically diverse population," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 96(9), pages 1637-1642.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.072884_8
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.072884
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2005.072884
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2105/AJPH.2005.072884?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Susan P Fisher-Hoch & Kristina P Vatcheva & Mohammad H Rahbar & Joseph B McCormick, 2015. "Undiagnosed Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in Health Disparities," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(7), pages 1-10, July.
    2. Liu, S.Y. & Walter, S. & Marden, J. & Rehkopf, D.H. & Kubzansky, L.D. & Nguyen, T. & Glymour, M.M., 2015. "Genetic vulnerability to diabetes and obesity: Does education offset the risk?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 150-158.
    3. Esme Fuller-Thomson & Jason Ferreirinha & Katherine Marie Ahlin, 2023. "Temporal Trends (from 2008 to 2017) in Functional Limitations and Limitations in Activities of Daily Living: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample of 5.4 Million Older Americans," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-11, February.
    4. Gyu Ri Kim & Chung Mo Nam, 2017. "Temporal trends in educational inequalities in non-communicable diseases in Korea, 2007-2015," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(12), pages 1-15, December.
    5. Ke-wei Wang & Zhan-kun Shu & Le Cai & Jun-Qing Wu & Wei Wei, 2013. "Assessment of the Magnitude of Contextual and Individual Demographic Effects on Diabetes Mellitus and Glucose Intolerance in Rural Southwest China: A Multilevel Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(7), pages 1-7, July.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.072884_8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.