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Table 4 Regression model predicting daily insulin units.

From: Racial and ethnic disparities in the control of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Southwest American veterans with type 2 diabetes: the Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans Study

Predictor

Coefficient

95% Confidence Interval

P value

Hispanic*

-10.5

-20.6, -0.46

0.04

African American*

-17.8

-31.4, -4.3

0.01

BMI† (kg/m2)

3.4

2.7, 4.2

< 0.001

Baseline A1c‡ (%)

3.0

0.50, 5.5

0.02

Age (years)

-0.36

-0.81, .094

0.12

Metformin

-9.1

-20.1, 1.9

0.10

Other OHM§

-32.0

-42.4, -21.5

< 0.001

Constant

-30.6

-80.7, 19.5

0.23

  1. Number of observations = 327, R2 = 0.336 (P < 0.0001)
  2. * Effect in reference to non-Hispanic whites
  3. † Body Mass Index
  4. ‡ Hemoglobin A1C
  5. §Oral hypoglycemic medication