Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xGWLaO. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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% Cl=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.
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