Independent Relationship between Incarceration Factors and Glycemic Control in African Americans with Criminal Legal Involvement and Type 2 Diabetes.

Authors

Olaitan Akinboboye, Rebekah J Walker, Jennifer A Campbell, Laura Hawks, Joni S Williams, Leonard E Egede

Published in

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. Volume 37. Issue 1. Pages 219-233.

Abstract

Examine the relationship between incarceration factors and glycemic control in African Americans with criminal legal involvement and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Using a cross-sectional survey analysis of 171 adults, a model was estimated using stepwise regression with forward selection to evaluate the relationship between incarceration factors and glycemic control, controlling for demographic and clinical factors.
Reporting a drug-related conviction (β:-0.81; 95%CI:-1.50,-0.11) was associated with higher HbA1c compared with no drug-related conviction. Compared with using only pills or oral hypoglycemic agents, the combination of pills/oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin (β:1.31; 95%CI:0.60,2.01) and using insulin or injectables alone (β:0.94; 95%CI:0.14,1.74) were associated with higher HbA1c. Each additional comorbidity (β:-0.18; 95%CI:-0.33,-0.04) and unit increase in age (β:-0.04; 95%CI:-0.08,-0.01) was associated with a lower HbA1c.
History of a drug-related conviction, age, comorbidity, and medication were associated with glycemic control in African Americans with a history of criminal legal involvement and T2DM.

PMID:
42766514
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 22 Sep 2026.

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