Licit prescription drug use in a Swedish population according to age, gender and socioeconomic status after adjusting for level of multi-morbidity

Table 2 Odds ratio of licit prescription drug use in the population

Variables		OR (95%)	P-value
Gender¹
	Female	1
	Male	0.41 (0.40-0.42)	0.000
Age (years)²
	20-29	1
	30-39	1.04 (1.001.08)	0.027
	40-49	1.26 (1.221.08)	0.000
	50-59	1.85 (1.781.88)	0.000
	60-69	3.03 (2.943.03)	0.000
	70-79	4.76 (4.545.00)	0.000
	80	9.09 (8.3310.00)	0.000
Educational level3 up to 60–69 years
	1	1
	2	0.97 (0.92-1.02)*	0.261
	3	0.94 (0.90-0.99)	0.014
	4	0.89 (0.85-0.93)	0.000
Income level³
		1
	2	1.16 (1.14-1.20)	0.000
	3	1.06 (1.03-1.09)	0.000
	4	1.05 (1.02-1.08)	0.001

¹Adjusted for multi-morbidity, ²Adjusted for multi-morbidity and gender, ³Adjusted for multimorbidity, gender and age.
OR – odds ratio, 95% – confidence interval, DDDs – Defined Daily Doses.

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