Predictors of participation in preventive health examinations in Austria

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Table 2 Influence of socio-demographic and health-related variables on the chance of participating in preventive health check-up; results of the multivariate logistic regression model

	Men			Women
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Age
20-40 yrs	1			1
41-64 yrs	2.090.886	1.86-2.34	<0.001	1.66	1.48-1.86	<0.001
65 yrs and older	1.840.476	1.58-2.13	<0.001	1.1	0.96-1.27	0.187
Highest achieved educational status
Primary education	1			1
Secondary education	1.425	1.227-1.654	<0.001	1.280	1.138-1.439	<0.001
Tertiary education	1.884	1.523-2.330	<0.001	1.187	0.981-1.436	<0.001
Monthly net household income/person
≤Euro 600.-	1			1
Euro 601–1500.-	1.186	1.061-1.325	0.003	1.282	1.155-1.422	<0.001
>Euro 1500.-	1.356	1.149-1.599	<0.001	1.306	1.098-1.554	0.003
Country of birth
Austria	1			1
European Union 15	0.432	0.290-0.644	<0.001	1.072	0.752-1.528	0.701
European Union 27	0.359	0.197-0.655	0.001	0.737	0.471-1.154	0.182
Former Yugoslavia and Turkey	0.452	0.345-0.592	0.000	0.511	0.391-0.666	<0.001
Others	0.646	0.445-0.940	0.022	0.195	0.112-0.340	<0.001
Self-rated overall health status
Very good	1			1
Good	1.027	0.909-1.161	0.664	0.991	0.879-1.119	0.888
Satisfactory	0.892	0.746-1.067	0.213	0.983	0.831-1.164	0.846
Bad	0.568	0.412-0.783	0.001	0.976	0.730-1.305	0.870
Very bad	0.658	0.375-1.155	0.145	0.569	0.318-1.020	0.058
Self-rated health satisfaction	1.144	0.920-1.423	0.227	1.182	0.970-1.441	0.098
Presence of chronic diseases (yes)	1.206	1.070-1.360	0.002	1.185	1.059-1.326	0.003
BMI
Normal	1			1
Underweight	0.542	0.260-1.130	0.120	0.992	0.748-1.317	0.958
Overweight	1.111	0.996-1.240	0.059	1.016	0.909-1.137	0.779
Obesity	0.958	0.813-1.129	0.608	0.951	0.818-1.106	0.515
Subjective perceived psychosocial discomfort (no)	1.142	1.009-1.292	0.035	1.087	0.973-1.214	0.142

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