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Table 1 The socio-demographic factors associated with the prescription of an anti-obesity medication and measures of clustering at the practice level

From: The relationship between BMI and the prescription of anti-obesity medication according to social factors: a population cross sectional study

 

Women

Men

 

Total population (% on medication)

OR1(95% CI)

P-value

Total population (% on medication)

OR1(95% CI)

P-value

Age group

      

   16-24

127 719 (0.9)

0.29 (0.27, 0.31)

<0.001

133 610 (0.1)

0.15 (0.13, 0.18)

<0.001

   25-34

132 355 (2.2)

0.71 (0.68, 0.75)

<0.001

135 349 (0.4)

0.49 (0.44, 0.55)

<0.001

   35-44

136 022 (3.0)

1.00

 

141 154 (0.7)

1.00

 

   45-54

123 844 (2.9)

0.98 (0.93, 1.02)

0.35

127 073 (0.9)

1.29 (1.19, 1.40)

<0.001

   55-64

96 110 (2.6)

0.88 (0.84, 0.93)

<0.001

96 422 (1.0)

1.42 (1.30, 1.55)

<0.001

   65-74

72 726 (1.5)

0.50 (0.46, 0.53)

<0.001

65 679 (0.7)

0.98 (0.88, 1.09)

0.71

   75+

61 728 (0.3)

0.09 (0.08, 0.10)

<0.001

39 721 (0.2)

0.22 (0.17, 0.28)

<0.001

Settlement band

      

   Urban

290 578 (2.5)

1.00

 

278 807 (0.7)

1.00

 

   Intermediate

248 335 (2.0)

0.97 (0.89, 1.05)

0.43

239 862 (0.6)

0.90 (0.80, 1.01)

0.065

   Rural

199 655 (1.6)

0.86 (0.79, 0.93)

0.001

208 669 (0.5)

0.81 (0.72, 0.91)

<0.001

Area deprivation

      

   Least deprived

154 850 (1.6)

1.00

 

149 806 (0.5)

1.00

 

   2nd

162 180 (1.8)

1.22 (1.15, 1.30)

<0.001

159 870 (0.6)

1.19 (1.08, 1.32)

0.001

   3rd

131 458 (2.0)

1.45 (1.36, 1.54)

<0.001

129 325 (0.5)

1.16 (1.04, 1.30)

0.009

   4th

149 087 (2.2)

1.64 (1.55, 1.74)

<0.001

146 440 (0.6)

1.28 (1.15, 1.42)

<0.001

   Most deprived

140 993 (2.9)

1.95 (1.83, 2.07)

<0.001

141 897 (0.8)

1.64 (1.47, 1.82)

<0.001

Measures of variation or clustering

      

   Practice level variance (SE)

0.25 (0.024)

  

0.21 (0.026)

  

   Variance Partition Coefficient (%)

7.2

  

6.1

  

   Median Odds Ratio

1.61

  

1.55

  
  1. 1Odd Ratio (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals from fully adjusted multi-level logistic regression models stratified by gender.