Cardiovascular risk factors and 30-year cardiovascular risk in homeless adults with mental illness

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Logistic Regression examining the relationship between level of 30-year CVD risk (low vs. intermediate/high) and participant level of need for mental health services, diagnosis of psychotic disorder, sex, ethnicity, access to a family physician and diagnosis of substance dependence ¹

	Unadjusted odds ratio		Adjusted odds ratio
	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Variables
Need Level	0.89 (0.56, 1.41)	0.61	0.95 (0.54, 1.65)	0.84
Diagnosis of Psychotic Disorder	0.72 (0.47, 1.11)	0.14	0.73 (0.43, 1.25)	0.25
Sex	3.99 (2.47, 6.56)	<0.01	4.71 (2.76, 8.05)	<0.01
Ethnicity	0.62 (0.39, 0.97)	0.04	0.76 (0.45, 1.30)	0.36
Access to Family Physician	1.17 (0.75, 1.82)	0.50	1.37 (0.83, 2.26)	0.21
Diagnosis of Substance Dependence	1.94 (1.23, 3.06)	<0.01	1.78 (1.05, 3.00)	0.03

¹Variables were dichotomized as follows: level of need for mental health services (0 = moderate need, 1 = high need); diagnosis of psychotic disorder (0 = absent, 1 = present); sex (0 = female, 1 = male); ethnicity (0 = non ethno-racial, 1 = ethno-racial); access to family physician (0 = absent; 1 = present); and diagnosis of substance dependence (0 = absent; 1 = present). The reference category was set to 0 for all variables.

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