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Table 3 Adjusted estimates of the association between an exposure and attendance to the health check in the entire cohort

From: Uptake of health checks by residents from the Danish social housing sector – a register-based cross-sectional study of patient characteristics in the ‘Your Life – Your Health’ program

  Model 1 (crude) Model 2 (adjusted for age and sex) Model 3 (minimal adjustment)
IRR (95% CI) p-value   p-value IRR (95% CI) p-value
Agea
 -49 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 50–54 1.21 (1.07;1.37) 0.002 1.21 (1.07;1.37) 0.002 1.21 (1.07;1.37) 0.002
 55–59 1.24 (1.10;1.40) 0.001 1.24 (1.10;1.41) 0.001 1.24 (1.10;1.40) 0.001
 60–64 1.34 (1.18;1.52) 0.000 1.34 (1.18;1.52) 0.000 1.34 (1.18;1.52) 0.000
 65+ 1.32 (1.17;1.50) 0.000 1.32 (1.17;1.49) 0.000 1.32 (1.17;1.50) 0.000
Sexa
 Female 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 Male 0.86 (0.80;0.92) 0.000 0.86 (0.79;0.92) 0.000 0.86 (0.79;0.92) 0.000
Country of Origena       
 Denmark 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 Western 1.20 (1.02;1.40) 0.027 1.21 (1.03;1.41) 0.020 1.19 (1.02;1.40) 0.027
 Non-western 0.81(0.74;0.89) 0.000 0.85 (0.77;0.93) 0.001 0.81 (0.74;0.89) 0.000
Educationb
  < =10 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 10–15 1.34 (1.22;1.48) 0.000 1.37 (1.25;1.51) 0.000 1.36 (1.24;1.50) 0.000
  > 15 1.56 (1.40;1.72) 0.000 1.57 (1.42;1.74) 0.000 1.56 (1.41;1.73) 0.000
Occupational statusc
 Employed 1.38 (1.28;1.49) 0.000 1.51 (1.39;1.64) 0.000 1.38 (1.26;1.51) 0.000
 Self-employed 1.40 (1.10;1.79) 0.008 1.59 (1.25;2.03) 0.000 1.46 (1.14;1.87) 0.003
 Unemployed/benefits 1.20 (1.00;1.45) 0.053 1.38 (1.14;1.67) 0.001 1.27 (1.04;1.54) 0.018
 Social welfare recipients 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 Others 1.10 (0.89;1.37) 0.377 1.80 (1.14;2.85) 0.012 1.76 (1.09;2.83) 0.021
Incomed
 Low quartile 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 Middle low quartile 1.16 (1.06;1.28) 0.001 1.13 (1.03;1.24) 0.012 1.05 (0.95;1.17) 0.339
 Middle high quartile 1.39 (1.25;1.54) 0.000 1.37 (1.23;1.52) 0.000 1.10 (0.97;1.25) 0.126
 High quartile 1.52 (1.33;1.73) 0.000 1.47 (1.29;1.69) 0.000 1.14 (0.97;1.33) 0.108
Cohabitationc
 Single 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 Cohabiting 1.07 (1.00;1.16) 0.066 1.09 (1.01;1.17) 0.023 1.11 (1.03;1.20) 0.007
Medical treatmente
 Yes 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 No 1.17 (1.09;1.26) 0.000 1.23 (1.14;1.33) 0.000 1.22 (1.13;1.32) 0.000
Frequent attendancef       
 Yes 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 No 1.13 (0.98;1.30) 0.106 1.17 (1.01;1.35) 0.035 0.98 (0.84;1.13) 0.753
Preventive consultationg
 Yes 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 No 1.05 (0.96; 1.14) 0.295 1.10 (1.00;1.20) 0.040 1.00 (0.91;1.10) 0.994
Partner in projecth
 Yes 1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)   1 (−; −)  
 No 0.94 (0.87;1.01) 0.084 0.94 (0.87;1.01) 0.096 0.98 (0.85;1.12) 0.732
  1. Model 3 adjustments
  2. aNo adjustments
  3. bAge, sex, country of origin
  4. cAge, sex, country of origin, education
  5. dAge, sex, country of origin, education, occupation
  6. eAge
  7. fAge, sex, education, occupation, cohabitation
  8. gAge, sex, medical treatment, education, country of origin, frequent attendance, income, neighbourhood social deprivation, occupation, cohabitation
  9. hCohabitation
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