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

Larsen, Lars Bruun; Sandbaek, Annelli; Thomsen, Janus Laust; Bjerregaard, Anne-Louise

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5506-6

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
Age^a
-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
Sex^a
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 Origen^a
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
Education^b
< =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 status^c
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
Income^d
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
Cohabitation^c
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 treatment^e
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 attendance^f
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 consultation^g
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 project^h
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

Model 3 adjustments
^aNo adjustments
^bAge, sex, country of origin
^cAge, sex, country of origin, education
^dAge, sex, country of origin, education, occupation
^eAge
^fAge, sex, education, occupation, cohabitation
^gAge, sex, medical treatment, education, country of origin, frequent attendance, income, neighbourhood social deprivation, occupation, cohabitation
^hCohabitation

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