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Table 2 Complete cases analysis among the 1218 respondents. Model 1 addressing the crude association (Odds ratios [95% confidence intervals]) between SEP (either IDI or EDI) and stage at diagnosis (advanced vs early stage (ref.))

From: Using ecological socioeconomic position (SEP) measures to deal with sample bias introduced by incomplete individual-level measures: inequalities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis as an example

  

OR

[95%CI]

p-value

model 1.a with individual-level SEP measure (n = 1218)

Individual-level Deprivation Index (IDI)

0 (least deprived)

1

   

1

1.05

[0.79;

1.39]

0.737

2

1.20

[0.87;

1.66]

0.262

3 (most deprived)

1.62

[1.10;

2.40]

0.014

Area under the ROC curve (AUC) = 0.533

model 1.b with area-level SEP measure (n = 1218)

European Deprivation Index (EDI)

quintile 1 (least deprived)

1

   

quintile 2

1.16

[0.84;

1.61]

0.369

quintile 3

1.11

[0.79;

1.55]

0.540

quintile 4

1.15

[0.80;

1.65]

0.455

quintile5 (most deprived)

1.05

[0.70;

1.57]

0.803

  1. AUC = 0.516