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Table 4 Table of associations between potential explanatory variables and health check attendance in men*

From: Variations of health check attendance in later life: results from a British birth cohort study

Potential explanatory variable

N = 1139

Model 1a

Coef (p value)

Model 3b

Coef (p value)

Model 4c

Coef (p value)

Predisposing factors

Childhood social class (per one class increase; unskilled âž” professional)

0.04 (0.18)

  

Adolescent self-organisation (per one unit increase in the self-organisation factor score)

0.26 (< 0.01)

 

0.18 (< 0.01)

Educational attainment at age 26 (No qualifications used as reference group)

Lower secondary

0.13 (0.29)

−0.03 (0.84)

−0.01 (0.95)

Advanced secondary

0.29 (< 0.01)

0.20 (0.08)

0.14 (0.25)

Degree level

0.52 (< 0.01)

0.40 ( 0.01)

0.25 (0.15)

Adult social class (per one class increase; unskilled âž” professional)

0.12 (< 0.01)

0.03 (0.40)

0.03 (0.54)

Smoking behaviour to age 68 (Current smoker used as reference group)

Never smoked

0.51 (< 0.01)

0.31 (0.04)

0.28 (0.07)

Ex-smoker

0.54 (< 0.01)

0.36 (< 0.01)

0.35 (< 0.01)

Level of physical activity in adulthood (per one level increase in activity; inactive âž” most active)

0.07 (0.15)

  

Marital status age 68 (Married used as reference group)

Single

−0.44 (0.05)

−0.42 (0.06)

−0.44 (0.05)

Separated/

Divorced/ Widowed

−0.51 (< 0.01)

− 0.48 (< 0.01)

−0.47 (< 0.01)

Enabling factors

Any GP visits in earlier adulthood (compared to none)

0.14 (0.10)

  

Need factors

Childhood serious illness resulting in hospital admissions (age 0–25) (compared to none)

−0.08 (0.35)

  

Total number of health conditions between ages 43–53 (per one condition increase)

0.17 (< 0.01)

0.16 (< 0.01)

0.17 (< 0.01)

  1. *Model 2 is omitted as only one variable from childhood (self-organisation) was associated with health check attendance
  2. aBivariate associations
  3. bAdjusted for all variables from adulthood associated bivariately (p < 0.05) with health check attendance
  4. cAdjusted for all variables from both childhood and adulthood associated bivariately (p < 0.05) with health check attendance
  5. All bold values are statistically significant (p < 0.05)