Non-employment and low educational level as risk factors for inequitable treatment and mortality in heart failure: a population-based cohort study of register data

Table 2 Odds ratios (ORs) for non-dispensation of renin-angiotensin system blockers (RASb) within 30 days, among 30-day survivors.

N = 3731	Crude OR	OR adjusted for age	OR adjusted for age and gender	Multivariable model including: employment, education, age^a, gender, comorbidity^b, other medication^c, and index year.
Employment (N = 3694)
Employed	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Non-employed	2.22 (1.90, 2.59)	2.28 (1.95, 2.66)	2.20 (1.88, 2.57)	1.76 (1.47, 2.11)
Education (N = 3628)
Compulsory school	1.00 (0.81, 1.24)	1.02 (0.82, 1.27)	1.07 (0.86, 1.34)	0.86 (0.67, 1.10)
Upper secondary school	0.95 (0.77, 1.16)	0.95 (0.78, 1.17)	0.99 (0.80, 1.21)	0.84 (0.67, 1.06)
Post-secondary school	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Age (years)	0.99 (0.98, 1.00)			0.99 (0.98, 1.00)
Female gender	1.99 (1.70, 2.32)	1.98 (1.69, 2.30)		1.76 (1.47, 2.11)

^aAge as continuous variable
^bComorbidity with: hypertension, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, renal dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, dementia, psychiatric disease.
^cBeta-blocker or aldosterone antagonist.

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