Table 3 Logistic regression predicting the probabilities of having limited HL (HLS-EU-Q16) in the Arabic study population

 Swedish

Ref.

Ref.

 Arabic

3.90**

2.82

5.41

3.65**

1.95

6.82

 Male

Ref.

Ref.

 Female

1.53*

1.11

2.09

1.34

0.93

1.94

 19–24

Ref.

Ref.

 25–54

1.49

0.90

2.47

0.90

0.49

1.65

 55–64

1.03

0.54

1.97

0.60

0.28

1.28

 65+

0.76

0.41

1.38

0.52

0.25

1.09

 Academic education

Ref.

Ref.

 7–12 years

1.58*

1.15

2.17

1.68*

1.14

2.48

 0–6 years

4.20**

1.88

9.37

2.34

0.90

6.05

 Very good or good

Ref.

Ref.

 Neither, bad, or very bad

2.91**

2.11

4.01

1.02

0.57

1.83

 Every or several days perweek

Ref.

 One day per week or less

2.65*

1.34

5.25

1.44

0.62

3.38

 Useful or very useful

Ref.

Ref.

 Unsure

2.63**

1.76

3.93

1.89*

1.15

3.11

 Not very useful or not useful at all

3.91**

2.15

7.13

2.55*

1.11

5.87

 Important or very important

Ref.

Ref.

 Unsure

2.87**

1.88

4.39

2.00*

1.15

3.46

 Not very important or

 not important at all

3.27**

1.85

5.78

1.97

0.88

4.40