Aging and self-reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio-economic inequalities

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Associations of age, education, and city GDP with poor self-reported health in cities in 114 cities in Latin-America among men (n = 29,808)

Variable	Model 1: Age		Model 2: Age, adjusting for individual education		Model 3: Model 2 + GDP Tertiles		Model 4: Model 2 + SEI Tertiles		Model 5: Model 2 + GDP & SEI Tertiles
	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value
Individual-level factors
Age, per 10 years increase, among people aged 25–65 years	1.38 (1.35, 1.42)	< 0.001	1.30 (1.27, 1.33)	< 0.001	1.30 (1.27, 1.33)	< 0.001	1.30 (1.27, 1.33)	< 0.001	1.30 (1.27, 1.33)	< 0.001
Age, per 10 years increase, among people aged > 65 years	1.10 (1.06, 1.15)	< 0.001	1.05 (1.01, 1.09)	0.02	1.05 (1.01, 1.09)	0.02	1.05 (1.01, 1.09)	0.021	1.05 (1.01, 1.09)	0.022
Education: less than primary			3.20 (2.89, 3.55)	< 0.001	3.20 (2.89, 3.55)	< 0.001	3.19 (2.88, 3.55)	< 0.001	3.19 (2.88, 3.55)	< 0.001
Education: primary			2.64 (2.39, 2.92)	< 0.001	2.64 (2.39, 2.92)	< 0.001	2.64 (2.39, 2.91)	< 0.001	2.64 (2.39, 2.91)	< 0.001
Education: secondary			1.81 (1.64, 1.99)	< 0.001	1.81 (1.64, 1.99)	< 0.001	1.81 (1.64, 1.99)	< 0.001	1.81 (1.64, 1.99)	< 0.001
Education university or higher			1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
City-GDP per capita and SEI
GDP per capita: tertile 1					1.33 (1.18, 1.49)	< 0.001			1.27 (1.11, 1.46)	0.001
GDP per capita: tertile 2					1.09 (0.98, 1.22)	0.11			1.09 (0.98, 1.21)	0.117
GDP per capita: tertile 3					1.00 (reference)				1.00 (reference)
SEI: tertile 1							1.39 (1.24, 1.56)	< 0.001	1.30 (1.17, 1.45)	< 0.001
SEI: tertile 1							1.21 (1.07, 1.36)	0.002	1.24 (1.11, 1.39)	< 0.001
SEI: tertile 1							1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)

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