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Table 2 Sociodemographic correlates of regular diabetes health screening

From: Factors influencing uptake of diabetes health screening: a mixed methods study in Asian population

Independent variables

Overall

Below 40 years

40 years and above

OR

P value

95% CI

OR

P value

95% CI

OR

P value

95% CI

   

Lower

Upper

  

Lower

Upper

  

Lower

Upper

Age groups

 18 to 34 (Ref)

  35–49

3.24

0.000

2.23

4.71

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  50–64

7.01

0.000

4.54

10.80

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  65 and above

16.91

0.000

9.75

29.35

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gender

 Female (Ref)

  Male

0.88

0.374

0.67

1.16

0.90

0.656

0.56

1.44

1.20

0.308

0.85

1.70

Ethnicity

 Chinese (Ref)

  Malay

1.35

0.024

1.04

1.76

1.39

0.147

0.89

2.17

1.16

0.349

0.85

1.58

  Indian

1.72

0.000

1.33

2.22

2.12

0.000

1.40

3.20

1.53

0.010

1.10

2.11

  Others

1.40

0.113

0.92

2.14

1.30

0.473

0.64

2.65

1.55

0.115

0.90

2.67

Education

 Degree and above (Ref)

  Primary and below

0.77

0.356

0.44

1.35

0.44

0.190

0.13

1.49

1.60

0.135

0.86

2.98

  Secondary

0.57

0.020

0.35

0.91

0.36

0.025

0.15

0.88

1.08

0.798

0.59

1.97

  Pre-U/Junior college

0.48

0.073

0.22

1.07

0.59

0.461

0.14

2.41

0.87

0.763

0.34

2.20

  Vocational institute/ITEa

0.52

0.023

0.29

0.91

0.36

0.015

0.16

0.82

1.14

0.783

0.45

2.87

  Diploma

0.70

0.106

0.45

1.08

0.73

0.317

0.39

1.36

0.86

0.629

0.46

1.60

Employment

 Employed (Ref)

  Economically inactive

1.51

0.050

1.00

2.28

0.79

0.621

0.31

2.02

2.55

0.000

1.61

4.03

  Unemployed

1.04

0.923

0.50

2.15

0.91

0.848

0.33

2.48

1.08

0.868

0.42

2.77

Monthly personal Income (in Singapore dollars)

 10,000 and above (Ref)

  No income

0.33

0.013

0.14

0.79

0.10

0.017

0.01

0.66

0.40

0.092

0.14

1.16

  Below 2,000

0.44

0.026

0.21

0.91

0.16

0.028

0.03

0.82

0.49

0.087

0.22

1.11

  2000 to 3,999

0.94

0.855

0.48

1.83

0.33

0.147

0.07

1.48

0.83

0.643

0.38

1.81

  4000 to 5,999

0.91

0.774

0.46

1.78

0.46

0.311

0.10

2.06

0.71

0.390

0.32

1.56

  6000 to 9999

1.81

0.112

0.87

3.77

0.70

0.656

0.15

3.33

1.79

0.178

0.77

4.20

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