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Table 4 Associations between socioeconomic status and the management of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, among Chinese adults aged 45 years and abovea

From: Socio-economic inequalities in the chronic diseases management among Chinese adults aged 45 years and above: a cross sectional study

Dependent variables

Urban Setting

(rural as reference)

Education

Economic status

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Health checks

1.246

(1.164, 1.333)

1.047

(1.037, 1.057)

1.087

(1.055, 1.121)

Hypertension

 Diagnosis

1.244

(1.114, 1.389)

1.033

(1.017, 1.050)

1.214

(1.155, 1.276)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.960

(0.786, 1.173)

1.039

(1.010, 1.068)

1.083

(0.995, 1.178)

 Health education

1.382

(1.199, 1.593)

1.045

(1.024, 1.065)

1.194

(1.121, 1.272)

 On medication

1.269

(1.029, 1.565)

1.043

(1.012, 1.074)

1.112

(1.017, 1.216)

 Control

1.002

(0.855, 1.173)

1.014

(0.992, 1.037)

1.094

(1.018, 1.177)

Diabetes

 Diagnosis

1.672

(1.347, 2.075)

1.035

(1.004, 1.067)

1.277

(1.148, 1.420)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

1.718

(1.191, 2.478)

1.044

(0.993, 1.097)

1.222

(1.024, 1.458)

 Health education

1.252

(0.880, 1.781)

1.001

(0.954, 1.051)

1.126

(0.946, 1.341)

 On medication

1.231

(0.882, 1.720)

1.023

(0.978, 1.070)

1.194

(1.013, 1.407)

 Control

0.964

(0.660, 1.409)

1.002

(0.950, 1.057)

1.130

(0.938, 1.361)

Dyslipidemia

 Diagnosis

1.344

(1.166, 1.549)

1.075

(1.053, 1.096)

1.214

(1.131, 1.303)

Among diagnosed

 On medication

1.230

(0.960, 1.036)

0.978

(0.947, 1.009)

1.001

(0.893, 1.123)

 Control

0.556

(0.416, 0.742)

0.989

(0.953, 1.027)

0.867

(0.754, 0.998)

  1. a Logistic regression were conducted, adjusting for age, sex, marital status, smoke, drink, social health insurance. Economic status was measured by annual per capita living expenditure. Education was measured by years’ of education achievement. Bolded coefficients are statistically significant at the P level of 0.05