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Table 6 Social capital as a mediating factor on the association between economic status and chronic diseases management, 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

Indirect effect via social participation

Indirect effect via perceived helpfulness

Direct effect

Total effect of economic status

 

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Health checks

0.0062

(0.0039, 0.0082)

0.0004

(−0.0000, 0.0010)

0.0439

(0.0247, 0.0620)

0.0505

(0.0308, 0.0690)

Hypertension

 Diagnosis

0.0026

(0.0003, 0.0058)

−0.0002

(− 0.0024, 0.0012)

0.1145

(0.0840, 0.1455)

0.1169

(0.0865, 0.1480)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.0046

(−0.0006, 0.0126)

0.0014

(−0.0005, 0.0063)

0.0428

(−0.0156, 0.0968)

0.0488

(−0.0053, 0.1033)

 Health education

0.0036

(0.0006, 0.0090)

0.0005

(−0.0001, 0.0025)

0.1032

(0.0648, 0.1453)

0.1073

(0.0676, 0.1485)

 On medication

−0.0013

(−0.0061, 0.0039)

− 0.0005

(− 0.0030, 0.0005)

0.0658

(0.0259, 0.1388)

0.0640

(0.0226, 0.1350)

 Control

0.0036

(0.0010, 0.0074)

−0.0001

(−0.0010, 0.0005)

0.0490

(0.0066, 0.0861)

0.0525

(0.0087, 0.0892)

Diabetes

 Diagnosis

0.0044

(0.0005, 0.0113)

−0.0001

(− 0.0032, 0.0014)

0.1341

(0.0695, 0.1914)

0.1384

(0.0731, 0.1950)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.0127

(0.0020, 0.0281)

−0.0008

(− 0.0085, 0.0013)

0.0936

(− 0.0027, 0.1776)

0.1055

(0.0109, 0.1916)

 Health education

0.0042

(−0.0011, 0.0175)

−0.0014

(− 0.0103, 0.0024)

0.0602

(− 0.0343, 0.1553)

0.0630

(− 0.0346, 0.1552)

 On medication

−0.0019

(− 0.0131, 0.0034)

0.0003

(− 0.0016, 0.0081)

0.0955

(0.0147, 0.2261)

0.0939

(0.0178, 0.2290)

 Control

0.0013

(−0.0098, 0.0134)

0.0002

(−0.0026, 0.0067)

0.0641

(−0.0376, 0.1693)

0.0657

(−0.0260, 0.1821)

Dyslipidemia

 Diagnosis

0.0040

(0.0009, 0.0077)

−0.0004

(−0.0024, 0.0005)

0.1030

(0.0715, 0.1424)

0.1066

(0.0753, 0.1501)

Among diagnosed

 On medication

−0.0020

(−0.0076, 0.0004)

0.0001

(−0.0014, 0.0044)

0.0027

(−0.0642, 0.0608)

0.0008

(−0.0666, 0.0596)

 Control

−0.0007

(−0.0074, 0.0022)

− 0.0001

(− 0.0031, 0.0016)

−0.0766

(− 0.1715, − 0.0081)

−0.0773

(− 0.1794, − 0.0169)

  1. a Adjusting for age, sex, marital status, smoke, drink, social health insurance. Bolded coefficients are statistically significant at the P level of 0.05