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Table 3 Multivariate models for severe IID symptoms, versus mild or moderate symptoms combined for cases ≥5 years of age (IID2 study 2008–9)

From: Socioeconomic status is associated with symptom severity and sickness absence in people with infectious intestinal disease in the UK

 

Baseline model

Baseline + NS-SEC

 

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

Age group (years)

 5–14

reference

reference

 15–24

3.01 (1.66–5.57)

2.70 (1.48–5.02)

 25–44

1.02 (0.69–1.50)

0.96 (0.65–1.42)

 45–64

0.73 (0.51–1.06)

0.69 (0.47–1.00)

 65+

0.64 (0.43–0.95)

0.60 (0.41–0.90)

Sex

 Female

reference

reference

 Male

0.95 (0.77–1.19)

0.90 (0.72–1.13)

Ethnicity

 White

reference

reference

 Non-White

2.11 (1.18–3.83)

2.03 (1.14–3.70)

NS-SEC

 Managerial/professional

 

reference

 Intermediate

 

1.21 (0.91–1.61)

 Routine/manual

 

2.18 (1.66–2.87)

Log-likelihood

−1255.1

−1239.3

Deviance

2510.2

2478.6

AIC

2526.2

2498.6

BIC

2566.7

2549.2

Number

1164

1164

  1. AIC Akaike information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criterion, CI confidence interval, IID infectious intestinal disease, NS-SEC National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification, OR odds ratio
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