Table 2.

Medication adherence prevalence ratio adjusted for confounding variables

	Adherent to medication (%)	Non-adherent to medication (%)	Unadjusted CI	Adjusted CIa
Māori	1193 (78.2)	333 (21.8)	1.71 (1.53, 1.9)	1.53 (1.36, 1.73)
Non-Māori	10,657 (87.2)	1560 (12.8)	1	1

CHD coronary heart disease, CI confidence interval, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder

^aAdjusted for: sex, age, married, lives alone, distance walked, partake in social activities, visit by nurse, lives with helper, carer stress, palliative care programme, self reported health, alcohol use, vision, dizziness, hearing, falls, fatigue, swallow, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, depression, anxiety, stroke, CHD, bipolar, COPD