Table 2.

Binomial logistic regression analysis of the relationship between social support and ambulance call

Variables		Categories	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
			OR	(95%CI)	P	OR	(95%CI)	P	OR	(95%CI)	P
About people around you who to listen to your complaints
	1	Family members listen to your complaints	0.77	0.67 to 0.88	0.00	0.77	0.67 to 0.88	0.00	0.83	0.71 to 0.96	0.01
	2	Neigbors or friends listen to your complaints	0.78	0.70 to 0.86	0.00	0.89	0.80 to 0.99	0.04	0.97	0.86 to 1.08	0.54
	3	There is no one to listen to your complaints	1.40	1.13 to 1.73	0.00	1.27	1.02 to 1.58	0.03	1.11	0.88 to 1.39	0.39
About people around you whose complaints you listen to
	1	You listen to your family’s complaints	0.76	0.70 to 0.86	0.00	0.78	0.69 to 0.88	0.00	0.85	0.75 to 0.98	0.02
	2	You listen to neighbors’ or friends’ complaints	0.72	0.64 to 0.80	0.00	0.82	0.73 to 0.91	0.00	0.90	0.80 to 1.01	0.07
	3	You have no one whose complaints you listen to	1.69	1.41 to 2.02	0.00	1.48	1.30 to 1.77	0.00	1.26	1.03 to 1.53	0.02
About pople who take care of you when you fall ill
	1	Family members take care of you	0.64	0.54 to 0.77	0.00	0.63	0.53 to 0.75	0.00	0.73	0.60 to 0.90	0.00
	2	Neighbors or friends take care of you	1.24	1.04 to 1.49	0.02	1.34	1.12 to 1.62	0.00	1.34	1.10 to 1.63	0.00
	3	There is no one who takes care of you	1.39	1.13 to 1.72	0.00	1.44	1.17 to 1.77	0.00	1.22	0.97 to 1.54	0.09
About people who you take care of when they fall ill
	1	You take care of your family	0.76	0.68 to 0.86	0.00	0.81	0.72 to 0.91	0.00	0.81	0.72 to 0.91	0.00
	2	You take care of neighbors or friends	1.01	0.84 to 1.22	0.92	1.10	0.91 to 1.33	0.33	1.13	0.93 to 1.38	0.22
	3	There is no one who you take care of	1.30	1.16 to 1.47	0.00	1.22	1.08 to 1.38	0.00	1.15	1.01 to 1.31	0.04

OR odds ratio: CI confidence interval

*Model 1: adjusted for social support

*Model 2: Model 1 + adjusted for age and sex

*Model 3: Model 2+ adjusted for health status, marital status, annual equivalent income and years of education

Bold P figure: p < 0.05