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. 2005 Jul 1;55(516):510–515.

Table 2.

Male frequent attenders and infrequent attenders: functional social relations, structure of social relations and sociodemography.

Infrequent (n = 487) Frequent (n = 613)


Men (n = 1100) n P (%) n P (%) PD (%)a CI P-value PRb CI P-value Adjusted PRc CI P-value
Meet friends less than twice a month 175 35.9 227 37.0 1.8 −4.8 to 8.4 0.589 1.03 0.92 to 1.16 0.589 0.92 0.83 to 1.03 0.138
Cannot expect help from others if I get ill 128 26.3 211 34.4 9.9 3.4 to 16.3 0.003 1.19 1.06 to 1.33 0.002 1.02 0.92 to 1.14 0.689
I am sometimes/often alone 63 12.9 163 26.6 21.0 14.2 to 27.9 <0.001 1.41 1.26 to 1.57 <0.001 1.08 0.96 to 1.21 0.225
Have no friends to confide in if I have problems 114 23.4 194 31.6 10.2 2.7 to 17.7 0.008 1.19 1.05 to 1.35 0.006 1.03 0.92 to 1.14 0.639
Single, divorced or widowed 70 14.4 156 25.4 16.2 9.0 to 23.4 <0.001 1.31 1.16 to 1.48 <0.001 1.17 1.05 to 1.30 0.005
No adults in the household besides the patient 66 13.6 151 24.6 17.1 9.4 to 24.8 <0.001 1.33 1.17 to 1.51 <0.001 1.19 1.07 to 1.33 0.001
No professional education 72 14.8 100 16.3 3.3 −4.1 to 10.8 0.380 1.06 0.93 to 1.21 0.372 0.91 0.80 to 1.04 0.175
Unemployed, on disability pension or sick leave 69 14.2 217 35.4 27.6 21.7 to 33.5 <0.001 1.56 1.41 to 1.73 <0.001 1.26 1.13 to 1.40 <0.001

P = Prevalence. PD = Prevalence differences. PR = Prevalence rates. Statistically significant (P≤0.006) associations are highlighted.

a

Binomial Generalised Linear Model with identity link, modelling the risk differences, adjusted for patient clustering within general practice.

b

Binomial Generalised Linear Model with log link, modelling the risk ratios, adjusted for patient clustering within general practice.

c

Poisson regression with robust variance, modelling the risk ratios, adjusted for physical health, psychological health and somatisation.