Table 2.
Infrequent (n = 487) | Frequent (n = 613) | ||||||||||||
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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.
Binomial Generalised Linear Model with identity link, modelling the risk differences, adjusted for patient clustering within general practice.
Binomial Generalised Linear Model with log link, modelling the risk ratios, adjusted for patient clustering within general practice.
Poisson regression with robust variance, modelling the risk ratios, adjusted for physical health, psychological health and somatisation.