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. 2009 Sep 29;339:b3851. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3851

Table 1.

 Predictors of patient response to GP Patient Survey 2009 by age, sex, and deprivation (n=5 658 740*)

Factor Odds ratio Standard error (95% CI)
Age (years):
 18-29† 1.00
 30-39 1.06 0.003 (1.06 to 1.07)
 40-49 1.48 0.004 (1.48 to 1.49)
 50-59 2.54 0.007 (2.52 to 2.55)
 60-69 4.53 0.015 (4.50 to 4.56)
 70-79 5.54 0.026 (5.49 to 5.59)
 80-89 3.59 0.017 (3.56 to 3.62)
 ≥90 1.46 0.016 (1.43 to 1.49)
Sex:
 Female† 1.00
 Male 0.59 0.001 (0.59 to 0.59)
Socioeconomic deprivation group‡:
 Group 1 (least deprived)† 1.00
 Group 2 0.90 0.001 (0.90 to 0.91)
 Group 3 0.79 0.003 (0.78 to 0.79)
 Group 4 0.64 0.002 (0.64 to 0.65)
 Group 5 (most deprived) 0.52 0.002 (0.52 to 0.53)

*Excludes 1492 cases with missing value (1477 with missing deprivation group and 15 with missing sex).

†Reference category.

‡Based on individual patient postcodes and using population based Lower Super-Output Area Indices of Multiple Deprivation for 2007 with cut points for five equal groups of 8.257, 13.525, 20.741, and 33.511.