Table 3. Multiple regression analysis for adjusted relationships between log costs of all health services and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis.
Variable | Log (all health services costs) | |
B | p value | |
Group | ||
Subjects with BPS/IC | 0.780 | <0.001 |
Controls | ||
Urbanization level | ||
1 (most urbanized) | ||
2 | 0.013 | 0.846 |
3 | −0.157 | 0.069 |
4 | 0.033 | 0.721 |
5 (least urbanized) | 0.005 | 0.962 |
Monthly income | ||
NT$1∼15,840 | ||
NT$15,841∼25,000 | −0.093 | 0.060 |
≥NT$25,001 | −0.163 | 0.072 |
Geographic region | ||
Northern | ||
Central | 0.016 | 0.074 |
Southern | 0.056 | 0.068 |
Eastern | 0.221 | 0.196 |