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. 2015 Aug 20;44(5):867–873. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv101

Table 1.

Distribution of socio-demographics in non-participants and participants, and association between socio-demographics and participation in CFAS I and CFAS II

Characteristics CFAS I
CFAS II
P value**
Not interviewed, n = 1,710 (%) Interviewed, n = 7,635 (%) Adjusted OR (95% CI)a P value Not interviewed, n = 6,214 (%) Interviewed, n = 7,796 (%) Adjusted OR (95% CI)a P value
Geographical area
 Cambridgeshire 641 (19.8) 2,601 (80.2) 1 1,667 (39.5) 2,558 (60.5) 1
 Newcastle 515 (17.0) 2,522 (83.0) 0.8 (0.7–0.9) 0.01 2,277 (46.5) 2,616 (53.5) 1.3 (1.2–1.5) <0.01 <0.01
 Nottingham 554 (18.1) 2,512 (81.9) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 2,270 (46.4) 2,622 (53.6) 1.3 (1.2–1.5)
Sex
 Men 588 (16.2) 3,045 (83.8) 1 2,646 (42.6) 3,550 (57.4) 1
 Women 1,122 (19.6) 4,590 (80.4) 1.3 (1.2–1.4) <0.01 3,574 (45.7) 4,246 (54.3) 1.1 (1.1–1.2) <0.01 0.057
Age at sampling date
 <70 410 (19.3) 1,713 (80.7) 1 1,769 (43.5) 2,301 (56.5) 1 0.47
 70–75 406 (17.8) 1,879 (82.2) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 0.21 1,497 (45.0) 1,830 (55.0) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)
 75–80 360 (17.6) 1,689 (82.4) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 1,287 (44.7) 1,590 (55.3) 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.059
 80–85 291 (17.4) 1,382 (82.6) 0.9 (0.7–1.0) 966 (45.2) 1,171 (54.8) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)
 85+ 243 (20.0) 972 (80.0) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 697 (43.5) 904 (56.5) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)
Townsend deprivation index
 Quintile 1 (least deprived) 302 (15.9) 1,601 (84.1) 1 1,052 (37.3) 1,767 (62.7) 1
 Quintile 2 327 (17.3) 1,559 (82.7) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) <0.01 1,122 (40.0) 1,682 (60.0) 1.1 (1.0–1.3) <0.01 <0.01
 Quintile 3 352 (18.6) 1,537 (81.4) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 1,232 (44.2) 1,558 (55.8) 1.3 (1.2–1.5)
 Quintile 4 346 (18.7) 1,506 (81.3) 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 1,295 (46.8) 1,472 (53.2) 1.5 (1.3–1.6)
 Quintile 5 (most deprived) 369 (20.7) 1,410 (79.3) 1.4 (1.2–1.6) 1,496 (53.7) 1,289 (46.3) 2.0 (1.8–2.2)

aAdjusted for other variables in the model.

**

Tests for interaction between characteristic and cohort (CFAS I/CFAS II).