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. 2016 Jan 4;6(1):e009836. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009836

Table 3.

Respondent characteristics associated with the sensitivity and specificity of self-reports in multilevel logistic regression modelling, presented by OR and its 95% CI, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2011–2012

Hypertension OR (95% CI)
Diabetes OR (95% CI)
With condition (sensitivity) Without condition (specificity) With condition (sensitivity) Without condition (specificity)
Model without covariates
Level 3: province 0.218 (0.072)** 0.176 (0.083)* 0.192 (0.121) 0.063 (0.070)
Level 2: community 0.193 (0.039)** 0.283 (0.112)* 0.641 (0.208)** 0.618 (0.207)**
Model with covariates
Fixed part
 Age (years)
  <50 1 1 1 1
  50–59 1.54 (1.28 to 1.86)** 0.88 (0.64 to 1.20) 1.56 (0.95 to 2.56) 0.80 (0.51 to 1.26)
  ≥60 1.62 (1.35 to 1.95)** 0.66 (0.48 to 0.91)* 1.59 (0.96 to 2.63) 0.66 (0.42 to 1.04)
 Sex
  Male 1 1 1 1
  Female 1.42 (1.25 to 1.61)** 0.70 (0.48 to 1.01) 0.94 (0.64 to 1.38) 0.68 (0.49 to 0.95)*
 Education
  No formal education 1 1 1 1
  Primary education 1.3 (1.12 to 1.51)** 1.05 (0.79 to 1.39) 1.79 (1.16 to 2.77)** 1.07 (0.72 to 1.58)
  Secondary education and above 1.3 (1.08 to 1.56)** 1.01 (0.69 to 1.48) 1.34 (0.81 to 2.22) 1.10 (0.68 to 1.78)
 Hospital admission
  Yes 1.73 (1.41 to 2.12)** 0.89 (0.70 to 1.13) 2.10 (1.26 to 3.49)** 0.72 (0.45 to 1.15)
  No 1 1 1 1
 Economic status
  <1000 1 1 1 1
  ¥1000–4999 1.42 (1.19 to 1.69)** 1.15 (0.82 to 1.62) 2.22 (1.21 to 4.06)** 0.68 (0.40 to 1.15)
  ≥5000 1.72 (1.43 to 2.07)** 1.06 (0.77 to 1.46) 2.94 (1.61 to 5.38)** 0.73 (0.43 to 1.24)
  Not clear 1.07 (0.82 to 1.40) 2.01 (1.02 to 3.95)* 2.39 (0.95 to 6.02) 0.68 (0.33 to 1.40)
 Community type
  City 1.57 (1.25 to 1.97)** 1.18 (0.75 to 1.86) 1.70 (0.98 to 2.96) 0.49 (0.30 to 0.80)**
  Others 1.08 (0.91 to 1.28)* 1.22 (0.91 to 1.64) 1.08 (0.69 to 1.69) 0.91 (0.60 to 1.38)
  Village 1 1 1 1
Random part†
 Level 3:province 0.145 (0.052)** 0.175 (0.082)*
 Level 2: community 0.163 (0.037)** 0.245 (0.108)* 0.779 (0.217)** 0.647 (0.207)**

Significant differences are indicated as *p<0.05, **p<0.01.

†Estimate and SE in logit scale.