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. 2012 Sep 9;4(6):99–108. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p99

Table 2.

Health risk behaviors, chronic disease and preventive services - people with disabilities compared to people without disabilities*

Activity Limitations Use Special Equipment Activity Limitations & Special Equip
Adj** Adj** Adj** Adj** Adj** Adj**
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI

Dependent Dichotomous Variables
Preventive Services
Dental Cleaning .77 .74 - .81 .78 .72 - .85 .58 .56 - .62
Pneumonia Vaccine 1.5 1.4 - 1.6 1.8 1.7 - 2.0 2.3 2.1 - 2.4
Flu Vaccine 1.2 1.1 - 1.3 1.8 1.6 - 1.9 1.7 1.6 - 1.8
HIV Test Ever 1.3 1.2 - 1.4 1.11 .96 - 1.3 1.5 1.4 - 1.6
Mammogram - 2 yrs .95 .82 - 1.1 .98 .68 - 1.4 .69 .57 - .84
Pap Test - 3 yrs .79 .73 - .86 .77 .56 - 1.1 .59 .52 - .67
PSA - 2 yrs 1.5 .98 - 2.2 .90 .51 - 1.6 .66 .34 - 1.3
Digital Rectal Exam – 2 yrs .99 .92 - 1.1 .96 .92 - 1.1 .91 .82 - 1.0
Sigmoid/colonoscopy 1.3 .95 - 1.7 .96 .58 - 1.6 .96 .67 - 1.4

Health Risks & Chronic Disease
Smoker 1.6 1.5 - 1.7 .83 .73 - .95 1.5 1.5 - 1.6
Binge Drinker .86 .80 - .91 .68 .56 - .82 .53 .47 - .61
Physically Inactive 1.7 1.6 - 1.8 1.8 1.7 - 2.0 3.6 3.4 - 3.7

Fair - Poor Health 5.7 5.4 - 6.0 3.6 3.3 - 3.9 14.1 13.3-14.9
Obese 1.8 1.7 - 1.9 2.0 1.8 - 2.2 2.3 2.2 - 2.5
Cancer 1.5 1.3 - 1.6 1.5 1.2 - 1.9 1.9 1.7 - 2.0
Diabetic 1.7 1.6 - 1.8 2.8 2.6 - 3.1 3.2 3.0 - 3.3
CAD 2.6 2.4 - 2.7 2.7 2.4 - 3.0 4.0 3.7 - 4.3
Stroke 2.4 2.3 - 2.7 4.4 3.9 - 5.0 5.6 5.2 - 6.1
Asthma 2.2 2.1 - 2.3 1.9 1.7 - 2.2 3.0 2.8 - 3.2
*

= People without disabilities served as the reference group

**

= Adjusted for age, income, education, race, gender and access to health care

Logistic regression was used to adjusted odds ratios and adjusted 95% confidence interval