Table 7.

Food Insecurity status: Associations with Management of Chronic Diseases.

Variables	Food Security n (%)	Food Insecurity n (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)
REDUCTION OF MEDICAL VISITS DUE TO ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES (n = 1883)
No	1305 (79.4)	393 (20.6)	1	1
Yes	78 (46.9)	107 (53.1)	4.381 (4.334-4.428)	4.350 (4.301-4.398)
TAKE MEDICATION (n = 1882)
No	103 (76.2)	36 (23.8)	-	-
Yes	1280 (77.0)	463 (23.0)
STOP TAKING MEDICATION DUE TO ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES (n = 1875)
No	1297 (80.4)	372 (19.6)	1	1
Yes	80 (42.8)	126 (57.2)	5.477 (5.422-5.532)	5.152 (5.099-5.207)

^*Adjusted Odds Ratio to gender, age, health region, and level of education.

All percentages were weighted for correcting to population representativeness.