Table 3.

Sociodemographic determinants of the multimorbidity cohort: ORs derived from multilevel logistic regression modelling with addition of three cardiovascular risk factors: hypertension, obesity (moderate) and smoking (ever)

Demographic characteristic	AOR	95% CIs for AOR
Female gender	1.10	1.01 to 1.19
Age <65 years	(Reference group)
Age ≥65–74 years	4.01	3.69 to 4.36
Age ≥75–84 years	8.12	7.46 to 8.83
Age ≥85 years	15.71	14.20 to 17.38
White	(Reference group)
Black	0.86	0.80 to 0.92
South Asian	1.44	1.29 to 1.61
Mixed	0.95	0.81 to 1.11
Other	0.83	0.67 to 1.03
Unknown	0.60	0.52 to 0.69
Social deprivation: first quintile (most deprived)	1.56	1.41 to 1.72
Social deprivation: second quintile	1.35	1.22 to 1.50
Social deprivation: third quintile	1.18	1.06 to 1.31
Social deprivation: fourth quintile	1.18	1.06 to 1.30
Social deprivation: fifth quintile (least deprived)	(Reference group)
Hypertension register	5.05	4.69 to 5.44
Moderate obesity	3.41	3.21 to 3.63
Smoker (ever)	2.30	2.16 to 2.45

AOR, adjusted odds ratio.