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. 2022 Jun 20;21:86. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01688-3

Table 4.

Associations between participant characteristics and patterns of acute and chronic conditions

Characteristics Patterns of acute and chronic conditions (other sporadic diseases)
Malignant tumor Cerebrovascular diseases Ischemic heart disease Arthrosis
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Age (reference: 60–74), years
 75–84 1.89*** (1.35–2.63) 0.70* (0.53–0.94) 0.86 (0.61–1.20) 1.12 (0.81–1.53)
  ≥ 85 0.44* (0.23–0.83) 1.48* (1.05–2.07) 1.53* (1.02–2.31) 1.13 (0.75–1.71)
Sex (reference: male)
 Female 0.95 (0.73–1.23) 0.82 (0.64–1.05) 0.72* (0.54–0.97) 2.22*** (1.67–2.95)
Medical insurance (reference: UEMI)
 URRMI 0.60* (0.39–0.92) 0.62* (0.42–0.92) 0.52* (0.31–0.86) 1.17 (0.83–1.64)
 LR chi2 152.09***

UEMI Urban Employees’ Medical Insurance, URRMI Urban and Rural Residents’ Medical Insurance, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, LR likelihood ratio

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

***p < 0.001