Table 2.

Binary logistic regression identifying factors associated with the poor or least provisioned Broadband Infrastructure Index (BII) group

Variable	OR (95% CI)	P value
Step 1
IMD Q1 (11.6±3.2) (least deprived)	2.14 (2.09 to 2.19)	<0.001
IMD Q2 (24.3±4.0)	2.37 (2.31 to 2.43)	<0.001
IMD Q3 (36.8±2.5)	1.38 (1.35 to 1.42)	<0.001
IMD Q4 (44.1±2.0)	1.27 (1.24 to 1.31)	<0.001
IMD Q5 (56.1±5.2) (most deprived)*	1.0	–
Age Q1 (7.7±4.5 years) (youngest)	1.20 (1.16 to 1.23)	<0.001
Age Q2 (24.0±4.7 years)	1.08 (1.05 to 1.11)	<0.001
Age Q3 (38.3±4.0 years)	1.08 (1.05 to 1.11)	<0.001
Age Q4 (52.8±4.3 years)	1.06 (1.03 to 1.09)	<0.001
Age Q5 (72.8±8.7 years) (oldest)*	1.0	–
White ethnicity (61.5%)	1.33 (1.31 to 1.36)	<0.001
Other ethnic groups*	1.0
Step 2
Any comorbidities present (35.2%)	1.07 (1.05 to 1.09)	<0.001
No comorbidities present*	1.0
Any emergency episode (14.4%)	1.05 (1.03 to 1.08)	<0.001
No emergency episodes*	1.0

The analysis was undertaken on 250 609 subjects with 19 176 missing cases due to a lack of ethnicity data. The ORs are for the poor or least provisioned BII group.

*Represents the reference group for each categorical variable from which all other groups in that variable were compared.

IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.