Table 3: Age and multivariate adjusted odds ratio (OR, 95% confidence interval [CI]) and slope index of inequality and relative index of inequality for multimorbidity according to educational level among men and women at the Pró-Saúde study baseline (1999-2001), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
| Women | Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted | Multivariate adjusted OR (95% CI) | Age-adjusted | Multivariate adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Obesity | 1.90* (1.51-2.39) | 2.19* (1.65-2.90) | ||
| Tobacco | 1.27* (1.01-1.59) | 1.20 (0.91-1.59) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Postgraduate studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Complete university | 0.85 (0.60-1.0) | 0.83 (0.59-1.19) | 0.84 (0.53-1.37) | 0.90 (0.56-1.47) |
| Incomplete university | 1.92† (1.29-2.85) | 1.79* (1.21-2.68) | 1.15 (0.69-1.91) | 1.11 (0.66-1.86) |
| Complete high school | 1.43‡ (1.01-2.05) | 1.33 (0.92-1.90) | 0.90 (0.57-1.44) | 0.91 (0.57-1.46) |
| Incomplete high school | 2.05† (1.30-3.24) | 1.85† (1.16-2.94) | 1.24 (0.74-2.09) | 1.26 (0.74-2.15) |
| Complete elementary | 3.6* (1.74-5.46) | 2.75* (1.56-4.92) | 0.66 (0.36-1.21) | 0.69 (0.37-1.28) |
| Incomplete elementary | 2.77* (1.61-4.91) | 2.47* (1.42-4.40) | 0.68 (0.39-1.19) | 0.70 (0.40-1.24) |
| Slope index of inequality | 22.03* (14.2-29.8) | -3.4 (-11.6-4.8) | ||
| Relative index of inequality | 2.97* (1.94-4.54) | 0.74 (0.45-1.23) | ||
P-value: * ≤ 0.001; †≤ 0.01; ‡≤ 0.05.