Predictor variables | Overall chronic conditions (n = 3844) | Diabetes (n = 1760) | Hypertension (n = 2756) | |||
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 | Adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI) | pvalue | Adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI) | pvalue | Adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI) | pvalue |
Age groups (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  ≤40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  40-50 | 1.1 (0.7, 1.8) | 0.584 | 5.3 (1.6, 17.3) | 0.006 | 1.2 (0.7, 2.0) | 0.599 |
  50-60 | 1.7 (0.9, 3.1) | 0.106 | 13.5 (2.7, 67.5) | 0.002 | 1.6 (0.8, 3.4) | 0.175 |
  ≥60 | 3.7 (1.6, 8.3) | 0.002 | 40.2 (5.0,325.7) | 0.001 | 3.4 (1.3, 8.8) | 0.010 |
Monthly per capita income | ||||||
  First quintile | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  Second quintile | 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) | 0.028 | 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) | 0.235 | 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) | <0.001 |
  Third quintile | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) | 0.001 | 0.6 (0.3, 1.1) | 0.106 | 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) | <0.001 |
  Fourth quintile | 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) | 0.001 | 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) | 0.617 | 0.1 (0.1, 0.4) | <0.001 |
  Fifth quintile | 0.3 (0.1, 0.5) | <0.001 | 0.6 (0.3, 1.0) | 0.066 | 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) | <0.001 |
Household poverty status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Above the poverty line | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  Below the poverty line | 1.4 (1.0, 2.0) | 0.069 | 1.3 (0.7, 2.4) | 0.392 | 5.2 (1.6, 17.1) | 0.007 |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Islam | - | - |  |  | - | - |
  Hinduism | 0.8 (0.5, 0.1) | 0.185 |  |  | 0.9 (0.5, 1.5) | 0.676 |
  Christianity | 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) | 0.011 |  |  | 0.3 (0.1, 0.8) | 0.019 |
Tiers of health services | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Clinics/health centres | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  Referral hospitals | 2.4 (1.5, 3.8) | <0.001 | 5.3 (1.9, 14.7) | 0.001 | 1.6 (0.9, 3.0) | 0.115 |
  Super-specialty hospitals | 30.3 (14.4, 63.8) | <0.001 | 99.9 (16.2, 614.1) | <0.001 | 9.2 (3.0, 28.2) | <0.001 |
Interaction terms | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Age group*Tiers of health services | 0.8 (0.7, 0.9) | <0.001 | 0.6 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.002 | 0.8 (0.7, 0.9) | 0.008 |
  Monthly per capita income *Religion | 1.2 (1.0, 1.3) | 0.010 |  |  | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | 0.019 |
  Monthly per capita income *Tiers of health service |  |  |  |  | 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) | 0.017 |
  Household poverty status*Religion |  |  |  |  | 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) | 0.021 |