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Table 5 Odds ratios of Care Seeking MBBS versus IAP care*

From: Diagnosis of chronic conditions with modifiable lifestyle risk factors in selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh and sociodemographic variability therein

 

Urban Multivariate (n = 4347)

Rural Multivariate (n = 5712)

 

OR

CI

p-value†

OR

CI

p-value†

Sex (male = 1)

0.83

(0.64-1.06)

0.13

1.35

(1.18-1.55)

<0.001

Comorbidity

2.12

(1.67-2.70)

<0.001

2.99

(2.62-3.40)

<0.001

Age (in years)

      

25 - 39 (reference)

      

40-49

1.86

(1.40-2.47)

0.77

0.88

(0.74-1.05)

0.35

50-59

1.88

(1.35-2.60)

0.74

0.99

(0.83-1.18)

0.17

60+

3.03

(1.90-4.82)

0.002

0.84

(0.71-0.99)

0.05

Education

      

No education (reference)

      

Primary (1-5 years)

1.25

(0.91-1.71)

0.03

1.49

(1.30-1.72)

0.15

Secondary (6-10 years)

1.99

(1.42-2.79)

0.12

1.57

(1.33-1.85)

0.37

Higher Secondary

(11-12 years)

1.81

(1.07-3.05)

0.65

2.78

(1.75-4.42)

0.01

Higher Education

2.81

(1.65-4.80)

0.006

2.15

(1.21-3.82)

0.30

Poverty status

      

Most poor (reference)

      

More poor

2.10

(1.46-3.02)

0.005

1.35

(1.08-1.70)

<0.001

Middle

4.17

(2.86-6.09)

0.01

1.86

(1.50-2.30)

0.73

Less poor

4.53

(3.07-6.67)

0.006

2.22

(1.80-2.75)

0.003

Least poor

6.10

(4.11-9.06)

<0.001

3.57

(2.89-4.42)

<0.001

  1. MBBS- Medical Bachelor Bachelor of Surgery, IAP- Informal Allopathic Practitioner, OR-Odds Ratio,
  2. CI-Confidence Interval
  3. *Odds ratios are based on disease diagnoses, not respondents with disease
  4. †p-value represents the significance of the difference from the aggregation of the remaining variable
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