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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of association between whether Aboriginality could be determined via data linkage and the independent variables, age, sex and disease

From: Improving the accuracy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal disease notification rates using data linkage

Independent variables

p

Odds Ratio

95% CI†

Age (years)

0.41

1.00

0.99–1.02

Sex (female)

<0.001

1.50

1.21–1.85

Disease (reference: Hepatitis B)

<0.001

-

-

   Chlamydia

0.005

2.23

1.27–3.93

   Gonorrhoea

0.07

2.27

0.95–5.43

   Syphilis

0.004

9.66

2.06–45.3

   Hepatitis C

<0.001

3.48

1.92–6.28

  1. † Confidence Interval (CI)