The explanatory power of potential mediating variables in explaining the association between poor diabetes management and area deprivation (N=23 760)
| Area deprivation | Self-reported good glycaemic control | HbA1c testing | Recognition of the term HbA1c | Diabetic complications testing | |||||||||
| Model 1 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| 1st quintile | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd quintile | 0.97 (0.80 to 1.17) | 1.04 (0.87 to 1.26) | 1.05 (0.87 to 1.26) | 0.99 (0.82 to 1.19) | 0.99 (0.82 to 1.19) | 1.26 (0.94 to 1.68) | 1.28 (0.96 to 1.70) | 1.13 (0.85 to 1.51) | 1.15 (0.86 to 1.52) | 1.01 (0.83 to 1.22) | 1.01 (0.83 to 1.22) | 0.97 (0.80 to 1.18) | 0.97 (0.80 to 1.17) |
| % | −21.40 | >100 | >100 | −8.20 | 48.00 | 43.40 | −20.00 | >100 | >100 | ||||
| 3rd quintile | 1.00 (0.83 to 1.20) | 1.17 (0.97 to 1.41) | 1.15 (0.95 to 1.38) | 1.05 (0.88 to 1.27) | 1.04 (0.86 to 1.25) | 1.33 (1.00 to 1.77) | 1.29 (0.97 to 1.72) | 1.10 (0.82 to 1.46) | 1.06 (0.80 to 1.42) | 1.08 (0.88 to 1.31 | 1.04 (0.85 to 1.27) | 1.00 (0.82 to 1.21) | 0.97 (0.79 to 1.17) |
| % | 11.40 | 68.10 | 78.90 | 11.60 | 70.80 | 81.20 | 46.10 | >100 | >100 | ||||
| 4th quintile | 1.00 (0.83 to 1.20) | 1.23 (1.02 to 1.47) | 1.19 (0.99 to 1.44) | 1.06 (0.88 to 1.27) | 1.03 (0.85 to 1.24) | 1.94 (1.46 to 2.57) | 1.84 (1.38 to 2.44) | 1.47 (1.11 to 1.95) | 1.40 (1.05 to 1.86) | 1.55 (1.27 to 1.88) | 1.47 (1.21 to 1.80) | 1.37 (1.13 to 1.66) | 1.30 (1.07 to 1.58) |
| % | 15.00 | 74.30 | 87.60 | 10.80 | 49.40 | 57.60 | 13.70 | 33.20 | 45.20 | ||||
| 5th quintile | 0.98 (0.82 to 1.18) | 1.50 (1.25 to 1.80) | 1.42 (1.17 to 1.72) | 1.23 (1.02 to 1.48) | 1.17 (0.96 to 1.42) | 2.61 (1.97 to 3.45) | 2.32 (1.74 to 3.10) | 1.83 (1.38 to 2.42) | 1.66 (1.24 to 2.22) | 2.04 (1.67 to 2.48) | 1.90 (1.55 to 2.33) | 1.72 (1.41 to 2.09) | 1.61 (1.32 to 1.98) |
| % | 16.80 | 54.80 | 66.40 | 17.50 | 48.40 | 58.90 | 13.50 | 30.80 | 41.00 | ||||
Model 1: Baseline model including age and gender, Model 2: Baseline +healthcare resource factors, Model 3: Baseline +sociodemographic factor, individual socioeconomic position indicators and health behaviour-related factors, Model 4: Baseline +all factors.
%: percentage change in OR=100 × (adjusted OR in model 1 – adjusted OR in the extended model)/(adjusted OR in model 1–1).
The least-deprived (Q1) and the most-deprived (Q5).
HbA1c, haemoglobin A1c.