The association between sociodemographic factors and clusters of LTC trajectories
Adjusted OR (95% CI) (Reference: no LTC) | ||||
Sociodemographics | Single LTC | Evolving multimorbidity | Moderate multimorbidity | High multimorbidity |
Age | 1.04 (1.03 to 1.04) | 1.05 (1.05 to 1.06) | 1.07 (1.06 to 1.08) | 1.08 (1.07 to 1.09) |
Sex | ||||
Male | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Female | 1.00 (0.91 to 1.10) | 1.11 (0.99 to 1.23) | 1.13 (1.01 to 1.27) | 0.95 (0.81 to 1.11) |
Ethnicity | ||||
White | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Non-white | 1.17 (0.91 to 1.50) | 1.13 (0.85 to 1.49) | 1.36 (1.00 to 1.86) | 2.04 (1.40 to 3.00) |
Education | ||||
Less than upper secondary | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Upper secondary, vocational | 0.92 (0.81 to 1.03) | 0.87 (0.77 to 0.99) | 0.77 (0.67 to 0.88) | 0.53 (0.45 to 0.64) |
Tertiary | 0.84 (0.72 to 0.97) | 0.68 (0.58 to 0.80) | 0.51 (0.42 to 0.62) | 0.33 (0.25 to 0.45) |
Others | 1.01 (0.83 to 1.25) | 1.04 (0.84 to 1.28) | 0.99 (0.79 to 1.25) | 0.76 (0.57 to 1.02) |
Employment | ||||
Unemployed | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Paid employment | 0.79 (0.70 to 0.89) | 0.54 (0.48 to 0.62) | 0.35 (0.31 to 0.40) | 0.17 (0.13 to 0.21) |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Married/partner | 0.85 (0.69 to 1.04) | 0.90 (0.72 to 1.14) | 0.80 (0.62 to 1.03) | 0.82 (0.58 to 1.15) |
Separated/divorced/widowed | 0.97 (0.77 to 1.23) | 1.14 (0.88 to 1.48) | 1.27 (0.96 to 1.68) | 1.41 (0.98 to 2.04) |
LTC, long-term condition.