Table 2

Male frequent attenders and infrequent attenders: functional social relations, structure of social relations and sociodemography.

	Infrequent (n = 487)		Frequent (n = 613)

Men (n = 1100)	n	P (%)	n	P (%)	PD (%)^a	CI	P-value	PR^b	CI	P-value	Adjusted PR^c	CI	P-value
Meet friends less than twice a month	175	35.9	227	37.0	1.8	−4.8 to 8.4	0.589	1.03	0.92 to 1.16	0.589	0.92	0.83 to 1.03	0.138
Cannot expect help from others if I get ill	128	26.3	211	34.4	9.9	3.4 to 16.3	0.003	1.19	1.06 to 1.33	0.002	1.02	0.92 to 1.14	0.689
I am sometimes/often alone	63	12.9	163	26.6	21.0	14.2 to 27.9	<0.001	1.41	1.26 to 1.57	<0.001	1.08	0.96 to 1.21	0.225
Have no friends to confide in if I have problems	114	23.4	194	31.6	10.2	2.7 to 17.7	0.008	1.19	1.05 to 1.35	0.006	1.03	0.92 to 1.14	0.639
Single, divorced or widowed	70	14.4	156	25.4	16.2	9.0 to 23.4	<0.001	1.31	1.16 to 1.48	<0.001	1.17	1.05 to 1.30	0.005
No adults in the household besides the patient	66	13.6	151	24.6	17.1	9.4 to 24.8	<0.001	1.33	1.17 to 1.51	<0.001	1.19	1.07 to 1.33	0.001
No professional education	72	14.8	100	16.3	3.3	−4.1 to 10.8	0.380	1.06	0.93 to 1.21	0.372	0.91	0.80 to 1.04	0.175
Unemployed, on disability pension or sick leave	69	14.2	217	35.4	27.6	21.7 to 33.5	<0.001	1.56	1.41 to 1.73	<0.001	1.26	1.13 to 1.40	<0.001

P = Prevalence. PD = Prevalence differences. PR = Prevalence rates. Statistically significant (P≤0.006) associations are highlighted.
↵a Binomial Generalised Linear Model with identity link, modelling the risk differences, adjusted for patient clustering within general practice.
↵b Binomial Generalised Linear Model with log link, modelling the risk ratios, adjusted for patient clustering within general practice.
↵c Poisson regression with robust variance, modelling the risk ratios, adjusted for physical health, psychological health and somatisation.