Infrequent (n = 487) | Frequent (n = 613) | ||||||||||||
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Men (n = 1100) | n | P (%) | n | P (%) | PD (%)a | CI | P-value | PRb | CI | P-value | Adjusted PRc | 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.