Poor self-rated health in adult patients with type 2 diabetes in the town of Södertälje: A cross-sectional study

Figures & data

Table I. The distribution (%) of the explanatory variables by ethnicity and test of differences in distribution (χ²), n = 354.

Variable	Swedes n = 181	Assyrians/Syrians n = 173	Test of differences in distribution, p-value
Total, %	51.1	48.9
Gender			0.411
Female	44.2	48.5
Male	55.8	51.5
Age (mean; standard deviation)	64 (10.6)	61 (10.8)	0.038
Age group			0.030
32–59	32.6	46.2
60–69	32.6	27.2
≥70	34.8	26.6
Marital status			0.000
Single	40.0	21.5
Married/cohabiting	60.0	78.5
Educational status			0.000
Low < 9 years	49.2	74.0
Intermediate 9–11 years	21.0	4.6
High > 11 years	29.8	21.4
Employment			0.002
Yes	32.0	18.0
No	68.0	82.0

Note: Numbers in bold are statistically significant.

Table II. Prevalence (%) of poor SRH by ethnicity and explanatory variables with test of differences (χ²).

	Poor self-rated health
Variables	Swedish	Assyrian/Syrian	Test of differences
Total, %	14.4	43.0	0.000
Age
32–59	12.2	48.5	0.000
60–69	10.7	43.8	0.000
≥70	21.1	32.5	0.204
Gender
Female	18.8	50.6	0.000
Male	11.0	36.0	0.000
Employment
Yes	5.2	22.6	0.013
No	18.7	47.5	0.000
Marital status
Single	18.3	47.0	0.001
Married/cohabiting	11.2	41.5	0.000
Educational level
<9	16.9	46.1	0.000
9–11	15.8	25.0	0.532
> 11	9.3	36.1	0.002

Note: Numbers in bold are statistically significant.

Table III. The odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for poor SRH (M 1, M 2) for Assyrians/Syrians with Swedish-born individuals as reference group.

Variable	Model 1*	Model 2*
Swedish-born	1	1
Assyrian/Syrian-born	4.5(2.7–7.5)	3.7(2.5–6.6)
Gender
Male	1	1
Female	1.9(1.1–3.1)	1.8(1.0–3.0)
Age groups (years)
32–59	1	1
60–69	0.7(0.4–1.2)	0.4(0.2–0.7)
≥70	1.00(0.5–1.8)	0.4(0.2–0.9)
Employment/retirement
Yes		1
No		5.4(2.3–12.5)
Marital status
Married/cohabiting		1
Single		1.4(0.8–2.6)
Educational level
< 9 years		1
9–11 years		0.8(0.3–2.1)
> 11 years		0.8(0.4–1.5)

Notes: *Model 1 is adjusted for age and gender. **Model 2 is adjusted for all explanatory variables. Numbers in bold are statistically significant.