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Table 4 Early and later life social conditions and two way interactions between social conditions and time regressed on OIDP in Norway (n = 4211) and Sweden (n = 6078)

From: Inequality in oral health related to early and later life social conditions: a study of elderly in Norway and Sweden

 

2007 OR (95% CI)a

2012 OR (95% CI)b

Interaction social condition X time OR (95% CI)c

Norway

   

Early-life social conditions

   

Male vs female

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

1.5 (1.3-1.9)

1.2 (0.9-1.4)

Foreign vs native

1.4 (0.9-2.4)

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

0.8 (0.4-1.8)

Lower vs higher education

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

1.1 (0.9-1.4)

Later-life social conditions

   

Not working vs working

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

Single vs married

1.1 (0.9-1.4)

1.4 (1.2-1.8)

1.3 (0.9-1.6)

Narrow vs broad social network

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

1.1 (0.9-1.4)

0.9 (0.7-1.2)

Sweden

   

Early-life social conditions

   

Male vs female

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

Foreign vs native

1.5 (1.2-2.0)

1.6 (1.1-2.3)

1.0 (0.7-1.5)

Lower vs higher education

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

0.9 (0.8-1.2)

1.2 (0.9-1.4)

Later-life social conditions

   

Not working vs working

1.1 (0.9-1.2)

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

Single vs married

1.5 (1.3-1.8)

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

0.9 (0.8-1.2)

Narrow vs broad social network

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

0.8 (0.7-1.1)

  1. Adjusted OR and (95% CI).
  2. a) Logistic regression showing main effects of social conditions in 2007 on OIDP in 2007. Inverse probability weighting (IPW) adjusted estimates.
  3. b) Logistic regression showing main effects of social conditions in 2012on ODIP in 2012. Inverse probability weighting (IPW) adjusted estimates.
  4. c) Results from GEE showing two way interactions between time and social conditions on OIDP indicating change in associations from 2007 to 2012.