Social differences associated with the use of psychotropic drugs among men and women aged 65 to 74 years living in the community: the international mobility in aging study (IMIAS)

Table 6 Prevalence ratios of analgesics/antiepileptics/antiparkinsonians (AEP) use according to education, income, and occupation for sites in Canada, Latin America, and Albania

Socioeconomic variables		Latin America (Natal + Manizales)			Canada (Kingston + Saint-Hyacinthe)			Albania (Tirana)
		PR	95 % CI	P-value	PR	95 % CI	P-value	PR	95 % CI	P-value
Education	< Secondary	1.36	0.81–2.29	0.247	1.35	0.62–2.94	0.447	0.78	0.42–1.45	0.440
	Secondary or higher	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1 vs Site 2	3.53	2.28–5.47	< 0.001	0.66	0.46–0.96	0.028
Income	Low/Medium	1.13	0.66–1.95	0.651	1.64	1.06–2.54	0.025	1.11	0.75–1.66	0.598
	High	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1 vs Site 2	3.42	2.20–5.31	< 0.001	0.75	0.52–1.08	0.124
Occupation	Manual	2.63	1.07–6.44	0.034	1.16	0.81–1.68	0.411	0.82	0.58–1.17	0.278
	Non-manual	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1 vs Site 2	3.57	2.30–5.54	< 0.001	0.68	0.47–0.98	0.037

Controlled for site, age and sex, depression, and number of chronic illnesses, as well as comparison between grouped sites, if applicable
In Latin America, site 1 = Manizales and site 2 = Natal; In Canada, site 1 = Kingston and site 2 = Saint-Hyacinthe

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