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Table 2 Zero-inflated Poisson regression on new health conditions and COVID-19 risks, IRR (95% CI)

From: Associations between new health conditions and healthcare service utilizations among older adults in the United Kingdom: effects of COVID-19 risks, worse financial situation, and lowered income

 

Wave 1

Wave 2

New health conditions

COVID-19 risks

New health conditions

COVID-19 risks

Age

IRR (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

 50–64

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

 65–84

0.76*** (0.69, 0.84)

0.55*** (0.49, 0.61)

0.70*** (0.63, 0.77)

0.46*** (0.42, 0.51)

  ≥ 85

0.95(0.79, 1.14)

0.42*** (0.32, 0.57)

0.74** (0.58, 0.93)

0.38*** (0.30, 0.49)

Sex

 Female

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

 Male

0.79*** (0.71, 0.87)

0.82*** (0.73, 0.91)

0.78*** (0.70, 0.88)

0.84*** (0.77, 0.92)

Long-standing condition

 No

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

 Yes

1.48*** (1.35, 1.63)

0.96(0.86, 1.06)

1.37*** (1.23, 1.52)

0.90** (0.82, 0.99)

Worse financial situation

 No

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

 Yes

0.88(0.76, 1.03)

0.94(0.80, 1.11)

0.96(0.80, 1.15)

0.95(0.82, 1.10)

Lowered income

 No

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

1[reference]

 Yes

0.79*** (0.67, 0.93)

1.01(0.86, 1.20)

0.80** (0.65, 0.97)

0.93(0.80, 1.09)

inflate

 region

0.20** (0.04, 0.36)

0.10(−0.08, 0.29)

0.18** (0.01, 0.36)

0.47 *** (0.25, 0.69)

 Constant

3.72*** (0.20, 0.64)

0.30** (0.04, 0.57)

0.58*** (0.34, 0.83)

−0.97 *** (−1.30, −0.63)

 Number

6921

6921

6674

6674

  1. IRR incidence relative risk, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
  2. ** and *** denote significance at 5, and 1% levels, respectively