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Table 2 Adjusteda logistic regression models: health care utilisation for the full cohort and subgroup analysis (patients aged 75 and over)

From: The association between living alone and health care utilisation in older adults: a retrospective cohort study of electronic health records from a London general practice

Household composition (vs other)

At least 12 general practice appointments

At least 1 emergency department attendances

At least 1 inpatient admissions

At least 5 outpatient appointments

Odds ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Odds ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Odds ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Odds ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Full Analysis

 Alone

1.40*

1.04–1.88

1.50*

1.16-1.93

1.30

0.99–1.70

0.91

0.68–1.23

Subgroup Analysis

  70 +: Alone

1.54*

1.06–2.24

1.62*

1.18-2.24

1.45*

1.04-2.01

0.85

0.60–1.21

  75 +: Alone

1.47

0.94–2.30

1.33

0.91–1.96

1.45

0.98–2.14

0.78

0.51–1.20

  80 +: Alone

1.61

0.90–2.86

1.30

0.79–2.14

1.25

0.75–2.09

0.53*

0.31-0.93

  1. aAdjusted for household structure, sex, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile, physical long-term conditions and mental long-term conditions
  2. *Denotes significance at p < 0.05