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Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of the relation between refrain from buying prescribed medication due to cost and selected socio-economic factors

From: The prevalence of self-reported underuse of medications due to cost for the elderly: results from seven European urban communities

Variable

OR

95 % CI

P

Being male

0.80

0.55-1.17

0.249

Age (each age group)

0.88

0.77-1.01

0.077

Education (higher level of education)

0.83

0.68-1.01

0.059

Living not alone

1.29

0.87-1.90

0.207

Being from Lithuania

14.92

10.33–21.56

P < 0.001

Daily worries about expenses (each group of more intensive worries)

1.99

1.68-2.35

P < 0.001

  1. p significance level, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval