Table 3

Illness burden, self-reported medical diagnosis and treatment of angina, cataract, depression, diabetes and osteoarthritis, comparing the least wealthy with the most wealthy: logistic regression

AnginaCataractDepressionDiabetesOsteoarthritis
ORs (95% CI)
Wave 2* (2004–2005)
 Illness burden5.6 (3.8 to 8.3)7.2 (4.5 to 11.5)5.1 (4.3 to 6.2)4.4 (2.5 to 8.0)11.0 (8.1 to 14.9)
 Medical diagnosis2.9 (2.2 to 3.9)1.3 (1.0 to 1.6)4.8 (3.3 to 7.0)3.1 (2.3 to 4.2)1.6 (1.3 to 2.0)
 Treatment2.6 (1.2 to 5.7)1.5 (1.0 to 2.2)0.6 (0.1 to 2.9)0.7 (0.3 to 1.5)1.1 (0.7 to 1.9)
Wave 3* (2006–2007)
 Illness burden8.7 (5.5 to 13.8)8.2 (5.1 to 13.1)6.9 (5.7 to 8.5)12.7 (9.1 to 17.8)
 Medical diagnosis4.9 (3.6 to 6.8)1.2 (1.0 to 1.5)0.7 (0.4 to 1.4)3.4 (2.6 to 4.4)0.6 (0.4 to 0.8)
 Treatment1.3 (0.8 to 1.9)1.2 (0.6 to 2.4)1.0 (0.6 to 1.9)
Wave 4* (2008–2009)
 Illness burden6.7 (4.2 to 10.5)5.5 (3.6 to 8.6)5.9 (4.9 to 7.1)3.9 (2.4 to 6.4)14.0 (10.3 to 19.1)
 Medical diagnosis4.3 (3.2 to 5.9)1.1 (0.9 to 1.4)0.7 (0.4 to 1.2)3.9 (3.1 to 5.1)0.6 (0.4 to 0.8)
 Treatment1.1 (0.7 to 1.6)2.4 (1.0 to 5.9)0.2 (0.1 to 0.6)1.0 (0.6 to 1.6)
Wave 5* (2010–2011)
 Illness burden8.4 (5.1 to 13.7)6.2 (3.9 to 9.9)5.9 (4.8 to 7.1)16.0 (11.7 to 21.8)
 Medical diagnosis5.3 (3.9 to 7.3)1.3 (1.0 to 1.5)1.7 (1.0 to 2.8)4.3 (3.4 to 5.4)0.6 (0.4 to 0.8)
 Treatment3.3 (1.5 to 7.3)1.8 (1.2 to 2.6)0.8 (0.4 to 1.6)1.2 (0.7 to 2.0)
Overall†
 Illness burden7.6 (5.4 to 10.8)8.0 (5.4 to 11.9)6.4 (5.5 to 7.5)4.2 (2.6 to 6.8)15.1 (11.4 to 20.0)
 Medical diagnosis4.5 (3.3 to 6.0)1.3 (1.1 to 1.5)3.3 (2.4 to 4.5)4.0 (3.1 to 5.2)1.1 (0.9 to 1.3)
 Treatment3.2 (1.7 to 6.0)1.3 (1.0 to 1.8)2.6 (1.1 to 6.1)0.9 (0.5 to 1.4)1.2 (0.8 to 1.6)
  • Statistically significant ORs (where the 95% CIs do not include 1 before rounding to one decimal place) are shown in bold.

  • *ORs adjusted for age group and sex.

  • †ORs adjusted for age group, sex and unique participant identifier.

  • ‡Analyses for osteoarthritis excluded those younger than 60 years, as data on osteoarthritis treatment were only collected in those aged 60 or over.25a