Table 5

Sensitivity analysis of association between number of chronic health conditions and patient-reported diagnostic errors (N=1474)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)P value
Number of chronic health conditions1.24 (1.06 to 1.45)0.008
Gender
 MaleReference
 Female1.08 (0.61 to 1.94)0.783
Age (years)
 20–39Reference
 40–591.13 (0.36 to 3.57)0.837
 60–790.42 (0.13 to 1.33)0.143
 ≥800.47 (0.13 to 1.77)0.266
Education
 Less than high schoolReference
 High school1.12 (0.49 to 2.56)0.790
 Junior college1.51 (0.57 to 4.04)0.409
 More than or equal to college2.11 (0.83 to 5.34)0.116
Annual household income (million yen)
 <3.00 (=US$27 000)Reference
 3.00–4.990.58 (0.28 to 1.20)0.145
 5.00–6.990.76 (0.31 to 1.90)0.561
 7.00–9.990.42 (0.11 to 1.53)0.188
 ≥10.000.90 (0.23 to 3.48)0.882