Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating selected characteristics to agreement between drug claims data and self-reported use of antihypertensive medications, household population aged 65 or older, Ontario, 2001 and 2005

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Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating selected characteristics to agreement between drug claims data and self-reported use of antihypertensive medications, household population aged 65 or older, Ontario, 2001 and 2005
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of adjusted odds ratios relating selected characteristics to agreement between drug claims data and self-reported use of antihypertensive medications. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), 2001, 2005, adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic 2001 2005
Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Age group  
66 to 74Note † 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
75 to 84 0.72Note * 0.59 0.88 0.71Note * 0.58 0.86
85 or older 0.81 0.58 1.34 0.51Note * 0.34 0.77
Sex  
MenNote † 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Women 1.03 0.84 1.26 0.94 0.78 1.15
Self-reported health  
Good/Very good/ExcellentNote † 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Poor/Fair 0.76Note * 0.62 0.93 0.70Note * 0.56 0.87
Socio-economic  
Low incomeNote ‡ 0.95 0.76 1.20 1.07 0.82 1.38
Some postsecondary educationNote § 1.12 0.90 1.38 1.06 0.88 1.30
Pseudo R2 0.89 0.95
Number 5,528 6,224
... not applicable
† reference category
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
‡ reference category is enrolment in general drug program
§ reference category is less than some postsecondary
Note: Pseudo R2 was calculated using SAS 9.2.
Source: 2001 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey; Ontario Drug Benefit Program.