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Table 4 Association between health anxiety score and number of diseases, and between health anxiety score and disease category, presented with exponential regression coefficients. Data from The Tromsø study: Tromsø 7 (2015-2016)

From: The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7

  

Unadjusted model

Adjusted modela

  

Exp(b)

95% CI

Exp(b)

95% CI

Number of diseases, 5 categories

None

1

 

1

 

Unadjusted model, N = 16,169

Adjusted model, N = 13,971

One disease

Two diseases

Three diseases

Four or more diseases

1.28c

1.55c

1.85c

2.11c

1.23 – 1.32

1.48 – 1.63

1.72 – 2.00

1.90 – 2.34

1.29c

1.53c

1.89c

2.09c

1.24 – 1.34

1.45 – 1.61

1.74 – 2.05

1.85 – 2.36

Disease category

 Cancer

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 7655

Previously, not now

1.24c

1.13 – 1.37

1.32c

1.18 – 1.46

  Adjusted model, N = 6761

Yes, now

2.01c

1.68 – 2.41

2.19c

1.80 – 2.69

 Cardiovascular disease

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 8047

Previously, not now

1.30c

1.19 – 1.43

1.29c

1.17 – 1.40

  Adjusted model, N = 7076

Yes, now

1.44c

1.31 – 1.59

1.50c

1.31 – 1.72

 Diabetes or kidney disease

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 7597

Previously, not now

1.18b

1.01 – 1.39

1.13

0.95 – 1.34

  Adjusted model, N = 6702

Yes, now

1.60c

1.43 – 1.78

1.60c

1.42 - 1.81

 Respiratory disease

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 8149

Previously, not now

1.17b

1.05 – 1.30

1.13b

1.01 – 1.26

  Adjusted model, N = 7208

Yes, now

1.32c

1.23 – 1.43

1.36c

1.25 – 1.48

 Rheumatism

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 8776

Previously, not now

0.93

0.78 – 1.11

1.05

0.87 – 1.27

  Adjusted model, N = 7694

Yes, now

1.30c

1.23 – 1.38

1.38c

1.29 – 1.47

 Migraine

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 8478

Previously, not now

1.17c

1.08 – 1.27

1.12b

1.03 – 1.21

  Adjusted model, N = 7551

Yes, now

1.26c

1.17 – 1.35

1.13c

1.03 – 1.23

 Cardiovascular risk factors

No

1

 

1

 

  Unadjusted model, N = 9132

Yes

1.16c

1.10 – 1.23

1.24c

1.17 – 1.31

  Adjusted model, N = 8014

     
  1. aConfounders included: age, sex, education, household income, disease in first-degree relatives, HADS score, friendship, and participation in organised activity. b Significant below 0.05 level. c Significant below 0.01 level. CI Confidence interval