Table 2 Odds ratios of being examined and being in need of treatment after an examination by age group. All patients included that have been examined at least once
Random effects; number of at least once examined patients/all their visiting years | Fixed effects; number of patients examined at least two times/their pairs of examination years | Random effects; only visits with examinations/odds being in need of treatment | Fixed effects; including only patients examined at least two times/odds being in need of treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n/observations OR (95% CI) | n/observations OR (95% CI) | n/observations OR (95% CI) | n/observations OR (95% CI) | |
All age groups | 292700/1141446 | 151657/862118 | 235891/692269 | 85905/411062 |
< 18 years | 4.97(4.89–5.05) | 0.31(0.30–0.32) | ||
18–64 years | 1.09(1.08–1.12) | 1.72(1.67–1.77) | ||
65+ years | ref | ref | ||
Visiting year (per 5 years) | 0.74(0.73–0.74) | 0.60(0.59–0.60) | 0.85(0.84–0.86) | 1.52(1.77–2.09) |
Only < 18 years | 114116/498986 | 54161/345099 | 110254/395922 | 49646/263383 |
Visiting year (per 5 years) | 0.75(0.74–0.75) | 0.48(0.48–0.49) | 0.96(0.95–0.97) | 2.21(2.17–2.24) |
Only 18–64 years | 178423/549528 | 86367/411548 | 126868/256528 | 30309/108547 |
Visiting year (per 5 years) | 0.69(0.69–0.70) | 0.65(0.65–0.66) | 0.83(0.82–0.84) | 0.87(0.85–0.89) |
Only 65+ years | 32,139/92932 | 14,056/64912 | 20,281/39819 | 4532/15416 |
Visiting year (per 5 years) | 1.04(1.02–1.06) | 0.80(0.78–0.83) | 0.76(0.73–0.79) | 0.70(0.66–0.75) |