Table 3 Generalized linear models with logit link function
Dependent variable | Physician visits among hypertensive patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
The past two consecutive years | All | ||
Variables | Yes | No | |
Diabetes | −0.0934 (0.122) | 0.541*** (0.0422) | 0.503*** (0.0419) |
Lipidemia | 0.0524 (0.111) | −0.426*** (0.0317) | −0.408*** (0.0325) |
Felt worse symptoms of high blood pressure than its onset during the past year | −0.0230 (0.505) | 0.253 (0.192) | −0.248 (0.198) |
Physician visits during the past year | Â | Â | 2.786*** (0.0541) |
Physician visits during the past two consecutive years | Â | Â | 0.916*** (0.104) |
Physician visits during the past three consecutive years | 0.539*** (0.111) | Â | 0.490*** (0.107) |
Age | 0.0219** (0.0112) | 0.0203*** (0.00282) | 0.0465*** (0.00298) |
Gender (male = 1) | −0.201* (0.107) | −0.435*** (0.0315) | −0.385*** (0.0320) |
Never married | −0.217 (0.182) | −0.0915* (0.0523) | 0.112** (0.0533) |
Divorced or widowed | −2.881*** (1.060) |  | 0.688 (1.121) |
Living together with family members excluding spouse | 0.0796 (0.0974) | 0.0636** (0.0285) | 0.0524* (0.0289) |
Drinking habit (lagged) | −0.153 (0.112) | 0.00519 (0.0339) | 0.00450 (0.0343) |
No habitual exercise (lagged) | -−0.115 (0.101) | 0.111*** (0.0293) | 0.103*** (0.0299) |
Smoking habit (lagged) | −0.161 (0.125) | −0.228*** (0.0340) | −0.216*** (0.0351) |
Junior high school | −0.0895 (0.132) | 0.342*** (0.0401) | 0.314*** (0.0405) |
Vocational school or junior college | −0.218 (0.139) | 0.0606 (0.0428) | 0.0596 (0.0434) |
University or graduate school | 0.0371 (0.140) | −0.0295 (0.0380) | −0.0172 (0.0391) |
Constant term | 3.427*** (0.718) | 0.441** (0.183) | −1.840*** (0.194) |
N | 67,210 | 36,145 | 103,361 |