Table 2 Relative risks for the associations between exposure variables and incidence of inconsistent self-report of diabetes

Sex

Female

6835

2349

1.09 (1.04 – 1.15)

1.08 (1.03 – 1.13) ^a

Male

6344

1999

1

1

Age (per 10 years)

13,179

4348

1.14 (1.11 – 1.16)

1.15 (1.12 – 1.18) ^a

ISCED

Grade 3–6 (high)

6211

1885

0.86 (0.82 – 0.90)

0.96 (0.91 – 1.02) ^b

Grade 0–2 (low)

6828

2416

1

1

Partnership

Not alone

9090

2944

0.95 (0.90 – 1.00)

0.98 (0.93 – 1.03) ^c

Alone

3921

1340

1

1

Region

Northern Europe

1010

262

0.91 (0.81 – 1.01)

0.87 (0.77 – 0.97) ^d

Eastern Europe

3548

1162

1.14 (1.07 – 1.22)

1.17 (1.10 – 1.25)

Southern Europe

4431

1723

1.36 (1.28 – 1.44)

1.32 (1.24 – 1.41)

Western Europe

4190

1201

1

1

BMI (kg/m²)

 < 25

2432

949

1

1

25—< 30

5277

1781

0.86 (0.81 – 0.92)

0.88 (0.83 – 0.93) ^e

30—< 35

3333

1017

0.78 (0.73 – 0.84)

0.81 (0.75 – 0.87)

 ≥ 35

1627

417

0.66 (0.60 – 0.72)

0.70 (0.64 – 0.77)

Age at diabetes onset

 < 30 years

260

64

0.87 (0.70 – 1.07)

0.88 (0.71 – 1.08) ^f

 ≥ 30 years

8972

2552

1

1

Not reported

3947

1732

1.54 (1.47 – 1.63)

1.38 (1.31 – 1.45)

Times of visit to the doctor (per 10 visits)

13,179

4348

0.97 (0.95 – 0.99)

0.97 (0.95 – 0.99) ^g

Intake of diabetes medication

Yes

10,344

2626

0.42 (0.40 – 0.44)

0.53 (0.51 – 0.56) ^h

No

2827

1717

1

1

Subjective health

Excellent

214

80

1

1

Very good

869

300

0.92 (0.76 – 1.12)

0.93 (0.80 – 1.10) ⁱ

Good

3882

1317

0.91 (0.76 – 1.08)

0.91 (0.79 – 1.06)

Fair

5271

1715

0.87 (0.73 – 1.04)

0.89 (0.77 – 1.03)

Poor

2939

932

0.85 (0.71 – 1.02)

0.87 (0.75 – 1.01)

Report of earlier heart attack

Yes

2796

906

0.98 (0.92 – 1.04)

0.97 (0.91 – 1.03) ^j

No

10,383

3442

1

1

Report of earlier stroke

Yes

918

313

1.04 (0.94 – 1.14)

1.05 (0.96 – 1.15) ^j

No

12,261

4035

1

1