Health literacy and ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life among rural women: results from a Chinese poor minority area

Table 5 Adjusted ¹ prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% CI for EQ-5D impairments, by ethnicity and HL categories

Model	Ethnicity subsamples		HL subsamples		P ²
	Han	Hui	High HL	Low HL
	Low HL (ref. High HL)	Low HL (ref. High HL)	Hui (ref. Han)	Hui (ref. Han)
EQ-5D	PRs (95% CI)	PRs (95% CI)	PRs (95% CI)	PRs (95% CI)
Mobility	1.54 (0.65–3.63)	1.77 (0.79–3.99)	0.59 (0.25–1.39)	1.10 (0.65–1.87)	0.709
Self-care	0.79 (0.26–2.36)	0.80 (0.33–1.91)	1.03 (0.43–2.46)	1.11 (0.51–2.42)	0.870
Usual activities	0.76 (0.44–1.32)	1.19 (0.66–2.12)	0.81 (0.50–1.30)	0.89 (0.56–1.40)	0.526
Pain/discomfort	0.99 (0.76–1.30)	1.30 (1.06–1.58)	0.88 (0.71–1.08)	1.24 (1.01–1.52)	0.099
Anxiety/depression	0.86 (0.57–1.30)	1.17 (0.86–1.58)	0.98 (0.73–1.32)	1.44 (1.05–1.98)	0.046

1: Log-binomial regression models, adjusting for age, income, education, geographical location and the presence of chronic diseases.
2: P for interaction by wald χ2 test between ethnicity and HL.

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