Significant variables from full logistic regression models
| Dependent variable | Explanatory variable | Response | OR | p Value | ||
| Presence of one or more chronic condition(s) | Time of year | Dec–Feb | 1.00 | — | ||
| March–May | 1.50 (0.97, 2.31) | 0.068 | ||||
| June–Aug | 2.12 (1.08, 4.13) | 0.028 | ||||
| Sept–Nov | 2.20 (0.40, 12.13) | 0.360 | ||||
| Anyone over 16 in full/ part time employment | Yes | 1.00 | — | |||
| No | 2.00 (1.20, 3.34) | 0.008 | ||||
| Tenure | Owner occupier | 1.00 | — | |||
| Renter | 1.87 (1.13, 3.10) | 0.015 | ||||
| Presence of one or more limiting condition(s) | Anyone over 16 in full/ part time employment | Yes | 1.00 | — | ||
| No | 2.54 (1.64, 3.94) | <0.001 | ||||
| Tenure | Owner occupier | 1.00 | — | |||
| Renter | 1.78 (1.14, 2.78) | 0.011 | ||||
| Type of dwelling1-150 | House | 1.00 | — | |||
| Four in a block | 1.86 (1.03, 3.38) | 0.041 | ||||
| Flat | 1.48 (0.70, 3.12) | 0.305 | ||||
| House cold in winter | Never | 1.00 | — | |||
| Occasionally | 1.04 (0.57, 1.87) | 0.890 | ||||
| Often | 1.14 (0.49, 2.65) | 0.762 | ||||
| Most of the time | 3.48 (1.33, 9.06) | 0.011 | ||||
| Self assessed health classed as ‘fair’ or ‘poor’ compared to ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ | Social class | I & II | 1.00 | — | ||
| IIINM & IIIM | 1.89 (1.14, 3.13) | 0.014 | ||||
| IV & V | 1.85 (0.99, 3.46) | 0.052 | ||||
| Car owner in household | Yes | 1.00 | — | |||
| No | 1.56 (1.00, 2.43) | 0.047 | ||||
| Anyone over 16 in full/ part time employment | Yes | 1.00 | — | |||
| No | 1.80 (1.14, 2.83) | 0.011 | ||||
| Tenure | Owner occupier | 1.00 | — | |||
| Renter | 1.78 (1.13, 2.80) | 0.013 | ||||
| Winter bedroom heating type | Central | 1.00 | — | |||
| Gas fire | 0.67 (0.26, 1.72) | 0.412 | ||||
| Electric fire | 1.08 (0.54, 2.20) | 0.819 | ||||
| Solid | 0.37 (0.03, 5.08) | 0.455 | ||||
| Portable gas | 0.18 (0.05, 0.66) | 0.009 | ||||
| Don't heat | 0.70 (0.39, 1.25) | 0.233 | ||||
| House cold in winter | Never | 1.00 | — | |||
| Occasionally | 0.84 (0.46, 1.53) | 0.567 | ||||
| Often | 1.64 (0.70, 3.86) | 0.255 | ||||
| Most of the time | 4.80 (1.86, 12.39) | 0.001 | ||||
↵1-150 “House” indicates detached, semi-detached or terraced, “four in a block” indicates four flats in a block each flat having a separate entrance, “flat” indicates any other type of flat.