Eric Emerson|Chris Hatton|Susannah Baines|Janet Robertson
The physical health of British adults with intellectual disability: cross sectional study
Lancaster University|Lancaster University|Lancaster University|Lancaster University
adults intellectual disability poorer health nondisabled peers however little known health hidden majority adults primarily mild intellectual disability use intellectual disability services aims present study estimate physical health status populationbased sample british adults without mild intellectual disability controlling potentially confounding effects resulting betweengroup differences gender age socioeconomic disadvantage neighborhood social capitalsecondary analysis data understanding society new longitudinal study focusing life experiences uk citizens identified 299 participants aged 1649 12 unweighted agerestricted sample intellectual disability 22927 intellectual disability multivariate logistic regression used investigate group differences adjusting potential confounding personal characteristics eg genderunadjusted comparisons indicated british adults intellectual disability markedly poorer health nondisabled peers majority indicators investigated including selfrated health multiple morbidity arthritis cancer diabetes obesity measured grip strength measured lung function polypharmacy adjusting betweengroup differences age gender marginal impact estimates adjusting betweengroup differences socioeconomic disadvantage neighborhood quality marked impact estimates number statistically significant differences reducing 13 8 statistically significant attenuation odds three indicators selfrated health sf12 physical component multiple morbiditythe hidden majority adults primarily mild intellectual disability use intellectual disability services significantly poorer health nondisabled peers may part reflect increased risk exposure well established social determinants poorer health