Health-related biological and non-biological consequences of forgoing healthcare for economic reasons.

We found that forgoing healthcare at baseline was associated with a significant increase in blood glucose at follow-up (β M1 = 0.17, 95%CI[0.01;0.32], P = .033), as well as a decrease in HDL cholesterol and an increase in maximum average blood pressure, but these associations failed to reach statistical significance (HDL cholesterol: β M1 = -0.06, 95%CI[-0.13;0.00], P = .066; Maximum BP difference: β M1 = 3.30, 95%CI[-0.01;6.61], P = .051).

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