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The participants were classified by T2DM status and SES indicators (income, education, and economic activity). Multivariable logistic regression estimated adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for influenza vaccination, adjusting for demographic characteristics, health behaviors, health status measures, and healthcare access factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 5,525 adults aged \u226565 years in the 2019\u20132022 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the weighted influenza vaccination rate was 77.6% overall (78.2% pre\u2013COVID-19; 77.1% during COVID-19). Compared with high-income adults without diabetes, low-income adults with T2DM had lower odds of vaccination (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.75; 95% CI, 0.57\u20130.99), and low-income adults without T2DM showed a similar trend (aOR = 0.82; 95% CI, 0.65\u20131.03). By education, low-education adults with T2DM had lower vaccination likelihood (aOR = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.61\u20131.15) compared with college-educated adults without T2DM. Economic activity was not significantly associated with vaccination (aOR = 0.91; 95% CI, 0.70\u20131.18). Findings were consistent across pre\u2013COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      for interaction\u2009=\u20090.24).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Socioeconomic disadvantage and T2DM may jointly contributed to lower influenza-vaccination uptake among Korean adults aged 65 years and older.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0341831","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,2]],"date-time":"2026-02-02T18:46:33Z","timestamp":1770057993000},"page":"e0341831","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Combined association of socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes with influenza vaccination in older adults: A 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