Prevalence, associated risk factors; and patient and economic impact of multiple sensory impairment in a multi-ethnic elderly population in Singapore: the PIONEER study

Table 6 Associations between any multiple sensory impairments and healthcare cost

Exposure	OR (95% CI)^a	P-value^b	exp(β) (95% CI)^a	P-value^b
None	Reference		Reference
Any MSI	0.71 (0.37, 1.35)	0.30	4.67 (2.21, 9.85)	< 0.001

OR was from logistic regression models and exp(β) was from gamma generalised linear models with a log-link function as part of two-parts model. Robust standard errors were used for all models
Abbreviations: MSI multiple sensory impairments, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aAdjusted for age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, living alone, smoking status, alcohol frequency, body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, and polypharmacy
^bP-values were calculated from Wald test

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