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Table 5 Relation of disabilities to social factors and illness (Functional capacities 1-6): multivariate logistic regression (N = 17436)

From: Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh

 

Sex

Disability

 

Q1 seeing

Q2 hearing

Q3 getting up

Q4 standing

Q5 walking

Q6 go outside

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Sociodemographic

             

  Age from census (continuous variable)

men

1.04

1.03-1.05

1.04

1.02-1.05

1.06

1.04-1.07

1.06

1.05-1.08

1.05

1.03-1.07

1.05

1.04-1.63

 

women

1.03

1.02-1.04

1.04

1.03-1.73

1.04

1.03-1.06

1.05

1.03-1.06

1.04

1.02-1.06

1.04

1.03-1.06

  No living spouse

men

1.37

1.14-1.64

1.28

1.02-1.61

1.21

0.91-1.60

1.21

0.93-1.57

1.21

0.90-1.62

1.51

1.24-1.85

 

women

1.42

1.23-1.65

1.45

1.21-1.73

1.51

1.24-1.85

1.61

1.32-1.98

1.48

1.21-1.82

1.68

1.41-2.00

  Very poor/destitute*

men

1.20

0.65-2.22

1.84

0.82-4.11

0.37

0.09-1.54

0.64

0.21-1.95

0.39

0.09-1.65

0.42

0.16-1.93

 

women

1.34

0.83-2.18

1.00

0.50-2.00

1.29

0.58-2.85

1.17

0.54-2.52

1.02

0.43-2.42

0.81

0.46-1.43

  Illiterate

men

1.34

1.11-1.62

1.31

1.01-1.72

1.10

0.80-1.49

1.31

0.85-1.53

1.18

0.85-1.63

1.23

0.99-1.54

 

women

1.70

1.20-2.40

1.42

0.89-2.29

0.97

0.60-1.57

1.45

0.86-2.48

1.27

0.74-2.16

1.75

1.18-2.61

  No job at census

men

1.33

1.10-1.61

1.62

1.24-2.10

1.29

0.94-1.77

1.31

0.97-1.77

1.46

1.06-2.01

1.35

1.08-1.70

 

women

1.29

0.74-2.22

0.83

0.42-1.64

1.38

0.52-3.32

1.45

0.57-3.65

1.13

0.45-2.55

1.61

0.80-3.22

  Smoker at census

men

0.88

0.75-1.03

1.00

0.80-1.25

0.84

0.64-1.10

0.95

0.73-1.23

0.86

0.65-1.14

1.03

0.85-1.25

 

women

0.50

0.23-1.09

0.49

0.15-1.56

0.61

0.18-2.07

0.57

0.17-1.96

0.67

0.20-2.31

0.70

0.31-1.57

Disease/condition

             

  Pain in joints

men

1.13

0.93-1.37

1.17

0.89-1.55

1.00

0.73-1.37

1.06

0.79-1.44

1.21

0.87-1.70

1.20

0.95-1.51

 

women

1.30

1.04-1.63

1.02

0.75-1.38

1.05

0.75-1.47

0.84

0.61-1.15

0.81

0.58-1.13

1.26

0.99-1.61

  Chest pain

men

1.25

1.05-1.47

1.46

1.15-1.85

1.00

0.75-1.33

0.86

0.65-1.13

0.88

0.66-1.19

0.97

0.90-1.19

 

women

1.28

1.08-1.51

1.31

1.03-1.66

0.64

0.48-0.85

0.68

0.52-0.89

0.73

0.54-0.97

0.85

0.71-1.03

  Breathing problem

men

1.48

1.24-1.77

1.31

1.02-1.68

1.50

1.12-2.01

1.73

1.32-2.28

1.46

1.08-1.97

1.45

1.18-1.79

 

women

1.30

1.06-1.58

1.15

0.87-1.51

1.32

0.96-1.81

1.29

0.95-1.75

1.26

0.91-1.74

1.23

0.98-1.53

  Incontinence

men

1.52

1.28-1.81

1.69

1.32-2.15

1.61

1.21-2.15

1.58

1.20-2.08

1.58

1.17-2.12

1.87

1.52-2.29

 

women

1.41

1.19-1.67

1.54

1.21-1.95

1.81

1.37-2.39

2.06

1.58-2.69

1.83

1.38-2.44

1.80

1.49-2.18

  Depression

men

1.56

1.30-1.88

1.32

1.02-1.72

1.60

1.18-2.16

1.46

1.09-1.95

1.69

1.24-2.29

1.63

1.31-2.01

 

women

1.53

1.28-1.83

1.26

0.98-1.62

1.38

1.03-1.85

1.42

1.08-1.87

1.29

0.96-1.74

1.48

1.21-1.80

  Paralysis

men

1.09

0.78-1.53

1.33

0.87-2.04

9.06

6.61-12.41

8.53

6.28-11.58

10.20

7.42-14.02

4.90

3.75-6.41

 

women

1.79

1.33-2.41

0.98

0.62-1.54

13.68

10.10-18.53

11.56

8.56-15.60

13.67

10.04-18.61

6.10

4.68-7.95

  Itching

men

0.99

0.83-1.19

0.87

0.67-1.14

0.77

0.56-1.06

0.75

0.55-1.01

0.71

0.51-0.99

0.91

0.73-1.13

 

women

0.91

0.75-1.10

1.33

1.04-1.70

0.78

0.57-1.07

0.92

0.68-1.24

0.88

0.64-1.22

0.96

0.78-1.19

  Other

men

1.57

1.34-1.84

1.37

1.09-1.72

1.38

1.05-1.82

1.44

1.11-1.86

1.46

1.11-1.94

1.42

1.17-1.72

 

women

1.62

1.38-1.90

1.52

1.22-1.89

1.53

1.18-1.98

1.59

1.24-2.04

1.50

1.15-1.96

1.51

1.26-1.80

  Shaking at rest

men

1.97

1.53-2.53

2.59

1.90-3.55

3.92

2.84-5.41

3.89

2.85-5.30

4.4

3.21-6.14

2.89

2.23-3.74

 

women

2.58

2.05-3.25

3.17

2.36-4.25

3.14

2.26-4.35

3.57

2.62-4.86

3.51

2.53-4.88

2.53

1.97-3.25

  1. · Relative to wealthier.