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Table 2 Prevalence and odds ratio of successful aging defined by health-related quality of life among socio-demographic factors, visual and hearing capacity, and health-related practices

From: Successful aging defined by health-related quality of life and its determinants in community-dwelling elders

Variable

Total n

Successful aging

OR

95% CI

  

n

%

  

Total

903

94

10.4

-

-

Socio-demographic factors

     

Age (years)

     

  ≤70

339

54

15.93

1.00

 

  71–75

226

14

6.19

0.35

(0.19, 0.64)

  >75

338

26

7.69

0.44

(0.27, 0.72)

Gender

     

  Men

477

61

12.79

1.00

 

  Women

426

33

7.75

0.57

(0.37, 0.89)

Education

     

  Illiterate

103

3

2.91

1.00

 

  ≤6 years

229

16

6.99

2.50

(0.71, 8.79)

  7–12 years

308

42

13.64

5.26

(1.60, 17.36)

  ≥ 13 years

240

33

13.75

5.31

(1.59, 17.75)

Marital status

     

  Current

644

74

11.49

1.00

 

  Others

256

20

7.81

0.65

(0.39, 1.09)

Money use

     

  Enough

210

32

15.24

1.00

 

  Just enough

578

57

9.86

0.61

(0.38, 0.97)

  Not enough

111

5

4.50

0.26

(0.10, 0.69)

Visual and hearing capacity

     

Visual capacity

     

  Bad/blind

245

10

4.08

1.00

 

  General

410

42

10.24

2.68

(1.32, 5.45)

  Good

245

42

17.14

4.86

(2.38, 9.94)

Hearing capacity

     

  Bad/deaf

152

9

5.92

1.00

 

  General

308

17

5.52

0.93

(0.40, 2.13)

  Good

443

68

15.35

2.88

(1.40, 5.93)

Health-related practices

     

Regular exercise

     

  No

217

11

5.07

1.00

 

  Yes

683

83

12.15

2.59

(1.35, 4.96)

Smoking

     

  No

711

74

10.41

1.00

 

  Current

82

12

14.63

1.48

(0.76, 2.85)

  Former

110

8

7.27

0.68

(0.32, 1.44)

Drinking

     

  No

727

70

9.63

1.00

 

  Current

121

17

14.05

1.53

(0.87, 2.71)

  Former

55

7

12.73

1.37

(0.60, 3.14)

Psychosocial support

     

Someone is listening when you talk

     

  No

59

3

5.08

1.00

 

  Yes

842

91

10.81

2.26

(0.69, 7.37)

You see relatives/friends when you want

     

  No

114

3

2.63

1.00

 

  Yes

786

90

11.45

4.78

(1.49, 15.38)

  1. Results in bold are significant at p<0.05.