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Table 3 Prevalence and odds ratios of successful aging defined by health-related quality of life among chronic illness, problems, and frailty status

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

%

  

Hypertension

     

  Yes

474

37

7.81

1.00

 

  No

420

57

13.57

1.85

(1.2, 2.87)

Diabetes mellitus

     

  Yes

154

12

7.79

1.00

 

  No

740

81

10.95

1.45

(0.77, 2.74)

Heart disease

     

  Yes

264

13

4.92

1.00

 

  No

639

81

12.68

2.80

(1.53, 5.13)

Hyperlipidemia

     

  Yes

226

21

9.29

1.00

 

  No

662

73

11.03

1.21

(0.73, 2.02)

Gout

     

  Yes

110

7

6.36

1.00

 

  No

781

87

11.14

1.84

(0.83, 4.09)

Hyperuricemia

     

  Yes

105

4

3.81

1.00

 

  No

786

89

11.32

3.22

(1.16, 8.97)

Arthritis

     

  Yes

178

7

3.93

1.00

 

  No

691

82

11.87

3.29

(1.49, 7.25)

Stroke

     

  Yes

48

0

0.00

1.00

 

  No

837

94

11.23

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Cataract

     

  Yes

421

32

7.60

1.00

 

  No

477

62

13.00

1.82

(1.16, 2.84)

Fall history

     

  Yes

702

87

12.39

1.00

 

  No

188

7

3.72

3.65

(1.66, 8.04)

Pain problem

     

  Yes

471

19

4.03

1.00

 

  No

401

74

18.45

5.38

(3.19, 9.09)

Sleep disorder

     

  Yes

394

22

5.58

1.00

 

  No

497

71

14.29

2.82

(1.71, 4.64)

Frailty

     

  Non-frail

368

62

16.85

1.00

 

  Pre-fail

428

31

7.24

0.39

(0.24, 0.61)

  Frail

107

1

0.93

0.05

(0.01, 0.34)

  1. OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; Results in bold are significant at p<0.05.