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Table 4 Nested logistic regression analysis of successful aging defined by health-related quality of life

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

  

Model I

Model II

Model III

Model IV

Variable

Effect

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age (years)

71–75 vs ≤70

0.36

0.18

0.69

0.36

0.18

0.70

0.34

0.17

0.70

0.27

0.13

0.58

 

>75 vs ≤70

0.38

0.22

0.67

0.41

0.23

0.74

0.53

0.28

1.02

0.60

0.30

1.21

Gender

Women vs Men

0.64

0.39

1.08

0.79

0.46

1.36

0.88

0.50

1.56

1.08

0.58

2.00

Education

≤6 years vs Illiterate

1.49

0.41

5.41

1.07

0.28

4.03

0.99

0.26

3.88

1.03

0.25

4.27

 

7–12 years vs Illiterate

2.87

0.84

9.79

1.91

0.54

6.75

1.93

0.53

7.03

1.61

0.42

6.22

 

≥ 13 years vs Illiterate

2.86

0.81

10.11

2.18

0.60

7.99

2.18

0.58

8.28

1.87

0.46

7.63

Money use

Just enough vs Enough

0.76

0.45

1.27

0.85

0.50

1.45

0.90

0.51

1.60

1.04

0.56

1.93

 

Not enough vs Enough

0.35

0.12

0.97

0.40

0.14

1.14

0.39

0.13

1.16

0.54

0.17

1.75

You see relatives/friends when you want

Yes vs No

3.08

0.93

10.22

2.77

0.82

9.36

3.45

1.00

11.89

3.86

1.09

13.61

Visual capacity

General vs Bad/Blind

   

2.32

1.04

5.18

2.07

0.90

4.73

1.36

0.57

3.27

 

Good vs Bad/Blind

   

2.15

1.01

4.60

2.06

0.94

4.54

1.67

0.74

3.79

Hearing capacity

General vs Bad/Deaf

   

2.00

0.84

4.73

1.57

0.64

3.81

1.78

0.70

4.54

 

Good vs Bad/Deaf

   

0.66

0.25

1.77

0.53

0.19

1.46

0.48

0.17

1.36

Regular exercise

Yes vs No

   

2.71

1.25

5.87

2.73

1.24

6.02

1.53

0.61

3.79

Hypertension

No vs Yes

      

1.42

0.84

2.42

1.38

0.78

2.42

Heart disease

No vs Yes

      

2.07

1.01

4.26

2.06

0.96

4.42

Hyperuricemia

No vs Yes

      

3.16

0.92

10.87

3.19

0.89

11.49

Arthritis

No vs Yes

      

2.47

1.06

5.80

1.82

0.74

4.45

Cataract

No vs Yes

      

1.05

0.59

1.86

1.07

0.59

1.97

Fall history

No vs Yes

      

4.08

1.55

10.72

4.95

1.79

13.74

Pain problem

No vs Yes

         

4.04

2.18

7.50

Sleep disorder

No vs Yes

         

2.36

1.30

4.27

Frailty

Pre-fail vs Non-frail

         

0.45

0.24

0.84

 

Frail vs Non-frail

         

0.14

0.02

1.13

Adjusted McFadden’s R2

 

9.1%

  

16.0%

  

23.4%

  

32.3%

  

Likelihood ratio test†

 

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p < 0.001

  

p < 0.001

  

p < 0.001

  
  1. OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; Results in bold are significant at p<0.05.
  2. †: The current model compared with prior model.