Table 4 Associations of Chronic Conditions and Age with Functional Decline in Participants Without Initial Functional Limitation (n = 1067)

Male

age*

2.5

(1.4–4.5)

P < 0.01

5.3

(2.1–13.2)

P < 0.01

chronic arthritis

1.9

(0.6–6.2)

1.6

(0.3–8.6)

osteoporosis†

4.4

(0.5–36.2)

n.a

bone fracture

2.6

(0.8–8.1)

1.7

(0.2–14.8)

CVA§

5.6

(1.7–19.1)

P < 0.01

20.3

(5.2–78.6)

P < 0.01

diabetes

1.2

(0.4–3.1)

2.5

(0.6–10.1)

chronic lung disease

2.2

(0.9–5.6)

2.9

(0.7–12.0)

eye disease

1.0

(0.4–2.4)

1.0

(0.3–3.6)

malignancy†

5.4

(1.6–18.3)

P < 0.01

n.a

Female

age*

4.9

(3.4–7.1)

P < 0.01

9.0

(4.4–18.2)

P < 0.01

chronic arthritis

2.8

(1.5–5.2)

P < 0.01

5.4

(1.9–15.8)

P < 0.01

osteoporosis

1.4

(0.6–3.2)

2.6

(0.7–9.9)

bone fracture

1.3

(0.6–3.1)

1.1

(0.3–4.9)

CVA§

3.4

(0.6–19.8)

22.3

(2.5–198.5)

P < 0.01

diabetes

2.6

(1.2–5.9)

P < 0.05

1.5

(0.2–13.2)

chronic lung disease

0.3

(0.1–1.1)

1.5

(0.3–8.0)

eye disease

1.1

(0.6–1.8)

0.8

(0.3–2.3)

malignancy†

0.8

(0.3–2.3)

n.a