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Table 5 Active engagement with community life among women and men aged 60 years and over in seven cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

From: Sex and the city: Differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Not adjusted for depression

Adjusted for depression*

Condition

OR†

95% CI

p-value

OR†

95% CI

p-value

Women

      

Any disease‡

0.79

0.67–0.94

0.01

0.86

0.72–1.02

0.08

Co-morbidity

0.85

0.73–0.97

0.02

0.91

0.78–1.05

0.21

ADL§

0.52

0.44–0.61

<0.001

0.58

0.49–0.69

<0.001

Men

      

Any disease‡

0.70

0.56–0.87

0.001

0.78

0.62–0.99

0.04

Co-morbidity‡

0.69

0.58–0.83

<0.001

0.78

0.65–0.94

0.01

ADL§

0.40

0.30–0.53

<0.001

0.50

0.38–0.67

<0.001

All

      

Any disease‡

0.74

0.65–0.86

<0.001

0.82

0.71–0.94

0.01

Co-morbidity‡

0.79

0.71–0.87

<0.001

0.86

0.77–0.96

0.01

ADL§

0.48

0.41–0.56

<0.001

0.55

0.47–0.65

<0.001

  1. *Models additionally adjusted for depression as a continuous variable, using the 15-point Geriatric Depression Scale. Note that depression alone (pre-adjusted for age, sex, and city) statistically significantly reduces active engagement: OR = 0.92 (95% CI 0.90–0.93); p < 0.001. For definition of active engagement see text (or footnote to Table 4).
  2. †Models adjusted for age in the five age-groups (60–64, 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, 80+ years), by sex, and by city.
  3. ‡ "Any disease" defined as presence of at least one of seven diseases or conditions (heart problems, cancer, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, chronic lung disease; for prevalence of each individual disease see Appendix). "Co-morbidity" defined as at least two of the seven diseases/conditions.
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