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Table 3 Results of the multinomial logistic regression analyses examining the association between physical mobility, hypertension and diabetes in a representative sample of Brazilian older adults (PNAD - 1998, 2003 and 2008)

From: Diabetes, hypertension and mobility among Brazilian older adults: findings from the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (1998, 2003 and 2008)

Disease/Mobility

1998

2003

2008

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

Hypertension

 No difficulty

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Moderate difficulty

2.15 (1.99-2.34)

1.51 (1.39-1.65)

2.07 (1.93-2.21)

1.44 (1.34-1.56)

1.89 (1.77-2.01)

1.37 (1.28-1.46)

 Great difficulty

3.89 (3.60-4.21)

2.01 (1.83-2.21)

3.45 (3.22-3.70)

1.75 (1.61-1.90)

3.28 (3.08-3.49)

1.76 (1.64-1.89)

Diabetes

 No difficulty

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Moderate difficulty

1.90 (1.63-2.21)

1.44 (1.23-1.69)

1.67 (1.50-1.88)

1.19 (1.05-1.35)

1.57 (1.43-1.72)

1.21 (1.10-1.33)

 Great difficulty

3.43 (2.97-3.97)

2.07 (1.75-2.44)

2.88 (2.59-3.20)

1.56 (1.37-1.77)

2.82 (2.58-3.08)

1.80 (1.62-2.00)

  1. OR (95 % CI): odds ratio (confidence interval at 95 %). Model 1 adjusted for time-disease interaction term. Model 2 adjusted for time-disease interaction term, sex, age, education, race, family components, income, number of diseases (except hypertension for hypertension model and except diabetes for diabetes model), number of physician visits, hospitalization