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Table 3 Binary logistic regression of sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and lifestyle behavior of older persons (N = 1460)

From: Influence of healthy lifestyle behaviors on life satisfaction in the aging population of Thailand: a national population-based survey

Variables

Unadjusted OR

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

P-value

(95% CI)

P-value

Sex (Reference group = Male)

Female

1.004 (0.789–1.276)

0.997

1.512 (1.034–2.212)

0.033

Age (years) (Reference group = 60–69)

70–79

1.815 (1.368–2.408)

0.000

2.082 (1.543–2.808)

0.000

80 or over

1.536 (0.913–2.583)

0.106

1.886 (1.088–3.268)

0.024

Marital status (Reference group = Single)

Married

2.287 (1.336–3.916)

0.003

2.554 (1.414–4.613)

0.002

Widowed/divorced/separated

2.189 (1.241–3.858)

0.007

2.152 (1.165–3.976)

0.014

Education attainment (Reference group = No formal education)

Primary school

1.519 (0.883–2.616)

0.131

1.846 (1.043–3.264)

0.035

Secondary/high school

1.411 (0.753–2.643)

0.282

1.485 (0.759–2.905)

0.248

Bachelor’s or higher

3.062 (1.193–7.860)

0.020

3.918 (1.457–10.533)

0.007

Place of residence (Reference group = Rural)

Urban

1.176 (0.921–1.503)

0.194

1.165 (0.900–1.509)

0.246

Denture-wearing (Reference group = No)

Yes

1.264 (0.952–1.679)

0.105

1.237 (0.920–1.662)

0.159

Smoking (Reference group = Current smoker)

Ex-smoker

1.045 (0.698–1.563)

0.832

1.020 (0.665–1.565)

0.927

Never-smoker

0.928 (0.657–1.311)

0.672

0.745 (0.470–1.183)

0.212

Alcohol drinking (Reference group = Current drinker)

Ex-drinker

0.934 (0.662–1.316)

0.695

0.930 (0.647–1.337)

0.695

Never-drinker

0.954 (0.695–1.311)

0.772

0.949 (0.652–1.382)

0.786

Exercise (Reference group = No)

Yes

1.648 (1.290–2.105)

0.000

1.662 (1.284–2.151)***

0.000

FV intake (Reference group = Less than 400 g)

400 g or above

1.358 (1.042–1.770)

0.023

1.309 (0.994–1.723)

0.056

Chronic Disease (Reference group= > 2 diseases)

2 diseases

1.709 (1.082–2.702)

0.022

1.546 (0.956–2.500)

0.075

1 disease

2.015 (1.304–3.115)

0.002

1.933 (1.219–3.065)

0.005

No

2.114 (1.356–3.294)

0.001

2.269 (1.411–3.650)

0.001

  1. Cox and Snell R2 (for adjusted model) = 0.053, and for each independent variable (for unadjusted model): sex = 0.000, age = 0.013, marital status = 0.006, education attainment = 0.004, place of residence = 0.001, denture-wearing = 0.002, smoking = 0.000, alcohol drinking = 0.000, exercise = 0.011, FV intake = 0.004, and chronic disease = 0.008
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