“In the mood for ageing”: determinants of subjective well-being in older men and women of the population-based KORA-Age study

Table 2 Association of socio-demographic variables, lifestyle factors, somatic variables and psychological variables with low subjective well-being for men (N = 1780)

Covariates	Model 1, OR (95% CI)	Model 2, OR (95% CI)	Model 3, OR (95% CI)	Model 4, OR (95% CI)
Age	1.03 (1.01-1.05)*	1.03 (1.01-1.05)*	1.02 (1.00 -1.04)	1.02 (1.00-1.04)
Low education	1.11 (0.85-1.44)	1.08 (0.83-1.41)	1.08 (0.83-1.41)	1.01 (0.76-1.34)
Low income	1.75 (1.34-2.29)**	1.71 (1.31-2.23)**	1.70 (1.30-2.22)*	1.65 (1.25-2.19)*
Living alone	1.31 (0.96-1.80)	1.26 (0.92-1.74)	1.28 (0.93-1.77)	1.19 (0.85-1.68)
Physical inactivity	-	1.40 (1.09-1.80)*	1.38 (1.07- 1.78)*	1.35 (1.03-1.76)*
Multi-morbidity	-	-	2.81 (1.72-4.58)**	2.66 (1.59-4.43)*
Anxiety-yes	-	-	-	8.45 (5.14-13.87)**
Depression-yes	-	-	-	4.19 (1.33-13.17)*
Sleeping problems	-	-	-	1.70 (1.31-2.21)**

Model 1 adjusted for socio-demographic variables (age, education, income and family status-living alone). Model 2 adjusted for socio-demographic variables and lifestyle factors (physical inactivity). Model 3 controlled for socio-demographic variables, lifestyle factors and somatic variables (multi-morbidity). Model 4 (full model) adjusted for socio-demographic variables, lifestyle factors, somatic variables and psychological variables (depression, anxiety and sleeping problems)
* p < 0.05, **p < 0.0001

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