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Table 3 Gender difference in factors affecting functional disability among older adults in Bangladesh

From: Gender differences in functional disability and self-care among seniors in Bangladesh

 

Male (N = 2145)

Female (N = 2031)

 

COR

p-value

LL

UL

OR

p-value

LL

UL

COR

p-value

LL

UL

OR

p-value

LL

UL

Age groups (reference: 60–64)

                

65–69

1.22

0.11

0.95

1.55

1.21

0.14

0.94

1.55

1.30

0.03

1.02

1.65

1.28

0.06

1.00

1.64

70–74

1.92

0.00

1.49

2.47

1.80

0.00

1.39

2.34

2.08

0.00

1.62

2.68

2.11

0.00

1.62

2.75

75–79

2.49

0.00

1.84

3.37

2.43

0.00

1.78

3.32

2.84

0.00

2.08

3.88

3.08

0.00

2.22

4.28

80+

4.06

0.00

3.08

5.36

3.93

0.00

2.95

5.25

3.85

0.00

2.92

5.07

4.01

0.00

2.98

5.38

Marital status (reference: others)

                

Currently Married

0.62

0.00

0.47

0.83

0.82

0.19

0.60

1.11

0.67

0.00

0.55

0.81

0.95

0.60

0.77

1.16

Education (reference: literate)

                

Illiterate

1.13

0.16

0.95

1.35

1.05

0.65

0.86

1.27

1.16

0.27

0.89

1.50

0.80

0.14

0.60

1.07

Suffering from at least one chronic condition (reference: no)

                

Yes

2.22

0.00

1.86

2.64

2.33

0.00

1.94

2.80

2.09

0.00

1.75

2.51

2.22

0.00

1.84

2.68

Wealth index (reference: poor)

                

Middle

0.74

0.00

0.61

0.90

0.88

0.24

0.72

1.09

0.82

0.04

0.68

0.99

0.81

0.04

0.66

0.99

Rich

0.68

0.00

0.54

0.86

0.91

0.50

0.69

1.20

0.62

0.00

0.49

0.79

0.58

0.00

0.43

0.77

Residence (reference: urban)

                

Rural

1.27

0.01

1.05

1.53

1.28

0.02

1.04

1.58

1.14

0.16

0.95

1.38

1.13

0.25

0.92

1.40

Division (reference: Barisal)

                

Chittagong

0.70

0.04

0.49

0.99

0.75

0.12

0.52

1.08

0.55

0.00

0.39

0.78

0.61

0.01

0.42

0.87

Dhaka

1.00

0.98

0.73

1.39

0.97

0.86

0.69

1.36

0.73

0.06

0.53

1.01

0.79

0.16

0.56

1.10

Khulna

1.20

0.32

0.84

1.72

1.28

0.20

0.88

1.86

0.64

0.02

0.45

0.93

0.67

0.04

0.46

0.98

Rajshahi

1.53

0.03

1.05

2.22

1.78

0.00

1.21

2.63

1.03

0.86

0.72

1.49

1.16

0.44

0.80

1.70

Rangpur

1.09

0.66

0.74

1.62

1.13

0.57

0.75

1.70

0.90

0.60

0.60

1.34

1.02

0.92

0.68

1.54

Sylhet

0.76

0.19

0.50

1.15

0.72

0.14

0.47

1.11

0.44

0.00

0.29

0.67

0.50

0.00

0.32

0.77

  1. Abbreviations: COR Crude odds ratio, OR Odds ratio, LL Lower limit, UL Upper limit