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

BMC Geriatrics

Table 6 Factors affecting self-care among older adults in Bangladesh (N = 4176)

	COR	p-value	LL	UL	OR	p-value	LL	UL
Age groups (reference: 60–64)
65–69	2.03	0.00	1.29	3.20	2.04	0.00	1.29	3.24
70–74	2.60	0.00	1.65	4.10	2.48	0.00	1.56	3.95
75–79	4.28	0.00	2.67	6.87	4.32	0.00	2.66	7.02
80+	10.05	0.00	6.75	14.96	9.55	0.00	6.30	14.47
Sex (reference: male)
Female	1.88	0.00	1.45	2.42	1.68	0.00	1.18	2.40
Marital status (reference: others)
Currently Married	0.45	0.00	0.35	0.57	0.88	0.46	0.62	1.24
Education (reference: literate)
Illiterate	1.69	0.00	1.23	2.31	1.18	0.36	0.83	1.69
Suffering from at least one chronic condition (reference: no)
Yes	2.03	0.00	1.58	2.59	2.13	0.00	1.64	2.75
Wealth index (reference: poor)
Middle	0.97	0.82	0.73	1.28	1.09	0.56	0.81	1.47
Rich	1.15	0.40	0.83	1.59	1.52	0.03	1.05	2.21
Residence (reference: urban)
Rural	1.85	0.00	1.37	2.51	2.10	0.00	1.50	2.93
Division (reference: Barisal)
Chittagong	0.93	0.73	0.61	1.42	1.00	0.99	0.64	1.56
Dhaka	0.65	0.05	0.43	0.99	0.68	0.09	0.44	1.06
Khulna	0.48	0.01	0.29	0.82	0.55	0.03	0.32	0.95
Rajshahi	0.76	0.29	0.47	1.25	0.84	0.49	0.50	1.40
Rangpur	0.51	0.03	0.29	0.92	0.62	0.12	0.34	1.14
Sylhet	0.78	0.36	0.46	1.33	0.78	0.38	0.44	1.36

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

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