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Table 3 Incidence rate of basic activities of daily living disability onset during the follow-up period

From: Cohort study on living arrangements of older men and women and risk for basic activities of daily living disability: findings from the AGES project

Variables

Categories

Men

Women

Incidence/person-year

Incidence rate per 1000

p a

Incidence/person-year

Incidence rate per 1000

p a

Total

―

1108/51734

21.4

―

1248/55850

22.3

―

Living arrangement

Living with spouse

871/44890

19.4

p < .001

473/31543

15.0

p < .001

Living with non-spousal cohabitants

171/4806

35.6

 

541/15897

34.0

 

Living alone

66/2039

32.4

 

234/8410

27.8

 

Age

65–69

184/21906

8.4

p < .001

148/21341

6.9

p < .001

70–74

309/16272

19.0

 

244/16573

14.7

 

75–79

322/9216

34.9

 

357/11301

31.6

 

80–84

199/3384

58.8

 

307/4955

62.0

 

85 and over

94/955

98.4

 

192/1680

114.3

 

Years of education

<10

656/27872

23.5

p < .001

837/34714

24.1

p < .001

≥10

441/23498

18.8

 

387/20572

18.8

 

Missing

11/364

30.2

 

24/565

42.5

 

Equivalent income

Low

376/17,492

21.5

p < .001

407/18,495

22.0

p < .001

Middle

473/23995

19.7

 

310/18910

16.4

 

High

113/5910

19.1

 

119/5051

23.6

 

Missing

146/4336

33.7

 

412/13393

30.8

 

Self-rated health

Excellent/good

704/39459

17.8

p < .001

749/41359

18.1

p < .001

Fair/poor

387/11844

32.7

 

469/13540

34.6

 

Missing

17/431

39.4

 

30/951

31.6

 

Presence of illness

No

131/10138

12.9

p < .001

120/9535

12.6

p < .001

Yes

941/39942

23.6

 

1060/43543

24.3

 

Missing

36/1655

21.8

 

68/2771

24.5

 

Geriatric Depression Scale

No depression

619/34677

17.9

p < .001

583/32958

17.7

p < .001

Depressive tendency

250/9493

26.3

 

289/10422

27.7

 

Depression

89/2548

34.9

 

101/2941

34.3

 

Missing

150/5016

29.9

 

275/9529

28.9

 

Instrumental activities of daily living

Without difficulty

724/39518

18.3

p < .001

778/47101

16.5

p < .001

With difficulty

324/10675

30.4

 

408/6996

58.3

 

Missing

60/1541

38.9

 

62/1753

35.4

 

Subjective cognitive complaints

No

850/44512

19.1

p < .001

893/46860

19.1

p < .001

Yes

226/6428

35.2

 

307/7807

39.3

 

Missing

32/794

40.3

 

48/1183

40.6

 

Body mass index

<18.5

122/2938

41.5

p < .001

151/3920

38.5

p < .001

18.5–24.9

767/37038

20.7

 

732/36996

19.8

 

≥25

177/10653

16.6

 

240/12722

18.9

 

Missing

42/1105

38.0

 

125/2212

56.5

 

Alcohol consumption

No

512/20451

25.0

p < .001

1105/47731

23.2

p < .001

Yes

577/30608

18.9

 

97/7109

13.6

 

Missing

19/675

28.1

 

46/1010

45.5

 

Smoking habit

None

299/13849

21.6

p = .887

1083/50509

21.4

p < .001

Past/current

774/36350

21.3

 

82/3186

25.7

 

Missing

35/1535

22.8

 

83/2155

38.5

 

Daily walking time

≥30 min

632/32851

19.2

p < .001

637/30997

20.6

p < .001

<30 min

411/15574

26.4

 

451/17498

25.8

 

Missing

65/3309

19.6

 

160/7355

21.8

 

Emotional support received

Yes

851/43165

19.7

p < .001

1085/50517

21.5

p < .001

No

183/6589

27.8

 

92/3151

29.2

 

Missing

74/1980

37.4

 

71/2182

32.5

 

Emotional support provided

Yes

781/41271

18.9

p < .001

916/46023

19.9

p < .001

No

240/8182

29.3

 

236/6740

35.0

 

Missing

87/2280

38.2

 

96/3086

31.1

 

Instrumental support received

Yes

997/48425

20.6

p < .001

1090/49835

21.9

p = .031

No

51/1812

28.2

 

100/4077

24.5

 

Missing

60/1498

40.1

 

58/1938

29.9

 

Instrumental support provided

Yes

927/46692

19.9

p < .001

972/49306

19.7

p < .001

No

113/3101

36.4

 

164/3654

44.9

 

Missing

68/1940

35.0

 

112/2890

38.8

 
  1. aA log-rank test was used to examine differences among categories for each study variable