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Table 3 Mediating effects between social participation and the onset of functional disability

From: Does social participation reduce the risk of functional disability among older adults in China? A survival analysis using the 2005–2011 waves of the CLHLS data

 

Crude HRs

Physical exercise

Cognitive ability

Positive emotions

Adjusted HRs

Mediating effect (%)

Adjusted HRs

Mediating effect (%)

Adjusted HRs

Mediating effect (%)

Playing cards/mahjong

0.78***

0.79***

5.4

0.82***

18.9

0.79***

7.0

Organized social activity

0.78***

0.83***

25.7

0.82***

17.7

0.78***

0.3

Number of siblings frequently visited

0.75***

0.75***

1.9

0.76***

2.8

0.76***

1.4

Paid joba

0.91

0.96

1.03

0.97

  1. ***p < 0.001
  2. aThe variable paid job was not significantly associated with functional disability, so the mediating effect was not calculated