Health profiles and socioeconomic characteristics of nonagenarians residing in Mugello, a rural area in Tuscany (Italy)

Table 3 Health status indicator probabilities (λ) per health status profile resulting from the two LCAs

Variable	Item	Whole study population (n = 504)			Testable subsample (n = 385)
		Latent class			Latent class
		1	2	3	1	2	3
n	(%)	215(42.9%)	110 (21.8%)	179 (35.3%)	202 (53%)	128 (33.3%)	55 (13.7%)
Activities of Daily Living	autonomous	0.89	0.09	0.22	0.88	0.23	0.38
	semiautonomous	0.11	0.47	0.72	0.12	0.70	0.60
	not autonomous	0.00	0.44	0.06	0.00	0.07	0.02
Geriatric Depression Scale	not depressed	0.81	0.03	0.23	0.82	0.20	0.43
	depressed	0.18	0.00	0.74	0.18	0.80	0.57
	not testable	0.01	0.97	0.04
Mental Component Summary	≥ average	0.65	0.00	0.34	0.67	0.35	0.26
	< average	0.35	0.00	0.66	0.33	0.65	0.74
	not testable	0.00	1.00	0.00
Mini-Mental State Exam.	24-30	0.78	0.01	0.28	0.83	0.32	0.09
	18-23	0.18	0.02	0.32	0.15	0.33	0.43
	0-17	0.04	0.97	0.40	0.02	0.35	0.48
Number of chronic diseases	0	0.11	0.13	0.02	0.10	0.02	0.04
	1	0.27	0.23	0.21	0.27	0.23	0.19
	2+	0.62	0.65	0.77	0.63	0.75	0.77
Physical Component Summary	≥ average	0.73	0.00	0.26	0.71	0.09	0.88
	< average	0.27	0.00	0.74	0.29	0.91	0.12
	not testable	0.00	1.00	0.00
Self-Rated Health	excellent/very good/good	0.92	0.00	0.43	0.91	0.26	1.00
	acceptable/poor	0.08	0.00	0.57	0.09	0.74	0.00
	not testable	0.00	1.00	0.00

Empty items are due to the subsampling: not testable individuals are not included in the second analysis
For both analysis 1: “healthy group”; respectively 2: “Severely unhealthy group” and “Unhealthy group”; and respectively 3: “Partially satisfied unhealthy group” and “Physically healthy with cognitive impairment group”

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