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Table 4 Odds ratios of demographic and socio-economic characteristics for the health profiles

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

LCA		Whole sample (n = 504)					Testable subsample (n = 385)
Variable	Item	Coefficient	OR	Std. error	t value	Pr (>\|t\|)	Coefficient	OR	Std. error	t value	Pr (>\|t\|)
		2 vs 1					2 vs 1
	(Intercept)	−0.88	0.41	0.33	−2.64	0.01	−0.29	0.75	0.33	−0.87	0.38
Age class (ref. 90-91)	92-94	0.99	2.69	0.34	2.92	0.00	0.10	1.11	0.38	0.27	0.79
Age class (ref. 90-91)	95+	1.98	7.25	0.37	5.38	0.00	1.68	5.37	0.37	4.55	0.00
Sex (ref. female)	male	−0.85	0.43	0.38	−2.24	0.03	−0.82	0.44	0.35	−2.32	0.02
Education (ref. 3 years)	0-2	−0.60	0.55	0.46	−1.31	0.19	0.49	1.64	0.52	0.94	0.35
	4-5	−0.72	0.49	0.32	−2.24	0.03	− 0.31	0.74	0.34	−0.89	0.37
	6+	−2.59	0.08	0.98	−2.65	0.01	−0.99	0.37	0.74	−1.33	0.19
Work (ref. farmer)	housewife	0.78	2.19	0.39	2.00	0.05	−0.20	0.82	0.50	−0.41	0.69
	low level	0.05	1.05	0.50	0.10	0.92	0.08	1.08	0.44	0.17	0.87
	middle level	−0.09	0.92	0.40	− 0.22	0.83	− 0.79	0.45	0.42	−1.89	0.06
		3 vs 1					3 vs 1
	(Intercept)	−0.14	0.87	0.31	−0.45	0.65	−2.44	0.09	0.70	−3.51	0.00
Age class (ref. 90-91)	92-94	0.21	1.24	0.33	0.66	0.51	1.53	4.62	0.66	2.32	0.02
Age class (ref. 90-91)	95+	1.63	5.10	0.34	4.83	0.00	2.20	9.03	0.68	3.25	0.00
Sex (ref. female)	male	−0.92	0.40	0.32	−2.88	0.00	−0.50	0.61	0.73	−0.68	0.49
Education (ref. 3 years)	0-2	0.30	1.35	0.42	0.71	0.48	2.08	8.02	0.74	2.82	0.01
	4-5	−0.24	0.79	0.31	−0.77	0.44	−0.65	0.52	0.63	−1.03	0.30
	6+	−0.46	0.63	0.54	−0.85	0.40	0.89	2.43	1.06	0.84	0.40
Work (ref. farmer)	housewife	0.11	1.12	0.40	0.29	0.78	0.97	2.65	0.63	1.54	0.12
	low level	0.06	1.06	0.42	0.14	0.89	−0.80	0.45	1.09	−0.73	0.47
	middle level	−0.85	0.43	0.38	−2.26	0.02	−1.15	0.32	0.94	−1.22	0.23

For both analysis 1: “healthy group”; 2; 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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