The activity of daily living (ADL) subgroups and health impairment among Chinese elderly: a latent profile analysis

Table 5 Multinomial logistic regression on ADL subgroups

Variable^a	Class Two		Class Three
Variable^a	OR	*95%CI*	OR	*95%CI*
Sex (Female)	0.90	0.77–1.05	0.80	0.63–1.02
Age (80–105)	8.26***	6.58–10.38	4.55***	3.22–6.44
Residence (Rural)	0.65***	0.56–0.74	0.47***	0.37–0.59
Education (Educated)	0.84*	0.72–0.98	1.22	0.96–1.56
Marital status (living with spouse)	0.48***	0.41–0.57	0.44***	0.34–0.58
Exercise (Yes)	0.39***	0.34–0.46	0.19***	0.14–0.27
Social activity (Yes)	0.45***	0.34–0.58	0.36***	0.23–0.57
BMI
underweight	1.07	0.89–1.27	1.34*	1.03–1.73
overweight	0.90	0.75–1.08	0.79	0.59–1.07
obese	1.16	0.89–1.52	1.57*	1.06–2.32
Experience of falls (Yes)	1.58***	1.36–1.85	1.71***	1.37–2.15
Hypertension (Yes)	0.95	0.82–1.10	0.98	0.78–1.22
Diabetes (Yes)	1.35*	1.06–1.72	1.51*	1.06–2.16
Heart disease (Yes)	1.27*	1.05–1.52	1.67***	1.27–2.18
Stroke (Yes)	1.72***	1.38–2.15	3.55***	2.66–4.73
Asthma (Yes)	1.19	0.95–1.47	1.56**	1.15–2.12
MMSE (Cognitive decline)	3.79***	3.26–4.40	9.57***	7.61–12.03
Depression (Having depression symptoms)	1.24***	1.07–1.44	1.33***	1.07–1.65

^***P< 0.001;^**P< 0.01;^*P< 0.05;^a Reference group: Class 1.OR: Odds ratio.95%CI: 95%Confidence Interval. Class one: ‘no BADL limitation-no IADL limitation’; Class two: ‘no BADL limitation- IADL impairment’; Class three: ‘BADL impairment- IADL impairment’

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