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Table 3 OLS/logistic/RE/RE logistic estimates for sociodemographic determinants of CHAI score and the prevalence of ideal CHAI, CHARLS 2011 and 2015

From: The change and correlates of healthy ageing among Chinese older adults: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Variables

CHAI score

Coefficients (95% CIs)

Prevalence of ideal CHAI (CHAI score: 0–2)

Odds Ratio (95% CIs)

OLS

RE

Logistic

RE logistic

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Age groups

 60–64 (ref.)

 65–69

0.50*** (0.36, 0.63)

0.51*** (0.41, 0.59)

0.49*** (0.38, 0.64)

0.41*** (0.31, 0.52)

 70–74

1.16*** (0.97, 1.35)

1.24*** (1.13, 1.35)

0.30*** (0.13, 0.72)

0.12*** (0.08, 0.19)

 75–79

1.81*** (1.63, 1.99)

1.71*** (1.57, 1.85)

0.14*** (0.07, 0.27)

0.09*** (0.05, 0.17)

 ≥ 80

2.44*** (2.15, 2.73)

2.42*** (2.22, 2.62)

0.01*** (0.00, 0.06)

0.01*** (0.00, 0.08)

Sex

 Female (ref.)

 Male

0.50*** (0.35, 0.64)

0.48*** (0.37, 0.58)

0.45*** (0.32, 0.63)

0.46*** (0.34, 0.61)

Marital status

 Others (ref.)

 Married

−0.37*** (− 0.52, − 0.23)

− 0.32*** (− 0.43, − 0.21)

1.31 (0.90, 1.89)

1.34* (0.96, 1.85)

Education

 Illiterate (ref.)

 Primary school

− 0.41*** (− 0.55, − 0.28)

−0.46*** (− 0.57, − 0.35)

1.88*** (1.47, 2.40)

2.25*** (1.69, 3.02)

 Middle school

−1.06*** (−1.29, − 0.83)

−0.80*** (− 0.94, − 0.66)

3.29*** (2.07, 5.25)

2.79*** (1.97, 3.97)

 High school or higher

−1.03*** (− 1.26, − 0.81)

−1.03*** (− 1.23, − 0.83)

2.79*** (1.79, 4.34)

4.08*** (2.53, 6.58)

Region

 North (ref.)

 East

− 0.08 (− 0.36, 0.19)

−0.19*** (− 0.42, 0.04)

1.31 (0.74, 2.31)

1.52 (0.87, 2.64)

 Central

0.15 (−0.04, 0.33)

0.03 (−0.12, 0.19)

0.99 (0.68, 1.42)

1.07 (0.73, 1.56)

 Southwest

0.35*** (0.14, 0.56)

0.25*** (0.09, 0.41)

0.64** (0.42, 0.99)

0.69* (0.45, 1.06)

 Northeast

0.21* (−0.03, 0.45)

0.04 (−0.18, 0.25)

0.77 (0.46, 1.30)

0.92 (0.55, 1.55)

 Northwest

0.42*** (0.17, 0.68)

0.19* (−0.02, 0.39)

0.92 (0.56, 1.50)

0.98 (0.59, 1.63)

 South central

0.36*** (0.15, 0.57)

0.19** (0.02, 0.36)

1.03 (0.68, 1.57)

1.04 (0.68, 1.60)

 South east

0.06 (−0.22, 0.35)

−0.18 (− 0.39, 0.03)

1.61* (0.97, 2.67)

1.70** (1.03, 2.81)

 South

0.04 (−0.33, 0.40)

0.26*** (0.05, 0.46)

0.97 (0.37, 2.54)

0.73 (0.43, 1.24)

Current residence

 Urban (ref.)

 Rural

0.03 (−0.09, 0.15)

−0.02 (− 0.12, 0.08)

0.93 (0.75, 1.15)

0.91 (0.71, 1.17)

Smoking

 No (ref.)

 Yes

0.18** (0.04, 0.31)

0.12** (0.02, 0.23)

0.76* (0.57, 1.03)

0.69*** (0.50, 0.90)

Weight status

 BMI < 24 (ref.)

 BMI ≥ 24 (overweight)

0.64*** (0.52, 0.76)

0.60*** (0.51, 0.69)

0.46*** (0.33, 0.64)

0.37*** (0.28, 0.47)

Chronic disease

 No (ref.)

 Yes

0.26*** (0.14, 0.38)

0.35*** (0.25, 0.45)

0.77** (0.59, 1.00)

0.67*** (0.52, 0.85)

Social activity

 No (ref.)

 Yes

−0.21*** (− 0.32, − 0.10)

− 0.17*** (− 0.24, − 0.09)

1.12* (0.90, 1.41)

1.21* (0.97, 1.51)

Survey year

 2011 (ref.)

 2015

− 0.41*** (− 0.52, − 0.29)

− 0.43*** (− 0.50, − 0.36)

1.89*** (1.46, 2.44)

2.08*** (1.66, 2.60)

N

8182

8182

8182

8182

Adj.R2/Pseudo R2

0.25

0.24

0.14

 
  1. CHARLS China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, CHAI Chinese Healthy Ageing Index, OLS Ordinary least squares, RE Random effects. * p ≤ 0.1, ** p ≤ 0.05, *** p ≤ 0.01