Factors associated with the nutritional status of the older population in a selected area of Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Association of nutritional status with selected factors^c

Variables^a,b	*Malnourished*		*At risk of malnutrition*
Variables^a,b	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Education status
Secondary and above	Ref		Ref
Up to primary education	3.4 (0.5, 25.5)	0.233	3.3 (0.7, 16.3)	0.150
No formal education	6.5 (1.3, 32.1)	0.022	3.3 (0.8, 13.3)	0.058
Mental health status
Normal mental health	Ref		Ref
Depressed or altered mental health	15.6 (3.1, 78.1)	0.001	4.5 (1.1, 19.0)	0.04
Oral health status
Good	Ref		Ref
Moderate	4.6 (0.5, 37.7)	0.155	2.6 (0.5, 12.7)	0.241
Poor	7.3 (1.3, 41.8)	0.026	5.4 (1.5, 20.2)	0.011

^aDependent Variable: Nutritional status (well-nourished was taken as the reference category)
^bIndependent variables: Age, gender, marital status, education status, occupation status, mental health status, and oral health status
^cResults of age, gender, marital status, and occupation status were excluded from Table 4 since the association were not significant

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