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Table 2 Longitudinal associations between four types of social engagement and changes in frailty among Chinese older adults (n = 6562)

From: Social engagement and physical frailty in later life: does marital status matter?

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Coef.

S.E.

Coef.

S.E.

Coef.

S.E.

Coef.

S.E.

Coef.

S.E.

Coef.

S.E.

Interaction with friends

 Not regularly

−0.569***

0.211

        

−0.568***

0.212

 Almost every week

−1.186***

0.243

        

−1.152***

0.247

 Almost daily

−1.358***

0.171

        

−1.309***

0.172

Hobby groups

 Not regularly

  

−0.832***

0.275

      

−0.694**

0.273

 Almost every week

  

−0.829***

0.265

      

−0.544**

0.265

 Almost daily

  

−1.429***

0.298

      

−1.189***

0.300

Sports groups

 Not regularly

    

−0.106

0.589

    

0.086

0.590

 Almost every week

    

−0.338

0.515

    

−0.243

0.512

 Almost daily

    

−1.075***

0.292

    

−0.945***

0.291

Voluntary work

 Not regularly

      

−0.120

0.226

  

0.065

0.227

 Almost every week

      

−0.368

0.455

  

−0.047

0.456

 Almost daily

      

−2.084***

0.604

  

−1.957***

0.598

 Married

      

−1.644***

0.312

  

−1.678***

0.310

  1. Note: All models were controlled for age, financial situation, currently working, smoking status, alcohol consumption, multi-morbidity, self-perceived health status, depression, and wave
  2. Six individuals were excluded due to having missing covariate data, and seven individuals were not included due to more than 20% of deficits were missing
  3. Standard errors all clustered at the individual level. *** P < 0.01, ** P < 0.05, * P < 0.1
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