Effect of food insecurity on the cognitive problems among elderly in India

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Logistic regression of working memory (word recall and computation) by food security and selected sociodemographic parameters

	Word recall problem		Computational problem
Food Insecurity	Odds ratio	CI at 95%	Odds ratio	CI at 95%
Severe
Moderate	0.58**	0.26–1.27	0.55**	0.35–0.84
Secure	0.86*	0.31–0.98	0.45***	0.29–0.70
Gender
Male
Female	1.08	0.74–1.57	2.75***	2.27–3.32
Age
60–69
70+	2.93***	2.16–3.97	2.18***	1.91–2.49
Marital Status
Currently married
never married	2.03**	1.02–4.02	1.80**	1.18–2.74
divorced/separated/deserted	1.60**	1.12–2.27	2.24***	1.94–2.59
Education
No Education
Below primary	0.60**	0.39–0.92	0.28***	0.22–0.35
Primary	0.59***	0.38–0.80	0.18***	0.14–0.23
Secondary	0.78	0.29–2.06	0.16***	0.07–0.37
Higher	0.30***	0.19–0.48	0.06***	0.04–0.10
Living arrangements
Living alone
With spouse	0.80	0.49–1.28	0.52***	0.42–0.64
With others	1.43**	0.98–2.10	1.21**	0.99–1.46
Place of residence
Rural
Urban	1.20	0.73–1.98	0.64***	0.50–0.81
Wealth quintile
Poorest
Poorer	0.99	0.72–1.37	0.72***	0.62–0.83
Middle	1.25	0.68–2.31	0.60***	0.46–0.78
Richer	0.78	0.56–1.07	0.49***	0.40–0.59
Richest	0.85**	0.67–1.10	0.45***	0.38–0.54
Currently working
Yes
No	2.85***	1.94–4.19	1.73***	1.47–2.04
Self-rated health
Poor
Good	0.47***	0.36–0.62	0.61***	0.54–0.69
Use of tobacco
Yes
No	0.86	0.70–1.07	0.82***	0.73–0.91
ADL disability
Severe ADL
Moderate ADL	0.15***	0.11–0.21	0.25***	0.20–0.32
No ADL	0.06***	0.05–0.09	0.16***	0.13–0.20
IADL disability
Severe IADL
Moderate IADL	0.13***	0.11–0.17	0.26***	0.22–0.31
No IADL	0.07***	0.05–0.10	0.15***	0.13–0.18

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