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Table 2 Association between baseline depression-obesity status and the risk of functional disability

From: Comorbid depression and obesity, and its transition on the risk of functional disability among middle-aged and older Chinese: a cohort study

 

Neither condition

Depression alone

Obesity alone

Comorbidityd

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Functional disabilitye

 Model 1a

1.00 (ref)

1.55 (1.27, 1.90)

< 0.001

1.39 (0.98, 1.98)

0.063

2.45 (1.72, 3.49)

< 0.001

 Model 2b

1.00 (ref)

1.58 (1.28, 1.95)

< 0.001

1.72 (1.20, 2.47)

0.003

3.06 (2.12, 4.43)

< 0.001

 Model 3c

1.00 (ref)

1.52 (1.23, 1.88)

< 0.001

1.54 (1.06, 2.26)

0.024

2.84 (1.95, 4.15)

< 0.001

Disability in dressing

 Model 1

1.00 (ref)

1.35 (0.92, 1.99)

0.124

1.76 (0.98, 3.19)

0.060

3.01 (1.68, 5.39)

< 0.001

 Model 2

1.00 (ref)

1.36 (0.92, 2.02)

0.120

2.22 (1.21, 4.06)

0.010

3.76 (2.06, 6.84)

< 0.001

 Model 3

1.00 (ref)

1.29 (0.87, 1.92)

0.210

2.14 (1.16, 3.94)

0.014

3.29 (1.77, 6.12)

< 0.001

Disability in bathing

 Model 1

1.00 (ref)

1.50 (1.15, 1.97)

0.003

1.41 (0.89, 2.24)

0.142

2.81 (1.82, 4.35)

< 0.001

 Model 2

1.00 (ref)

1.59 (1.20, 2.10)

0.001

1.83 (1.13, 2.94)

0.013

3.82 (2.42, 6.04)

< 0.001

 Model 3

1.00 (ref)

1.50 (1.12, 1.99)

0.006

1.72 (1.06, 2.80)

0.029

3.41 (2.13, 5.48)

< 0.001

Disability in eating

 Model 1

1.00 (ref)

1.47 (0.76, 2.84)

0.254

2.15 (0.83, 5.57)

0.115

3.96 (1.60, 9.80)

0.003

 Model 2

1.00 (ref)

1.55 (0.80, 3.03)

0.196

2.77 (1.05, 7.35)

0.040

5.89 (2.30, 15.12)

< 0.001

 Model 3

1.00 (ref)

1.35 (0.68, 2.68)

0.396

2.49 (0.93, 6.65)

0.069

5.12 (1.97, 13.32)

0.001

Disability in transferring

 Model 1

1.00 (ref)

1.63 (0.98, 2.72)

0.061

1.79 (0.80, 4.01)

0.157

3.56 (1.69, 7.53)

0.001

 Model 2

1.00 (ref)

1.68 (1.00, 2.83)

0.051

2.52 (1.10, 5.79)

0.029

5.19 (2.38, 11.34)

< 0.001

 Model 3

1.00 (ref)

1.55 (0.91, 2.64)

0.105

2.38 (1.03, 5.50)

0.042

4.38 (1.93, 9.92)

< 0.001

Disability in toileting

 Model 1

1.00 (ref)

1.25 (0.93, 1.69)

0.137

1.76 (1.11, 2.76)

0.015

2.60 (1.62, 4.18)

< 0.001

 Model 2

1.00 (ref)

1.24 (0.91, 1.68)

0.172

2.33 (1.45, 3.73)

< 0.001

3.46 (2.11, 5.67)

< 0.001

 Model 3

1.00 (ref)

1.19 (0.87, 1.63)

0.288

2.02 (1.23, 3.33)

0.006

3.26 (1.96, 5.43)

< 0.001

Disability in continence

 Model 1

1.00 (ref)

1.43 (0.95, 2.15)

0.086

1.34 (0.67, 2.70)

0.413

1.47 (0.65, 3.31)

0.354

 Model 2

1.00 (ref)

1.51 (0.99, 2.28)

0.054

1.77 (0.86, 3.62)

0.119

2.06 (0.90, 4.73)

0.087

 Model 3

1.00 (ref)

1.48 (0.97, 2.26)

0.068

1.78 (0.87, 3.67)

0.115

2.06 (0.89, 4.76)

0.089

  1. Note:a Model 1, unadjusted. b Model 2, adjusted for baseline age, gender, area of residence, marital status, education level, smoking and drinking status. c Model 3, additionally adjusted for baseline multimorbidity status. Abbreviation: OR Odds ratios, CI Confidence interval
  2. dComorbidity was defined as the co-existence of depression and obesity
  3. eFunctional disability was defined as any limitation in dressing, bathing, eating, transferring, toileting, or continence
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