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Table 3 Logit regression estimation of the number of chronic diseases, health behaviors and falls in the elderly

From: Association between falls in elderly and the number of chronic diseases and health-related behaviors based on CHARLS 2018: health status as a mediating variable

 

All

Care (yes)

Care (no)

 

m1

m2

m3

m4

m5

m6

Variables

Fall

Fall

Fall

Fall

Fall

Fall

ChronicDisease

0.167*** (0.0265)

0.113*** (0.0272)

0.163*** (0.0461)

0.129*** (0.0470)

0.165*** (0.0326)

0.102*** (0.0336)

Sleeptime

−0.0725*** (0.0150)

− 0.0324** (0.0154)

− 0.0784*** (0.0245)

− 0.0533** (0.0252)

− 0.0691*** (0.0191)

−0.0203 (0.0196)

Drinking

−0.224*** (0.0741)

−0.229*** (0.0750)

− 0.126 (0.138)

−0.0914 (0.140)

− 0.278*** (0.0883)

−0.301*** (0.0895)

Smoking

0.104** (0.0489)

0.110** (0.0492)

0.0311 (0.0852)

0.0268 (0.0858)

0.141** (0.0598)

0.155** (0.0603)

Activity

−0.104*** (0.0400)

− 0.104** (0.0406)

− 0.0918 (0.0714)

− 0.123* (0.0729)

− 0.107** (0.0485)

−0.0936* (0.0492)

Age

0.109** (0.0487)

0.119** (0.0494)

−0.0241 (0.0850)

0.0239 (0.0868)

0.167*** (0.0594)

0.154** (0.0605)

Gender

0.234*** (0.0886)

0.156* (0.0897)

0.0935 (0.160)

0.0752 (0.162)

0.303*** (0.107)

0.198* (0.108)

Residence

0.187** (0.0790)

0.0710 (0.0804)

−0.0150 (0.148)

−0.0734 (0.150)

0.268*** (0.0938)

0.125 (0.0958)

Education

0.115 (0.111)

0.177 (0.112)

0.161 (0.240)

0.205 (0.243)

0.109 (0.126)

0.174 (0.128)

Marital status

0.280*** (0.0794)

0.217*** (0.0809)

0.463*** (0.142)

0.433*** (0.143)

0.204** (0.0965)

0.116 (0.0988)

Economic status

0.0103 (0.0109)

0.0186* (0.0112)

0.0120 (0.0189)

0.0200 (0.0191)

0.00902 (0.0134)

0.0170 (0.0138)

Care

−0.590*** (0.0692)

− 0.293*** (0.0742)

    

Depression

 

0.0284*** (0.00497)

 

0.0218** (0.00873)

 

0.0320*** (0.00604)

Pain

 

0.414*** (0.0800)

 

0.165 (0.161)

 

0.494*** (0.0927)

ADL

 

0.559*** (0.0724)

 

0.492*** (0.119)

 

0.590*** (0.0914)

/cut1

0.927*** (0.351)

2.153*** (0.369)

0.974 (0.614)

1.763*** (0.648)

2.344*** (0.387)

2.986*** (0.400)

/cut2

1.955*** (0.353)

3.204*** (0.371)

2.018*** (0.617)

2.825*** (0.651)

3.366*** (0.389)

4.035*** (0.403)

Observations

5867

5867

1437

1437

4430

4430

  1. z-statistics in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1