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Table 4 Logit regression estimation of the number of chronic diseases, health behaviors and health status 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

  

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Variables

Depression

Pain

ADL

All

ChronicDisease

0.688*** (0.0742)

0.329*** (0.0320)

0.186*** (0.0280)

Sleeptime

− 0.721*** (0.0398)

−0.130*** (0.0151)

− 0.107*** (0.0154)

Drinking

0.528*** (0.194)

−0.00857 (0.0698)

− 0.0346 (0.0778)

Smoking

−0.172 (0.126)

− 0.0433 (0.0455)

0.0221 (0.0503)

Activity

−0.107 (0.104)

−0.208*** (0.0388)

0.132*** (0.0412)

Care (yes)

ChronicDisease

0.571*** (0.147)

0.162*** (0.0474)

0.139*** (0.0399)

Sleeptime

−0.678*** (0.0755)

− 0.0647*** (0.0235)

− 0.176*** (0.0207)

Drinking

0.273 (0.438)

−0.191 (0.136)

0.0779 (0.114)

Smoking

0.131 (0.268)

−0.0217 (0.0832)

0.0253 (0.0693)

Activity

0.282 (0.223)

0.250*** (0.0694)

0.0615 (0.0586)

Care (no)

ChronicDisease

0.731*** (0.0860)

0.316*** (0.0353)

0.193*** (0.0351)

Sleeptime

−0.740*** (0.0469)

−0.135*** (0.0173)

−0.139*** (0.0204)

Drinking

0.580*** (0.215)

0.0253 (0.0762)

0.00559 (0.0970)

Smoking

−0.287** (0.142)

−0.0159 (0.0501)

0.0431 (0.0641)

Activity

−0.223* (0.118)

− 0.163*** (0.0426)

0.0774 (0.0517)

  1. 1 z-statistics in parentheses *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
  2. 2 Depression is a continuous variable, and OLS regression model is used, while other variables are classified variables, and Logit model is used
  3. 3 Control variables are not placed in the table for simplicity