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Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression analysis predicting membership of latent classes in older adults (n = 3776)

From: Frailty trajectory among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults in Korea: evidence from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging

Variables

Male

Female

Class 1: Maintaining robustness

(n = 802)

Class 3: Changing from frailty to pre-frailty

(n = 303)

Class 1: Maintaining robustness

(n = 742)

Class 3: Changing from frailty to pre-frailty

(n = 612)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Age (years)

0.959 (0.937–0.982)

1.050 (1.022–1.078)

0.971 (0.951–0.991)

1.037 (1.018–1.057)

Education

 ≥ Middle school

1

1

1

1

  < Middle school

0.576 (0.447–0.742)

1.532 (1.080–2.173)

0.730 (0.538–0.990)

1.479 (0.981–2.229)

Marital status

 Married

1

1

1

1

 Single/divorced/widowed

0.770 (0.505–1.172)

1.976 (1.258–3.102)

0.772 (0.616–0.966)

1.178 (0.925–1.500)

Area of residence

 Urban

1

1

1

1

 Rural

1.104 (0.835–1.459)

1.368 (0.967–1.937)

0.814 (0.637–1.041)

1.016 (0.791–1.305)

Smoking

 Currently non-smoker

1

1

1

1

 Current smoker

0.713 (0.552–0.922)

0.990 (0.710–1.380)

0.537 (0.284–1.015)

1.178 (0.710–1.954)

Drinking

 No

1

1

1

1

 Yes

1.391 (1.096–1.765)

0.854 (0.625–1.166)

1.104 (0.801–1.523)

0.849 (0.597–1.207)

Regular physical activity

 Yes

1

1

1

1

 No

0.760 (0.590–0.980)

1.917 (1.339–2.746)

0.686 (0.540–0.872)

1.361 (1.024–1.807)

Number of chronic diseases (0–10)

0.966 (0.854–1.094)

1.313 (1.128–1.528)

0.913 (0.825–1.010)

1.097 (0.990–1.215)

Cognitive function

 Normal

1

1

1

1

 Cognitive dysfunction

0.653 (0.487–0.876)

2.002 (1.445–2.773)

0.540 (0.429–0.679)

1.379 (1.075–1.770)

Social contact (1–10)

1.183 (1.134–1.235)

0.909 (0.868–0.952)

1.168 (1.119–1.219)

0.906 (0.875–0.938)

  1. The reference group is class 2 (maintaining pre-frailty) of each age group. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval