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Table 4 Associations between CDD and frailty, stratified by age and residential location

From: Effects of dietary diversity on frailty in Chinese older adults: a 3-year cohort study

Characteristics

Final model RR (95% CI)

Consistently Low Dietary Diversity

Declining Dietary Diversity

Improving Dietary Diversity

Consistently High Dietary Diversity

Stratified by agea

 65–79

Reference

0.84(0.57,1.25)

0.80(0.55,1.17)

0.46(0.33,0.64)*

  ≥ 80

Reference

1.50(0.73,3.06)

0.68(0.33,1.44)

1.00(0.56,1.80)

Stratified by residential locationb

 Town and rural

Reference

0.94(0.65,1.35)

0.73(0.50,1.05)

0.46(0.33,0.64)*

 Urban

Reference

1.62(0.45,5.92)

2.34(0.71,7.70)

1.38(0.48,3.93)

  1. CDD Changes in dietary diversity, CI Confidence interval, RR Risk ratio
  2. aAdjusted for sex, residential location, education status, body mass index, drinking status, smoking status, exercise status, marital status, financial support, and history of chronic disease
  3. bAdjusted for age, sex, education status, body mass index, drinking status, smoking status, exercise status, marital status, financial support, and history of chronic disease
  4. *P < 0.05