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Table 2 Comparisons of proportions of having problems and EQ-5D index average score

From: The association between multimorbidity and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional survey among community middle-aged and elderly residents in southern China

Variables

Mobility proportion

% (95% CI)

Self-care proportion

% (95% CI)

Activity proportion

% (95% CI)

Pain/Discomfort

Proportion

% (95% CI)

Anxiety/Depression proportion

% (95% CI)

Index score, mean (95% CI)

Total

10.7 (10.2,11.1)

7.8 (7.4,8.2)

9.0 (8.6,9.4)

13.8 (13.3,14.3)

5.1 (4.8,5.4)

0.945 (0.943,0.947)

Age group

 45~54

1.6 (1.2,1.9)

1.3 (1.0,1.6)

1.5 (1.2,1.8)

5.0 (4.4,5.5)

2.5 (2.1,2.9)

0.986 (0.984,0.987)

 55~64

5.5 (4.9,6.1) *

3.4 (3.0,3.9) *

4.2 (3.7,4.8) *

10.3 (9.5,11.1) *

3.8 (3.3,4.4) *

0.968 (0.965,0.971) *

 65~74

13.8 (12.8,14.8) *

9.5 (8.65,10.3) *

11.5 (10.6,12.4) *

18.4 (17.3,19.5) *

6.0 (5.3,6.6) *

0.932 (0.927,0.936) *

 75~

40.7 (38.7,42.8) *

32.2 (30.2,34.1) *

34.9 (32.9,36.9) *

36.0 (34.0,38.0) *

13.2 (11.8,14.6) *

0.814 (0.804,0.823) *

Gender

 Male

9.5 (8.8,10.1)

7.0 (6.5,7.6)

8.1 (7.5,8.62)

11.8 (11.1,12.4)

4.4 (4.0,4.9)

0.952 (0.949,0.954)

 Female

11.8 (11.1,12.4) *

8.5 (8.0,9.1) *

9.8 (9.2,10.4) *

15.7 (14.9,16.4) *

5.7 (5.3,6.2) *

0.940 (0.937,0.943) *

Marital status

 Single

27.0 (25.1,28.8)

20.6 (18.9,22.3)

22.7 (21.0,24.5)

28.4 (26.5,30.2)

10.6 (9.3,11.9)

0.871 (0.862,0.880)

 Married

8.5 (8.0,8.9) *

6.1 (5.7,6.45) *

7.1 (6.7,7.5) *

11.8 (11.3,12.3) *

4.4 (4.0,4.7) *

0.956 (0.954,0.958) *

Education level

 Primary school or lower

11.6 (11.1,12.1)

8.5 (8.09,8.96)

9.7 (9.3,10.2)

14.9 (14.3,15.4)

5.4 (5.1,5.8)

0.941 (0.939,0.943)

 Middle school

4.1 (3.1,5.0) *

3.0 (2.2,3.8) *

3.7 (2.8,4.6) *

7.2 (6.0,8.4) *

3.0 (2.2,3.8) *

0.976 (0.972,0.980) *

 High school or above

4.6 (2.9,6.3) *

3.6 (2.1,5.1) *

4.1 (2.5,5.7) *

5.4 (3.6,7.2) *

3.3 (1.9,4.7) *

0.975 (0.967,0.983) *

Employment status

 Unemployed

15.7 (15.0,16.4)

11.6 (11.0,12.2)

13.3 (12.6,13.9)

18.5 (17.8,19.2)

6.7 (6.3,7.2)

0.923 (0.920,0.926)

 Employed

2.4 (2.1,2.8) *

1.6 (1.3,1.9) *

1.9 (1.6,2.2) *

6.1 (5.5,6.7) *

2.4 (2.1,2.8) *

0.983 (0.981,0.985) *

Number of chronic diseases,

 0

4.4 (4.0,4.8)

3.1 (2.8,3.5)

3.5 (3.2,3.9)

5.7 (5.2,6.2)

2.5 (2.2,2.8)

0.977 (0.975,0.979)

 1

11.79 (10.9,12.7) *

8.8 (8.0,9.6) *

10.0 (9.2,10.8) *

16.0 (15.0,17.0) *

5.6 (4.9,6.2) *

0.939 (0.935,0.943) *

 2

20.1 (18.5,21.7) *

15.0 (13.5,16.4) *

16.6 (15.1,18.1) *

26.2 (24.4,28.0) *

28.2 (25.2,31.1) *

0.900 (0.893,0.907) *

 3

28.2 (25.2,31.1) *

20.8 (18.1,23.4) *

24.4 (21.6,27.2) *

34.2 (31.1,37.3) *

13.5 (11.2,15.7) *

0.860 (0.846,0.873) *

  > =4

39.2 (35.1,43.4) *

28.1 (24.3,31.9) *

35.3 (31.3,39.4) *

46.7 (42.4,50.9) *

18.4 (15.1,21.7) *

0.799 (0.779,0.819) *

  1. CI Confidence interval
  2. The first category of each demographic variable was selected as reference to do univariate logistic regression or univariate Tobit regression
  3. *p < 0.05
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