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Table 3 LEIPAD ‘Physical Function’ scale: ordinal logistic regressions (cumulative logit models)

From: Health-related quality of life among community-dwelling people aged 80 years and over: a cross-sectional study in France

  

Bivariate ordinal

logistic regression

Multivariate ordinal logistic regression a

 

Prevalence of ‘poor’ HRQoL (%)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Gender

 Male

17.7

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Female

40.8

2.78 (1.58–4.90)

0.0004

1.99 (1.02–3.89)

0.0439

Age

 (years)

84.9 (3.6) b

1.10 (1.04–1.17)

0.0019

1.13 (1.02–1.26)

0.0187

Marital status

 Married or with a partner

27.2

Ref

   

 Never-married, widowed, divorced

33.3

1.58 (0.91–2.77)

0.1076

  

Educational level

 High school or higher education

17.9

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Pre-high school

34.6

2.24 (1.14–4.37)

0.0187

2.62 (1.21–5.68)

0.0147

Driving a car

     

 Yes

17.3

Ref

   

 No

49.3

3.45 (1.90–6.27)

< 0.0001

  

Hospital admission during the previous 12 months

 No

24.8

Ref

   

 Yes

51.3

1.66 (1.04–2.65)

0.0354

  

Number of health problems

5.6 (1.9) b

1.74 (1.47–2.07)

< 0.0001

1.63 (1.32–2.01)

< 0.0001

Life events during the previous 12 months

Illness

  No

22.3

Ref

   

  Yes

51.0

3.38 (1.77–6.43)

0.0002

  

Poor health

  No

15.4

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Yes

70.5

13.24 (6.03–29.05)

< 0.0001

9.22 (3.84–22.11)

< 0.0001

Daily care of a relative or friend

  No

28.3

Ref

   

  Yes

35.7

1.57 (0.74–3.33)

0.2415

  

Bereavement

  No

27.3

Ref

   

  Yes

36.8

1.58 (0.81–3.10)

0.1797

  

Serious illness of a relative or friend

     

  No

29.4

Ref

   

  Yes

29.8

1.30 (0.70–2.43)

0.4045

  

Problems(s) with offspring

  No

27.3

Ref

   

  Yes

40.7

1.97 (0.91–4.25)

0.0858

  

Relational problem(s) with friends or relatives

  No

27.6

Ref

   

  Yes

60.0

4.74 (1.28–17.49)

0.0196

  

Unsatisfactory environment

  No

28.6

Ref

   

  Yes

41.7

2.32 (0.76–7.02)

0.1381

  

Perceived modest income

  No

20.4

Ref

   

  Yes

49.1

3.47 (1.84–6.54)

0.0001

  

Financial worries

  No

28.2

Ref

   

  Yes

41.2

1.94 (0.76–4.95)

0.1678

  
  1. Ordinal logistic regressions: (1) LEIPAD ‘Physical Function’ categorized score (‘poor’, ‘average’ or ‘good’ HRQoL) was used as the dependent variable. (2) Independent variables were entered as categorical variables except for age and number of health problems, which were entered as continuous variables. (3) OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval; AOR adjusted odds ratio
  2. a Multiple regression: adjusted for sex, age and for all variables included in the model
  3. b Mean (SD) in the ‘poor’ HRQoL category
  4. Statistical significance is shown in bold type
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