Table 2.
Associations between characteristics and poor appetite in 669 older participants from the Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam (2015–2016) in a multi-domain model
| Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| Age | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.06 | 0.65 |
| Female sex | 1.95 | 1.10 | 3.44 | 0.02 |
| Polypharmacy | 1.87 | 1.04 | 3.39 | 0.04 |
| Multimorbidity | 1.48 | 0.81 | 2.69 | 0.20 |
| Chewing problems | 5.69 | 1.88 | 17.20 | < 0.01 |
| Pain | 1.31 | 0.75 | 2.30 | 0.35 |
| Fair/poor self-perceived health | 1.75 | 1.00 | 3.07 | 0.05 |
| Any unintended weight loss in last 6 months | 3.07 | 1.36 | 6.94 | 0.01 |
| Anxiety symptoms | 1.10 | 0.99 | 1.22 | 0.07 |
| Depressive symptoms | 1.12 | 1.04 | 1.21 | < 0.01 |
| Cognitive impairment | 1.50 | 0.58 | 3.88 | 0.40 |
| Memory complaints | 1.07 | 0.63 | 1.83 | 0.80 |
| Sometimes feeling lonely | ||||
| Yes | 1.32 | 0.63 | 2.79 | 0.47 |
| More or less | 0.89 | 0.45 | 1.75 | 0.73 |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.75 | 0.41 | 1.36 | 0.34 |
| Current smoking | 1.20 | 0.50 | 2.87 | 0.69 |
| Poor sleeping quality | 1.26 | 0.69 | 2.32 | 0.45 |
Polypharmacy defined as ≥ 5 medicines in last 2 weeks; multimorbidity defined as ≥ 2 chronic illnesses; cognitive impairment defined as Mini-Mental State Examination Score of ≤ 23