Table 1.

Subgroup Analyses

Variable	k	OR	95% CI	Q	I 2 (%)	τ2	p Values
Association between physical capability and life satisfaction
Country group (overall)		2.50	2.16–2.90	0.32	97	0.61	.57
Eastern	14	2.96	1.62–5.41
Western	21	2.47	2.12–2.88
Quality assessment (overall)		2.61	2.22–3.07	0.01	97	0.61	.93
Fair	17	2.68	1.43–5.02
Good	18	2.61	2.20–3.08
Association between social support and life satisfaction
Country group (overall)		3.18	2.52–4.01	2.21	92	0.23	.14
Eastern	6	4.31	2.71–6.86
Western	14	2.87	2.20–3.76
Quality assessment (overall)		2.90	2.26–3.70	3.16	92	0.23	.08
Fair	10	4.41	2.61–7.45
Good	10	2.57	1.95–3.40
Association between loneliness and life satisfaction
Country group (overall)		3.37	2.45–4.62	0.102	92	0.39	.75
Eastern	6	3.21	2.07–4.95
Western	5	3.56	2.24–5.65
Quality assessment (overall)		3.15	2.40–4.14	0.85	92	0.39	.36
Fair	6	3.98	2.26–7.03
Good	5	2.94	2.15–4.01
Association between depression and life satisfaction
Country group(overall)		5.98	5.06–7.07	1.64	99	1.11	.20
Eastern	9	3.30	1.31–8.33
Western	15	6.10	5.15–7.23
Quality assessment (overall)		5.76	4.64–7.15	1.49	99	1.11	.22
Fair	6	2.54	0.67–9.62
Good	18	5.89	4.73–7.33

Notes: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.