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. 2025 Mar 26;13:1520552. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1520552

Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of the associations between different classes and dual sensory impairment.

Characteristics Case Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 P for interaction
Age (years) 0.145
Q1 (45–51) 1,052 Ref 1.42 (1.02, 1.97) 0.038 1.96 (1.21, 3.18) 0.007 1.43 (0.97, 2.10) 0.073 1.15 (0.59, 2.23) 0.682
Q2 (52–60) 1,092 Ref 1.63 (1.19, 2.24) 0.003 1.23 (0.74, 2.05) 0.420 1.90 (1.27, 2.84) 0.002 3.45 (1.90, 6.27) <0.001
Q3 (61–90) 1,093 Ref 1.47 (1.07, 2.01) 0.017 1.42 (0.91, 2.21) 0.119 1.38 (0.96, 1.99) 0.087 1.30 (0.75, 2.27) 0.346
Gender 0.530
Male 1,675 Ref 1.58 (1.23, 2.03) <0.001 1.84 (1.22, 2.78) 0.004 1.66 (1.21, 2.27) 0.002 1.25 (0.64, 2.43) 0.514
Female 1,562 Ref 1.39 (1.05, 1.83) 0.020 1.30 (0.90, 1.87) 0.162 1.44 (1.05, 1.97) 0.022 1.76 (1.17, 2.64) 0.007
Education level 0.359
Primary school or lower 1,849 Ref 1.37 (1.07, 1.76) 0.011 1.31 (0.94, 1.83) 0.114 1.31 (0.99, 1.74) 0.057 1.53 (1.04, 2.25) 0.033
Secondary school or higher 1,388 Ref 1.67 (1.26, 2.20) <0.001 1.85 (1.16, 2.94) 0.009 2.05 (1.43, 2.93) <0.001 1.84 (0.89, 3.80) 0.101
Current married 0.745
No 316 Ref 1.62 (0.83, 3.16) 0.159 2.24 (1.02, 4.93) 0.045 1.52 (0.71, 3.27) 0.286 1.41 (0.56, 3.57) 0.463
Yes 2,921 Ref 1.48 (1.22, 1.79) <0.001 1.42 (1.06, 1.90) 0.020 1.54 (1.22, 1.94) <0.001 1.72 (1.19, 2.49) 0.004
Hukou 0.014
Agriculture 2,433 Ref 1.34 (1.09, 1.65) 0.006 1.46 (1.08, 1.96) 0.013 1.36 (1.06, 1.75) 0.015 1.84 (1.28, 2.64) 0.001
Others 804 Ref 2.11 (1.44, 3.09) <0.001 1.69 (0.86, 3.33) 0.131 2.45 (1.52, 3.95) <0.001 0.65 (0.21, 2.02) 0.457
Smoking status 0.477
No 2,367 Ref 1.47 (1.19, 1.83) <0.001 1.41 (1.03, 1.94) 0.032 1.51 (1.17, 1.94) 0.002 1.83 (1.26, 2.64) 0.001
Yes 870 Ref 1.53 (1.08, 2.18) 0.018 1.92 (1.13, 3.26) 0.015 1.66 (1.06, 2.60) 0.027 0.91 (0.36, 2.28) 0.834
Drinking status 0.706
No 1,986 Ref 1.46 (1.15, 1.85) 0.002 1.38 (0.99, 1.91) 0.056 1.50 (1.13, 1.98) 0.005 1.48 (1.00, 2.18) 0.048
Yes 1,251 Ref 1.55 (1.16, 2.07) 0.003 1.79 (1.10, 2.92) 0.019 1.65 (1.15, 2.38) 0.007 2.60 (1.27, 5.33) 0.009
Hypertension 0.985
No 2,463 Ref 1.49 (1.21, 1.83) <0.001 1.48 (1.08, 2.03) 0.015 1.51 (1.17, 1.93) 0.001 1.64 (1.10, 2.44) 0.016
Yes 774 Ref 1.59 (1.08, 2.35) 0.019 1.68 (0.99, 2.87) 0.057 1.77 (1.11, 2.83) 0.017 1.86 (0.97, 3.55) 0.061
Diabetes 0.639
No 3,037 Ref 1.53 (1.27, 1.85) <0.001 1.56 (1.18, 2.07) 0.002 1.59 (1.26, 1.99) <0.001 1.71 (1.20, 2.42) 0.003
Yes 200 Ref 1.12 (0.49, 2.60) 0.787 0.64 (0.20, 2.06) 0.457 0.95 (0.35, 2.57) 0.912 1.33 (0.33, 5.25) 0.689
Heart disease 0.547
No 2,925 Ref 1.54 (1.27, 1.86) <0.001 1.61 (1.21, 2.14) 0.001 1.55 (1.23, 1.95) <0.001 1.55 (1.06, 2.26) 0.023
Yes 312 Ref 1.11 (0.57, 2.17) 0.760 0.92 (0.39, 2.13) 0.838 1.47 (0.69, 3.13) 0.317 1.90 (0.84, 4.29) 0.122
Stroke 0.188
No 3,175 Ref 1.51 (1.26, 1.82) <0.001 1.51 (1.15, 1.99) 0.003 1.52 (1.22, 1.90) <0.001 1.63 (1.16, 2.31) 0.005
Yes 62 Ref 0.57 (0.09, 3.50) 0.545 2.73 (0.28, 26.81) 0.390 5.63 (0.47, 67.04) 0.171 4.80 (0.43, 53.23) 0.201
Dyslipidemia 0.558
No 2,847 Ref 1.47 (1.21, 1.79) <0.001 1.58 (1.18, 2.10) 0.002 1.47 (1.17, 1.86) 0.001 1.64 (1.14, 2.35) 0.007
Yes 390 Ref 1.85 (1.03, 3.31) 0.038 1.25 (0.53, 2.97) 0.608 2.44 (1.24, 4.81) 0.010 1.96 (0.73, 5.25) 0.179
Lung disease 0.475
No 3,003 Ref 1.53 (1.26, 1.85) <0.001 1.46 (1.10, 1.94) 0.009 1.57 (1.25, 1.98) <0.001 1.76 (1.23, 2.52) 0.002
Yes 234 Ref 1.07 (0.52, 2.20) 0.861 2.33 (0.84, 6.48) 0.104 1.14 (0.50, 2.62) 0.754 1.01 (0.34, 3.00) 0.990

In addition to the stratification variables themselves, age, gender, education, marital status, hukou, current smoking status, drinking status, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, dyslipidemia, and lung disease were adjusted.