Table 2.

Prevalence of impairments and associations with wellbeing, weighted linear regression

Health impairments	Weighted percentages (95% confidence intervals)	Coefficient for association with wellbeing	P value for association with wellbeing	P value for association with wellbeing, adjusted for disability
Arthritis or rheumatism	44.4 (40.0–48.4)	-1.66	<0.001	0.915
Eyesight	23.3 (19.3–27.3)	-2.07	<0.001	0.202
Hearing	7.6 (6.0–9.2)	-.76	0.496	0.843
Cough	3.9 (2.4–5.4)	-2.89	0.110	0.306
Breathing	7.7 (5.4–10.0)	-2.73	0.024	0.186
High blood pressure	16.3 (13.0–19.5)	-0.48	0.415	0.185
Diabetes	7.1 (4.8–8.7)	-1.57	0.263	0.788
Heart trouble or angina	6.4 (4.1–8.7)	-1.12	0.534	0.831
Stomach or intestine	9.3 (6.6–12.0)	-2.50	0.008	0.086
Faints or blackouts	17.8 (14.5–20.9)	-2.63	0.001	0.143
Paralysis	2.3 (1.1–3.5)	-4.66	<0.001	0.012
Skin	3.4 (2.2–4.6)	0.02	0.993	0.785
Pain	37.3 (32.1–42.4)	-2.46	<0.001	0.105