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. 2008 Oct 20;168(11):1311–1318. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn260

Table 3.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals of 2-Level Logistic Regressions on Activities of Daily Living Difficulty and Self-rated Health of the Elderly, Chinese Longitudinal Health Longevity Survey, 2002a

Community-Level Variables Difficulty With Activities of Daily Living
Poor Self-rated Health
Model 1
Model 2
Model 1
Model 2
Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odd Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odd Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
Air pollution index 1.25 1.15, 1.36*** 1.01 0.79, 1.28 1.18 1.09, 1.28*** 0.62 0.48, 0.80***
Medium gross domestic product per capita (low)b 1.18 0.89, 1.57 0.77 0.32, 1.83 0.82 0.62, 1.07 0.12 0.05, 0.28***
High gross domestic product per capita (low)b 1.55 1.17, 2.06** 0.50 0.21, 1.19 0.73 0.56, 0.96* 0.06 0.03, 0.14***
Air pollution index × medium gross domestic product per capita 1.15 0.89, 1.49 1.87 1.43, 2.43***
Air pollution index × high gross domestic product per capita 1.41 1.09, 1.83** 2.20 1.68, 2.86***

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. All P values are 2 sided.

a

In all the models, control variables include the average temperature in January for each city, age, gender, nationality, education, occupation, perceived economic condition, marital status, number of living children, smoking, drinking, exercise, and leisure activities.

b

The category in parentheses is the reference category for a categorical variable.