Table 2.

Odds Ratios for Risk Factors for ADL Difficulty and ADL Dependency

	Odds Ratio of ADL Difficulty (95% CI)	Odds Ratio of ADL Dependency(95% CI)
Model 1†
Age
90–94	1 (Reference)	1 (Reference)
95–99	3.17 (1.96–5.11)*	2.45 (1.74–3.46)*
100+	12.49 (3.00–51.97)*	15.27 (6.00–38.90)*
Sex
Male	1 (Reference)	1 (Reference)
Female	2.03 (1.33–3.08)*	1.51 (1.03–2.21)*
Education
Less than HS	1 (Reference)	1 (Reference)
HS to some college	0.82 (0.37–1.80)	0.85 (0.46–1.58)
College degree or more	0.81 (0.37–1.81)	0.80 (0.43–1.51)
Model 2‡
Non-institutionalized	1 (Reference)	1 (Reference)
Institutionalized	4.83 (2.92–8.00)*	4.17 (2.93–5.93)*

^*Statistically significant at P < .05

^†Model includes age, sex and education

^‡Model includes age, sex and institutionalization status

ADL = Activities of Daily Living; HS = High School; CI = Confidence Interval