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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Sep 22;56(11):2033–2038. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01956.x

Table 3.

Proportions of subjects in each disorder group with a global rating of severe disability

Condition Male Female Total
n % s.e N % s.e n % s.e x2 p-value
Depression 29 58.0 7.0 29 39.7 5.8 58 47.2 4.5 3.98 0.05
Arthritis 42 18.5 2.6 54 22.6 2.7 96 20.6 1.9 1.20 0.78
Back/Neck
Pain
15 23.1 5.2 22 25.0 4.6 37 24.2 3.5 0.08 0.39
HBP 5 31.2 11.8 2 16.7 11.0 7 25.0 8.3 0.78 0.39
Asthma 0 0.00 0.0 3 17.6 9.5 3 13.6 7.5 1.02 0.32
Diabetics 0 0.00 0.0 1 14.3 13.9 1 10.0 10.0 0.47 0.52