Table 3.
Associations between the Presence of Chronic Diseases and Functional Disability in activities of Daily Living (n = 495)
| Chronic Disease (ICD - 10 Code) |
OR* (95% CI) | Rank | OR** (95% CI) | Rank |
| Anaemia (D50 D53) | 4.00(1.70–9.19) | 2 | 3.42(1.48 – 7.93) | 2 |
| Cataract (H25 H26) | 1.12 (0.61 – 2.04) | 11 | 0.88 (0.52 – 1.49) | 11 |
| Deafness (H90 H91) | 1.04 (0.42 – 2.55) | 12 | 0.72 (0.29 – 1.74) | 12 |
| C.O.P.D (J44 J45) | 0.70 (0.34 – 1.46) | 14 | 0.50 (0.24 – 1.03) | 14 |
| Tuberculosis (A15 A18) | 1.53 (0.60 – 3.89) | 9 | 2.04 (0.72 – 5.72) | 6 |
| Depression (F32 F33 F34) | 0.30 (0.11 – 0.79) | 15 | 0.25 (0.09 – 0.63) | 15 |
| Dental Carries (K02) | 1.18 (0.67 – 2.07) | 10 | 0.98 (0.53 – 1.79) | 10 |
| Scabies (B86) | 0.14 (0.01 – 1.07) | 16 | 0.09 (0.01 – 0.75) | 16 |
| Osteoarthritis (M13) | 3.82 (1.97 – 7.41) | 3 | 2.50 (1.26 – 4.93) | 4 |
| Prostate (N40) | 0.88 (0.25 – 2.99) | 13 | 0.55 (0.19 – 1.56) | 13 |
| Diabetes (E11, E12) | 3.53 (1.39 – 9.00) | 4 | 2.32 (1.07 – 5.06) | 5 |
| Neuropathy (G35, G37) | 1.98 (0.55 – 7.12) | 8 | 1.65 (0.45 – 5.96) | 7 |
| Hypertension (I10, I11, I15) | 2.42 (1.08 – 5.44) | 6 | 1.46 (0.70 – 3.03) | 9 |
| I.H.D. (I20, I25, I27) | 2.26 (0.93 – 5.52) | 7 | 1.52 (0.67 – 3.48) | 8 |
| Acid-Peptic Disorder (K25 K26 K27 K29 K30) | 3.15 (1.66 – 5.97) | 5 | 2.99 (1.60 – 5.57) | 3 |
| Osteoporosis (M80, M82) | 7.97 (3.72 – 17.0) | 1 | 7.81 (3.94 – 15.4) | 1 |
Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
*
OR adjusted for age and gender.
**
OR additionally adjusted for the remaining chronic conditions.