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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Mar 1;59(3):454–462. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03287.x

Table 3.

Age-, Sex-, and Race-Adjusted Associations Between Activity of Daily Living Stage and Other Person- and Environment-Related Factors

Relative Risk Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Model Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV
Model 1: Global perceived health status (reference: excellent)
    Very good 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 2.0 (1.2–3.5) 1.4 (0.7–2.5) 0.5 (0.0–8.0)
    Good 2.4 (1.9–3.1) 3.8 (2.4–6.1) 2.7 (1.6–4.7) 5.7 (0.7–45.1)
    Fair 5.7 (4.4–7.4) 10.3 (6.3–16.9) 8.1 (4.7–14.0) 12.1 (1.5–95.5)
    Poor 14.1 (10.8–18.2) 47.9 (29.2–78.8) 48.1 (27.3–84.6) 202.3 (26.6–1,538.1)
Model 2: Presence of particular conditions (reference: no for each condition in single model)
    Stroke 2.2 (1.8–2.8) 2.8 (2.1–3.6) 4.8 (3.6–6.3) 6.9 (3.5–13.5)
    Hypertension 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 0.8 (0.7–1.1) 0.7 (0.4–1.4)
    Cardiopulmonary 1.6 (1.4–1.9) 1.9 (1.6–2.3) 2.1 (1.7–2.5) 1.1 (0.5–2.5)
    Osteoporosis 2.0 (1.6–2.4) 2.0 (1.5–2.6) 2.6 (1.8–3.7) 1.9 (0.7–5.4)
    Diabetes mellitus 1.6 (1.3–1.9) 2.2 (1.7–2.7) 2.0 (1.5–2.6) 4.9 (2.1–11.3)
    Cancer 2.6 (2.3–3.0) 2.6 (2.2–3.1) 2.1 (1.7–2.7) 1.2 (0.6–2.2)
    Major mental 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 1.0 (0.4–2.9)
    Dementia 3.2 (2.4–4.4) 5.9 (4.3–8.2) 15.3 (11.1–21.1) 41.9 (19.6–89.6)
Model 3: Unmet needs for accessibility features in the residence (reference: no)
    ≥1 5.3 (4.0–7.0) 14.9 (11.0–20.3) 17.8 (13.0–24.5) 8.7 (4.4–17.0)