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. 2012 May 25;12:379. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-379

Table 6.

Relation of disabilities to social factors and illness (Functional capacities 7-12): multivariate logistic regression (N = 17436)

  Sex
Disability
  Q7 bath
Q8 lavatory
Q9 understand
Q10 Memory
Q11 lifting
Q12 food
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Sociodemographic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Age from census
men
1.05
1.03-1.06
1.05
1.03-1.07
1.04
1.03-1.06
1.04
1.03-1.06
1.02
1.02-1.03
1.01
0.99-1.06
 
women
1.04
1.03-1.06
1.05
1.03-1.07
1.04
1.03-1.05
1.05
1.03-1.06
1.03
1.02-1.04
1.03
1.01-1.05
  No living spouse
men
1.42
1.13-1.80
1.36
1.06-1.74
1.50
1.22-1.84
1.51
1.20-1.89
1.41
1.21-1.63
1.38
1.04-1.84
 
women
1.47
1.21-1.80
1.55
1.27-1.91
1.37
0.55-2.04
1.39
1.15-1.68
1.47
1.31-1.66
1.29
1.02-1.62
  Very poor/destitute
men
0.55
0.16-1.93
0.39
0.10-1.59
0.89
0.37-2.14
0.56
0.20-1.61
0.55
0.32-0.89
3.86
1.47-10.16
 
women
1.45
0.67-3.13
1.12
0.50-2.49
1.06
0.55-2.04
0.82
0.42-1.62
0.71
0.50-1.03
5.14
2.33-11.35
  Illiterate
men
1.08
0.80-1.47
1.00
0.73-1.36
1.04
0.82-1.31
1.21
0.91-1.62
1.35
1.19-1.54
1.03
0.71-1.49
 
women
1.19
0.73-1.95
1.35
0.78-2.33
1.96
1.24-3.10
1.91
1.11-3.30
1.53
1.22-1.91
1.39
0.74-2.63
  No job at census
men
1.53
1.12-2.07
1.53
1.11-2.11
1.48
1.16-1.89
1.07
0.79-1.45
1.14
0.98-1.32
1.10
0.73-1.64
 
women
1.00
0.45-2.22
1.17
0.47-2.93
0.78
0.43-1.43
0.62
0.33-1.19
1.18
0.79-1.77
0.51
0.28-0.93
  Smoker at census
men
1.08
0.83-1.41
1.06
0.80-1.41
1.07
0.87-1.32
0.83
0.64-1.06
1.11
0.99-1.24
0.91
0.66-1.26
 
women
1.57
0.69-3.58
0.71
0.21-2.39
0.79
0.34-1.82
0.78
0.29-2.18
0.60
0.35-1.00
0.91
0.32-2.29
Disease/condition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Pain in joints
men
1.05
0.77-1.44
1.21
0.80-1.41
1.15
0.90-1.49
1.08
0.80-1.45
1.15
1.01-1.32
1.25
0.82-1.90
 
women
0.90
0.65-1.23
1.05
0.74-1.49
1.15
0.88-1.51
0.88
0.64-1.20
1.31
1.12-1.53
0.90
0.61-1.33
  Chest pain
men
0.79
0.60-1.05
0.82
0.61-1.11
1.26
1.02-1.56
0.98
0.75-1.27
1.11
0.98-1.23
1.26
0.90-1.76
 
women
0.72
0.55-0.93
0.68
0.51-0.91
1.10
0.89-1.35
0.99
0.77-1.28
1.06
0.94-1.70
1.17
0.86-1.60
  Breathing problem
men
1.53
1.16-2.03
1.36
1.01-1.84
1.06
0.84-1.34
1.22
0.93-1.62
1.30
1.14-1.49
1.92
1.37-2.67
 
women
1.24
0.91-1.69
0.99
0.70-1.39
1.25
0.98-1.60
0.82
0.60-1.13
1.15
0.98-1.34
1.66
1.19-2.31
  Incontinence
men
1.66
1.26-2.20
1.75
1.31-2.35
1.55
1.24-1.93
1.55
1.19-2.03
1.71
1.51-1.94
1.99
1.42-2.78
 
women
1.63
1.25-2.14
1.66
1.25-2.21
1.30
1.05-1.61
1.75
1.36-2.24
1.37
1.21-1.56
1.11
0.81-1.52
  Depression
men
1.72
1.29-2.29
1.70
1.26-2.31
1.59
1.26-2.01
1.83
1.39-2.42
1.61
1.40-1.84
1.87
1.32-2.64
 
women
1.37
1.03-1.82
1.44
1.07-1.93
1.17
0.93-1.47
1.58
1.22-2.05
1.39
1.21-1.59
2.19
1.60-3.00
  Paralysis
men
7.97
5.83-10.89
8.42
6.11-11.62
1.74
1.22-2.49
2.56
1.76-3.72
2.47
1.97-3.09
2.06
1.26-3.36
 
women
11.64
8.61-15.72
12.23
8.94-16.74
2.12
1.51-2.97
3.18
2.23-4.52
3.30
2.60-4.19
3.08
2.01-4.72
  Itching
men
0.84
0.62-1.14
0.75
0.55-1.04
1.38
1.11-1.73
1.00
0.76-1.33
1.04
0.91-1.19
1.14
0.81-1.61
 
women
0.85
0.63-1.15
0.93
0.67-1.27
1.41
1.51-2.97
1.13
0.93-1.54
1.10
0.96-1.27
1.45
1.06-1.99
  Other
men
1.57
1.21-2.04
1.48
1.12-1.95
1.12
0.91-1.38
1.22
0.95-1.57
1.62
1.45-1.82
1.65
1.20-2.26
 
women
1.50
1.16-1.92
1.44
1.10-1.88
1.29
1.06-1.57
1.21
0.95-1.53
1.82
1.62-2.04
1.48
1.11-1.98
  Shaking at rest
men
5.41
4.00-7.30
4.64
3.37-6.40
2.38
1.78-3.17
3.97
2.93-5.39
2.49
2.05-3.01
2.21
1.44-3.40
  women 3.43 2.51-4.69 3.27 2.35-4.53 2.41 1.83-3.18 3.63 2.70-4.87 2.50 2.06-3.06 1.91 1.28-2.86