Table 5.

Poisson regression models showing the changes in the gender gap in mobility difficulty by world region

World Region	% with	Model 1 †	Model 2 ‡	Model 3 §
	Mobility Difficulty in	Mobility Difficulty	Mobility Difficulty	Mobility Difficulty
	Men and Women	PRR* (95% CI)	PRR* (95% CI)	PRR* (95% CI)
Africa, n = 60,277	23%, 31%	1.30 (1.23–1.37)	1.26 (1.20 –1.34)	1.11 (1.06 –1.17)
Americas, n = 49,803	17%, 25%	1.37 (1.26 –1.49)	1.38 (1.26–1.50)	1.16 (1.06 –1.26)
Eastern Mediterranean n = 16,450	24%, 40%	1.66 (1.51 –1.81) ||	1.49 (1.36 –1.62)	1.17 (1.07 –1.27)
Europe n = 40,477	25%, 38%	1.34 (1.24 –1.44)	1.32 (1.23 –1.42)	1.11 (1.04 –1.19)
South-east Asia, n = 34,743	35%, 49%	1.39 (1.33 –1.45)	1.30 (1.24 –1.36)	1.16 (1.12 –1.21)
Western Pacific, n = 27,236	31%, 36%	1.12 (1.06 –1.18) ||	1.09 (1.03 –1.15)	1.03 (0.98 –1.08)

* Prevalence rate ratio for women versus men.

† Model 1: Adjusted by age.

‡ Model 2: Adjusted by age, marital status, education, and setting.

§ Model 3: Adjusted by age, marital status, education, setting, back pain, arthritis, angina, depression, and cognitive difficulties.

|| In a single regression model for all regions combined (not shown here), interaction terms were statistically significant for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific regions using Africa as the reference region (P < 0.01).