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. 2013 Jan 14;8(1):e53879. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053879

Table 2. Distribution and difference of functional disability by living arrangement.

(1) Unmarried,alone (2) Married,alone (3) With spouse (4) Unmarried, with children (5) Married,with children (6) With spouse and children P-value*
BADL Score 6.80±1.98 6.28±1.42 6.75±2.44 7.76±3.94 6.00±0.00 6.61±1.65 <0.001
(1) 0.070 0.743 <0.001 0.054 0.447
(2) 0.085 <0.001 0.554 0.324
P-value# (3) <0.001 0.064 0.545
(4) <0.001 <0.001
(5) 0.175
IADL Score 10.71±4.22 9.65±3.16 10.26±4.28 12.29±6.51 8.17±0.86 10.24±4.71 <0.001
(1) 0.046 0.099 0.001 0.001 0.302
(2) 0.226 <0.001 0.097 0.346
P-value# (3) <0.001 0.006 0.953
(4) <0.001 0.001
(5) 0.014
ADL Score 17.51±5.95 15.93±4.26 17.01±6.49 20.05±10.20 14.17±0.86 16.97±6.35 <0.001
(1) 0.046 0.2218 <0.001 0.004 0.423
(2) 0.150 <0.001 0.182 0.265
P-value# (3) <0.001 0.012 0.940
(4) <0.001 <0.001
(5) 0.026
*

P-value is for One-way ANOVA F-tests between BADL, IADL, and ADL and living arrangements.

#

P-value is for an LSD post hoc multiple comparisons test.