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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2014 Oct;41(1 0):98S–107S. doi: 10.1177/1090198114540462

Table 2.

Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures Among Foreign-Born Chinese Individuals Aged ≥65, Adjusted Logistic Regression Models

Predictor ≥14 days of poor mental health (Ref=<14 days) p value ≥14 days of poor physical health (Ref=<14days) p value ≥14 days of limited activities (Ref=<14 days) p value Fair/Poor SRHS (Ref = good or higher) p value
Gender (ref=male)
    Female 2.07 (1.12, 3.84) 0.021 1.65 (1.07, 2.53) 0.022 2.06 (1.03, 4.11) 0.041 1.23 (0.91, 1.66) 0.185
Age 1.04 (0.99, 1.08) 0.122 1.05 (1.02, 1.09) <0.001 1.10 (1.04, 1.16) 0.001 1.01 (0.98, 1.03) 0.513
Education (ref=college graduate)
    Less than high school 0.62 (0.26, 1.51) 0.292 0.73 (0.40, 1.35) 0.319 1.22 (0.44, 3.36) 0.703 1.68 (1.05, 2.68) 0.031
    High school/some college 1.10 (0.40, 3.00) 0.854 0.71 (0.35, 1.45) 0.344 0.59 (0.17, 2.08) 0.413 1.72 (1.03, 2.87) 0.037
Home language (ref=English not spoken)
    English spoken 1.06 (0.48, 2.33) 0.893 1.47 (0.86, 2.50) 0.159 0.69 (0.27, 1.79) 0.446 1.13 (0.73, 1.75) 0.585
BMI (ref = Underweight/Normal <23)
    Overweight (23-27.49) 1.14 (0.59, 2.20) 0.686 0.97 (0.61, 1.54) 0.888 1.41 (0.69, 2.88) 0.345 1.06 (0.75, 1.49) 0.750
    Obese (≥27.5) 1.86 (0.84, 4.11) 0.126 1.12 (0.60, 2.10) 0.712 1.13 (0.38, 3.36) 0.826 1.80 (1.09, 2.96) 0.021

Note. SRHS = self-rated health status; BMI = body mass index