Table 2.
Trends in the Likelihood of Disability in Basic Activities of Daily Living, 1997–2006: the China Health and Nutrition Survey
| 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n/N | OR* | n/N | OR (95% CI)† | n/N | OR (95% CI)† | n/N | OR (95% CI)† | p trend † |
| Total | 221/1,668 | 1.00 | 208/1,671 | 1.05 (0.85–1.29) | 242/2,154 | 0.90 (0.73–1.12) | 234/2,352 | 0.76 (0.61–0.94) | .005 |
| Age, years | |||||||||
| 60–69 | 76/1,033 | 1.00 | 60/1,003 | 0.90 (0.64–1.28) | 66/1,242 | 0.79 (0.55–1.14) | 62/1,341 | 0.69 (0.48–0.99) | .036 |
| 70–79 | 81/488 | 1.00 | 97/536 | 1.25 (0.90–1.74) | 111/730 | 1.00 (0.71–1.39) | 105/799 | 0.85 (0.61–1.19) | .143 |
| ≥80 | 64/147 | 1.00 | 51/132 | 1.02 (0.62–1.67) | 65/182 | 0.97 (0.59–1.59) | 67/212 | 0.76 (0.47–1.22) | .230 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Men | 89/762 | 1.00 | 75/767 | 0.88 (0.62–1.25) | 87/1,010 | 0.74 (0.53–1.04) | 96/1,103 | 0.74 (0.53–1.04) | .059 |
| Women | 132/906 | 1.00 | 133/904 | 1.18 (0.90–1.55) | 155/1,144 | 1.05 (0.79–1.39) | 138/1,249 | 0.79 (0.60–1.05) | .047 |
| Region | |||||||||
| Urban | 84/673 | 1.00 | 78/667 | 1.05 (0.75–1.48) | 80/819 | 0.83 (0.58–1.20) | 84/864 | 0.82 (0.57–1.17) | .174 |
| Rural | 137/995 | 1.00 | 130/1,004 | 1.07 (0.81–1.41) | 162/1,335 | 0.96 (0.73–1.26) | 150/1,488 | 0.75 (0.58–0.98) | .019 |
Notes: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
*Referent.
†Controlling for age, sex, education, living region, ever smoking, alcohol intake, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and stroke.