Table 3. Relationship between BSRI 4 –fold classification, mobility disability and low physical performance, and covariates by sex.
| Men (n = 942) | Women (n = 1025) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feminine | Masculine | Undifferentiated | Androgynous | P value | Feminine | Masculine | Undifferentiated | Androgynous | P value | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Mobility disability a | 0.002 | |||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 41 | 30.1 | 64 | 26.1 | 80 | 30.2 | 66 | 22.4 | 0.156 | 137 | 49.5 | 72 | 47.4 | 146 | 56.2 | 135 | 40.4 | |
| No difficulty | 95 | 69.9 | 181 | 73.9 | 185 | 69.8 | 228 | 77.6 | 140 | 50.5 | 80 | 52.6 | 114 | 43.8 | 199 | 59.6 | ||
| Physical performance SPPB a | 0.04 | 0.006 | ||||||||||||||||
| < 8 | 10 | 7.4 | 20 | 8.3 | 36 | 13.7 | 21 | 7.3 | 55 | 20.3 | 23 | 15.1 | 59 | 22.7 | 42 | 12.6 | ||
| ≥ 8 | 126 | 92.6 | 220 | 91.7 | 226 | 86.3 | 267 | 92.7 | 216 | 79.7 | 129 | 84.9 | 201 | 78.7 | 291 | 78.4 | ||
| Age b | 136 | 69.24 | 245 | 69.17 | 267 | 69.07 | 294 | 69.12 | 0.952 | 277 | 69.26 | 153 | 69.07 | 260 | 68.99 | 335 | 69.07 | 0.702 |
| (2.97) | (2.89) | (2.88) | (2.97) | (2.84) | (2.89) | (2.69) | (2.83) | |||||||||||
| Marital status a | 0.152 | 0.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Single | 6 | 4.4 | 8 | 3.3 | 17 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.4 | 19 | 6.9 | 15 | 9.8 | 24 | 9.2 | 21 | 6.3 | ||
| Married | 103 | 75.7 | 201 | 82.0 | 220 | 82.4 | 230 | 78.2 | 142 | 51.3 | 82 | 53.6 | 124 | 47.7 | 169 | 50.4 | ||
| Widowed | 8 | 5.9 | 14 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.2 | 16 | 5.4 | 84 | 30.3 | 38 | 24.8 | 65 | 25.0 | 94 | 28.1 | ||
| Divorced | 19 | 14.0 | 22 | 9.0 | 24 | 9.0 | 38 | 12.9 | 32 | 11.6 | 18 | 11.8 | 47 | 18.1 | 51 | 15.2 | ||
| Years of education b | 136 | 10.13 | 245 | 10.42 | 267 | 9.79 | 294 | 10.93 | 0.158 | 277 | 8.90 | 153 | 9.11 | 260 | 8.38 | 335 | 9.70 | 0.029 |
| (5.82) | (6.17) | (6.20) | (5.96) | (5.00) | (5.67) | (5.46) | (5.59) | |||||||||||
| Income sufficiency a | 0.014 | 0.002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Very sufficient | 35 | 25.7 | 98 | 40.0 | 75 | 28.1 | 104 | 35.4 | 81 | 29.2 | 40 | 26.1 | 52 | 20.0 | 111 | 33.1 | ||
| Barely sufficient | 56 | 41.2 | 65 | 26.5 | 101 | 37.8 | 95 | 32.3 | 99 | 35.7 | 42 | 27.5 | 90 | 34.6 | 114 | 34.0 | ||
| Insufficient | 45 | 33.1 | 82 | 33.5 | 91 | 34.1 | 95 | 32.3 | 97 | 35 | 71 | 46.4 | 118 | 45.4 | 110 | 32.8 | ||
| Study site a | 0.065 | 0.203 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kingston | 26 | 19.1 | 38 | 15.5 | 63 | 23.6 | 57 | 19.4 | 54 | 19.5 | 29 | 19.0 | 43 | 16.5 | 83 | 24.8 | ||
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 32 | 23.5 | 48 | 19.6 | 42 | 15.7 | 66 | 22.4 | 59 | 21.3 | 34 | 22.2 | 55 | 21.2 | 56 | 16.7 | ||
| Natal | 27 | 19.9 | 42 | 17.1 | 52 | 19.5 | 71 | 24.1 | 46 | 16.6 | 32 | 20.9 | 60 | 23.1 | 72 | 21.5 | ||
| Manizales | 28 | 20.6 | 57 | 23.3 | 61 | 22.8 | 49 | 16.7 | 56 | 20.2 | 33 | 21.6 | 44 | 16.9 | 65 | 19.4 | ||
| Tirana | 23 | 16.9 | 60 | 24.5 | 49 | 18.4 | 51 | 17.3 | 62 | 22.4 | 25 | 16.3 | 58 | 22.3 | 59 | 17.6 | ||
a Percentage
b Mean (SD)