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. 2016 Jun 3;11(6):e0156828. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156828

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)