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. 2006 Feb 22;3(1):15–21. doi: 10.1007/s10433-006-0021-5

Table 4.

Odds ratios of exhibiting discrepancies for each pair of measurements, depending on sex, age education and cognitive status

Variable Category Area of physical function
Lower body function Upper body function Vision
Underestimated limitation OR Overestimated limitation OR Underestimated limitation OR Overestimated limitation OR Underestimated limitation OR Overestimated limitation OR
Sex Male
Female 1.28 1.83 2.28 2.78* 1.06 0.61
Age group 77–79
80–84 1.34 0.89 0.61 0.86 5.20 0.58
85+ 2.28 0.86 1.03 1.43 2.94 1.76
Education Grade school
Beyond grade school 1.40 0.60 0.43 1.23 1.59 1.53
Cognition Normal
Impaired 1.07 1.37 2.68* 3.43** 14.41*** 1.21
Nagelkerke R 2 0.03 0.03 0.09 0.09 0.24 0.05
423 423 466 466 476 476

***P≤0.001; **P≤0.01; *P≤0.05; †≤0.10