Table 3.

Associations between parity and the Short Physical Performance Battery, women in the Bogalusa Heart Study (n=761)

	total (<10)		chair (≤2)		walk (≤3)		balance (≤2)
	ORa	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Total parity
pre-menopausal
0	6.04	1.48–6.23	1.97	1.05–3.72	2.56	1.03–6.36	6.73	2.06–22.04
+ adjustmenta	3.87	1.77–8.45	2.30	1.17–4.55	3.56	1.30–9.74	10.23	2.81–37.26
+ adjustment for BMI	2.85	1.24–6.59	1.95	0.96–3.94	2.37	0.78–7.23	8.90	1.69–47.01
3+	0.80	0.37–1.71	0.79	0.43–1.47	1.35	0.55–3.31	0.22	0.03–1.74
+ adjustmenta	0.57	0.24–1.37	0.59	0.29–1.20	0.69	0.23–2.05	0.09	0.01–0.84
+ adjustment for BMI	0.62	0.25–1.55	0.62	0.30–1.27	0.87	0.27–2.75	0.09	0.01–1.05
post-menopausal
0	0.59	0.20–1.72	0.72	0.32–1.61	1.15	0.43–3.08	4.47	1.31–15.20
+ adjustmenta	0.56	0.18–1.72	0.77	0.33–1.81	1.48	0.50–4.44	3.47	0.91–13.24
+ adjustment for BMI	0.54	0.18–1.64	0.70	0.30–1.61	1.17	0.41–3.32	4.45	1.23–16.07
3+	1.53	0.88–2.68	1.11	0.69–1.79	2.06	1.11–3.81	1.46	0.47–4.55
+ adjustmenta	1.30	0.70–2.41	0.88	0.52–1.49	1.56	0.79–3.06	2.02	0.54–7.52
+ adjustment for BMI	1.24	0.67––2.32	0.86	0.51–1.46	1.49	0.75–2.96	1.79	0.46–6.91

^aadjusted for age, menopausal status, race, smoking, education