Table 3.

Association between haemoglobin and physical and cognitive measures after adjustment for covariates

	Grip strength*				Walk speed*				Cognition score†
	Men (n=1882)		Women (n=2239)		Men (n=1882)		Women (n=2239)		Men (n=1840)		Women (n=2187)
	B	P values	B	P values	B	P values	B	P values	B	P values	B	P values
Haemoglobin	0.266	0.07	0.391	<0.001	−0.001	0.71	−0.002	0.51	0.003	0.71	0.014	0.13
Diabetes	−0.241	0.80	−0.377	0.52	−0.075	0.001	−0.018	0.35	0.043	0.48	−0.087	0.08
Hypertension	1.816	0.004	0.683	0.12	−0.008	0.63	−0.010	0.51	0.162	<0.001	0.050	0.16
Angina	0.570	0.61	0.300	0.63	0.013	0.64	−0.016	0.45	0.031	0.65	0.128	0.01
Stroke	−5.938	<0.001	−3.857	<0.001	−0.170	<0.001	−0.215	<0.001	−0.432	<0.001	−0.166	0.08
HIV	0.921	0.24	0.163	0.75	0.040	0.03	0.027	0.12	0.183	<0.001	−0.030	0.46
Chronic bronchitis	−1.819	0.57	2.792	0.39	0.081	0.37	−0.026	0.79	−0.122	0.57	−0.387	0.12
Log eCRP	−0.674	0.03	−0.033	0.88	−0.013	0.09	−0.023	0.002	−0.016	0.40	0.054	0.002
Highest year education
None									Referent	–	Referent	–
1–7									0.497	<0.001	0.754	<0.001
8–11									0.742	<0.001	1.047	<0.001
12+									1.024	<0.001	1.316	<0.001
Age	−0.338	<0.001	−0.273	<0.001	−0.004	<0.001	−0.007	<0.001	−0.013	<0.001	−0.026	<0.001

All models adjusted for all listed variables.

*Generalised linear model using Tweedie distribution, power 1.2 with identity link.

†Linear regression.