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. 2018 Dec 14;18:314. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0982-1

Table 4.

The Odds Ratios for Frailty associated with Environmental Characteristics (N = 2154)

Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3a
OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P
Fixed effects
Individual-level environment characteristics
Aesthetic Quality
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 0.79 0.61–1.03 0.077 0.78 0.60–1.02 0.070
 3rd quartile 0.79 0.60–1.04 0.093 0.78 0.59–1.02 0.074
 4th quartile 0.65 0.47–0.89 0.008 0.65 0.47–0.89 0.008
Walking Environment
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 1.12 0.86–1.47 0.394 1.15 0.88–1.51 0.310
 3rd quartile 1.21 0.92–1.59 0.170 1.29 0.97–1.70 0.075
 4th quartile 1.13 0.82–1.55 0.451 1.22 0.89–1.67 0.225
Social Cohesion
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 1.02 0.79–1.33 0.863 0.98 0.75–1.28 0.888
 3rd quartile 0.91 0.69–1.19 0.485 0.86 0.66–1.14 0.291
 4th quartile 0.76 0.56–1.02 0.069 0.73 0.54–0.99 0.043
Social Participation
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 0.76 0.59–0.96 0.025 0.76 0.59–0.97 0.028
 3rd quartile 0.60 0.47–0.78 < 0.001 0.59 0.45–0.77 < 0.001
 4th quartile 0.61 0.47–0.80 < 0.001 0.59 0.45–0.77 < 0.001
Neighborhood-level environment characteristics
Aesthetic Quality
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 1.36 0.68–2.73 0.388 1.37 0.69–2.71 0.367
 3rd quartile 1.05 0.52–2.13 0.884 1.16 0.58–2.32 0.675
 4th quartile 1.32 0.58–2.97 0.506 1.61 0.72–3.61 0.243
Walking Environment
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 1.02 0.48–2.12 0.974 0.97 0.47–2.01 0.945
 3rd quartile 0.86 0.42–1.79 0.693 0.81 0.39–1.66 0.561
 4th quartile 0.48 0.21–1.07 0.073 0.43 0.19–0.95 0.036
Social Cohesion
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 1.14 0.62–2.09 0.677 1.18 0.65–2.13 0.593
 3rd quartile 1.14 0.64–2.02 0.653 1.17 0.67–2.04 0.582
 4th quartile 0.63 0.32–1.24 0.181 0.73 0.37–1.42 0.355
Social Participation
 1st quartile 1.00 1.00
 2nd quartile 0.67 0.39–1.14 0.140 0.80 0.46–1.38 0.418
 3rd quartile 0.78 0.47–1.32 0.359 1.00 0.60–1.68 0.994
 4th quartile 0.92 0.52–1.65 0.784 1.30 0.72–2.34 0.384
Random effects
Neighborhood-level variance (SE) 0.38 (0.11) 0.24 (0.07) 0.22 (0.07)
Model fit
 -2LL 4230.3178 4246.6448 4149.2458
 AIC 4260.3180 4276.6450 4227.2460

agender, age, education, marital status, work status, smoking, and drinking were adjusted