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. 2019 Apr 13;16(8):1330. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16081330

Table 2.

Logistic regression analysis between chronic pain and physical frailty status.

Independent Variable Dependent Value: Classification of Two Patterns of Physical Frailty Prevalence Rates
Non-Frailty & Pre-Frailty vs Frailty Non-Frailty vs Pre-Frailty & Frailty
Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted
OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Chronic pain 1.53 (0.60–3.87) 0.371 2.83 (0.79–10.21) 0.112 1.95 (1.24–3.05) 0.004 ** 1.68 (1.03–2.76) 0.040 *
Age 1.22 (1.09–1.36) 0.001 ** 1.03 (0.99–1.07) 0.176
Women 2.15 (0.42–10.90) 0.358 0.80 (0.47–1.38) 0.428
BMI 1.21 (1.00–1.46) 0.058 1.00 (0.94–1.08) 0.938
GDS-15 1.50 (1.20–1.87) <0.001 ** 1.17 (1.06–1.30) 0.003 **
Medications 1.15 (1.00–1.32) 0.047 * 1.06 (1.00–1.14) 0.069

Note: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; GDS-15, 15-item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale; the bold typeface indicates statistical significance; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; adjusted for age, sex, BMI, GDS-15 score, and number of medications.