Table 5.

Risk Factors for Chronic Edema (N = 37) Residential Homes

Factors associated with the presence of chronic edema
	No edema		Chronic edema
	N	%	N	%	OR (95% CI)	p
Total	65		72
Gender
Male	18	27.7	19	26.4	1.00
Female	47	72.3	53	73.6	1.07 (0.50–2.27)	0.864
Age
<80	14	21.9	13	18.3	1.00
80–89	27	42.2	26	36.6	1.04 (0.41–2.62)	0.557
90+	23	35.9	32	45.1	1.50 (0.59–3.78)
Ethnicity
White	61	93.9	66	91.7	1.00
Black	4	6.2	4	5.6	0.92 (0.22–3.86)	0.91
Other	0	0	2	2.8	—
Obesity
Underweight	12	19.1	9	12.5	1.00
Normal weight	49	77.8	55	76.4	1.50 (0.58–3.85)	0.133
Obese/morbidly obese	2	3.2	8	11.1	5.33 (0.90–31.44)
Lower limb mobility
Bed bound	4	6.2	7	9.7	1.00
Chair bound	24	36.9	20	27.8	0.48 (0.12–1.86)	0.549
Walks with aid	29	44.6	38	52.8	0.75 (0.20–2.80)
Walks unaided	8	12.3	7	9.7	0.50 (0.10–2.46)
Upper limb mobility
Full range	23	35.9	35	50.0	1.00
Limited	39	60.9	31	44.3	0.52 (0.26–1.06)	0.148
No function	2	3.1	4	5.7	1.31 (0.22–7.77)