Table 2.
Associations between self-rated economic status and falls in the past six months among the elderly in Shandong, China.
| Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | OR | 95% CI | β | OR | 95% CI | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Female | 0.39 | 1.48 ** | 1.13−1.94 | 0.39 | 1.48 ** | 1.13−1.94 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Rural | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Urban | −0.24 | 0.79 * | 0.63−1.00 | −0.09 | 0.91 | 0.72−1.16 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Couple | −0.22 | 0.81 * | 0.66−0.99 | −0.20 | 0.82 | 0.67−1.00 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| Primary school and below | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Junior high school | −0.25 | 0.78 | 0.60−1.00 | −0.21 | 0.81 | 0.63−1.04 |
| High school and above | −0.16 | 0.85 | 0.59−1.24 | −0.06 | 0.94 | 0.64−1.37 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| No a | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes b | 0.09 | 1.10 | 0.92−1.30 | 0.08 | 1.09 | 0.91−1.29 |
| Drinking | ||||||
| Noa | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yesb | −0.12 | 0.88 | 0.75−1.04 | −0.11 | 0.90 | 0.76−1.06 |
| Hypertension | ||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | −0.18 | 0.84 * | 0.71−1.00 | −0.17 | 0.84 * | 0.70−1.00 |
| Diabetes | ||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | −0.29 | 0.75 * | 0.60−0.94 | −0.29 | 0.74 ** | 0.59−0.93 |
| Coronary disease | ||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | −0.22 | 0.80 * | 0.66−0.98 | −0.19 | 0.83 | 0.68−1.00 |
| Self−reported hearing | ||||||
| Normal | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Moderate trouble | 0.31 | 1.36 ** | 1.11−1.66 | 0.26 | 1.30 ** | 1.06−1.59 |
| A lot of trouble | 0.32 | 1.38 | 0.90−2.10 | 0.28 | 1.32 | 0.86−2.02 |
| Self−rated economic status | ||||||
| Wealthy and not worried about livelihood | 1.00 | |||||
| Not wealthy but not worried about livelihood | 0.43 | 1.54 *** | 1.20−1.97 | |||
| Not wealthy and worried about livelihood | 0.88 | 2.40 *** | 1.69−3.42 | |||
| Poor and worried about livelihood | 1.28 | 3.60 *** | 1.76−7.35 |
* p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01 and *** p ≤ 0.001; a never, b former or current.