Table 3.
Husband’s odds of frailty when the wife is frail in 315 married couples.
| Frailty of Wife | Frailty of Husband (n = 315) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| OR (95% CI) | |||||
| Frailty of Wife | |||||
| Frail wife | 4.76 (1.95–11.58) *** | 3.86 (1.50–9.92) ** | 2.91 (1.04–8.16) * | 3.19 (1.00–10.22) | 3.34 (1.04–10.73) * |
| Five Components of Frailty Phenotype among Wives | |||||
| Weight loss | 6.89 (2.18–21.80) *** | 6.95 (2.10–23.02) *** | 6.87 (1.71–27.64) ** | 5.03 (1.14–22.23) * | 4.91 (1.10–21.97) * |
| Exhaustion | 2.23 (1.32–3.76) *** | 2.18 (1.28–3.70) *** | 1.94 (1.10–3.42) * | 2.09 (1.09–3.98) * | 2.14 (1.11–4.101) * |
| Low activity | 2.23 (0.83–5.95) | 1.66 (0.60–4.62) | 1.85 (0.59–5.78) | 2.00 (0.60–6.63) | 2.12 (0.63–7.08) |
| Weakness | 1.54 (0.81–2.93) | 1.30 (0.67–2.52) | 1.05 (0.51–2.15) | 1.04 (0.50–2.18) | 1.02 (0.49–2.13) |
| Slowness | 2.82 (1.52–5.23) *** | 1.88 (0.95–3.72) | 2.55 (1.17–5.59) * | 2.58 (1.16–5.70) * | 2.75 (1.23–6.14) * |
Notes: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.005. BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Model 1 was adjusted for age; model 2 was adjusted for variables in model 1 plus BMI, education, house ownership, comorbidity, and cognition; model 3 was adjusted for variables in model 2 plus depressive symptoms; and model 4 was adjusted for cohabitation with adult children plus model 3.