Table 5.
LSI-A norms for Swedish Women by Number of Chronic Diseases and Functional Impairment (Dependent in ADLs) in the Decades of 60, 70 and 80 years
| Age, Decade | None | Number of Chronic Diseases | Three or More | Independent | ADL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | Two | Dependent in IADL | Dependent in PADL | ||||
| 60 | n=641 | n=630 | n=323 | n=154 | n=1334 | n=85 | n=310 |
| mn (sd) | 30.7 (5.6) | 28.7 (6.4) | 26.6 (7.6) | 25.6 (7.6) | 29.6 (6.4) | 26.6 (7.4) | 26.2 (7.1) |
| CI 95% | 30.3–31.2 | 28.2–29.2 | 25.8–27.5 | 24.4–26.9 | 29.3–30.0 | 25.0–28.2 | 23.4–27.0 |
| q1, md, q3 | 28.0 32.0 35.0 | 25.0 30.0 34.0 | 22.0 27.0 32.0 | 21.0 27.0 32.0 | 27.0 32.0 34.0 | 22.0 27.0 32.5 | 23.0 27.0 32.0 |
| Min-max | 3–40 | 4–40 | 6–40 | 4–40 | 6–40 | 8–40 | 3–39 |
| At ceiling n (%) | 14 (2.1) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 17 (1.3) | 2 (2.3) | - |
| 70 | n=106 | n=141 | n=96 | n=80 | n=273 | n=36 | n=106 |
| mn (sd) | 27.7 (5.7) | 27.3 (7.0) | 26.3 (7.1) | 23.7 (7.8) | 27.4 (6.8) | 25.0 (7.2) | 24.2 (7.0) |
| CI 95% | 26.6–28.8 | 26.2–28.4 | 24.9–27.7 | 21.9–25.4 | 26.3–28.2 | 22.6–27.5 | 22.8–25.5 |
| q1 md q3 | 23.0 29.0 31.0 | 22.0 28.0 32.0 | 21.0 26.3 32.0 | 17.2 26.0 30.0 | 22.5 29.0 32.0 | 21.2 25.5 30.8 | 18.8 25.1 30.0 |
| Min-max | 9–40 | 8–40 | 9–38 | 3 −38 | 3–40 | 9–37 | 8–38 |
| At ceiling n (%) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.4) | - | - | 3 (1.1) | - | |
| 80+ | n=196 | n=287 | n=289 | n=216 | n=401 | n=177 | n=398 |
| mn (sd) | 26.4 (6.9) | 25.6 (6.9) | 24.4 (6.7) | 23.0 | 26.6 (6.5) | 23.8 (6.8) | 23.5 (7.4) |
| CI 95% | 25.5–27.4 | 24.8–26.4 | 23.7–25.2 | 21.9–24.0 | 26.0–27.2 | 22.8–24.8 | 22.8–24.3 |
| q1, md, q3 | 23.0 27.0 32.0 | 21.0 26.0 31.0 | 19.0 25.0 29.0 | 17.0 23.0 29.0 | 23.0 27.0 32.0 | 19.0 24.0 32.2 | 18.0 24.0 29.0 |
| Min-max | 6–40 | 3–40 | 6–39 | 3 −40 | 6–40 | 9–37 | 3–40 |
| at ceiling n (%) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.6) | - | 1 (0.4) | 1 (1.2) | - | 3 (0.7) |