Table 3.
Influence of spousal baseline chronic disease status on one’s chronic disease development over 4 years.
| Spousal Baseline Chronic Disease Status |
Chronic Disease Development over 4 Years (Yes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Model 0 1 | Model 1 2 | Model 2 3 | Model 3 4 | Model 4 5 | |
| OR (95% CI) | ORa (95% CI) | ORa (95% CI) | ORa (95% CI) | ORa (95% CI) | ||
| For husbands (n = 2636) | ||||||
| No | 21.47 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 25.81 | 1.27 (1.05,1.54) ** | 1.24 (1.02,1.50) * | 1.23 (1.02,1.49) * | 1.25 (1.03,1.51) * | 1.24 (1.02,1.51) * |
| For wives (n = 2521) | ||||||
| No | 24.87 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 24.36 | 0.97 (0.80,1.18) | 0.92 (0.75,1.12) | 0.92 (0.75,1.12) | 0.90 (0.73,1.10) | 0.88 (0.71,1.08) |
1 Model 0: unadjusted model. 2 Model 1: adjusted for age of both spouses. 3 Model 2: adjusted for age of both spouses and other sociodemographic covariates (education level, retirement status and household income) of both spouses. 4 Model 3: adjusted for sociodemographic covariates (age, education level, retirement status and household income) and both spouse’s personal lifestyles (smoking, drinking, social participation, exercise and BMI). 5 Model 4: adjusted for covariates in Model 3 (sociodemographic covariates of both spouse’s and personal lifestyles) and spousal lifestyles (smoking, drinking, social participation, exercise and BMI). ORa: OR adjusted. **: p < 0.01; *: p < 0.05.