Table 4.

Multivariate regression coefficients of grip strength on chronic disease status before and after adjusting for confounding variables with sex specifications.

	Model I †			Model II ‡
	β	se β	p-Value	β	se β	p-Value
Men(n = 1600)
1 disease/0 disease	−0.84	0.42	0.045	−0.66	0.38	0.077
2 diseases/0 disease	−1.25	0.51	0.014	−0.89	0.45	0.051
≥3 diseases/0 disease	−1.39	0.64	0.030	−1.38	0.58	0.017
Women(n = 2139)
1 disease/0 disease	−0.32	0.24	0.193	−0.11	0.23	0.635
2 diseases/0 disease	−0.78	0.30	0.008	−0.51	0.28	0.068
≥3 diseases/0 disease	−0.76	0.39	0.056	−0.46	0.37	0.216

Abbreviations: β, regression coefficient; se, standard error. ^† Model I: no adjustment. ^‡ Model II: further adjusting for age and body mass index.