Table 3.
Multivariate logistic regression of SRH trajectories predicting frailty
| Frailty | P value | ||
| OR | 95% CI | ||
| Age | 1.10* | 1.06 to 1.16 | <0.0001 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | Ref | ||
| Female | 1.29*(please remove footnote here) | 0.81 to 2.05 | 0.2803 |
| Level of education | |||
| Illiterate | Ref | ||
| 1~6 years | 0.79 | 0.52 to 1.21 | 0.2811 |
| 7~12 years | 0.49 | 0.24 to 1.08 | 0.0523 |
| >12 years | 0.16 | 0.02 to 1.43 | 0.1058 |
| Income satisfaction | |||
| Good | Ref | ||
| Fair | 1.04 | 0.65 to 1.67 | 0.8746 |
| Poor | 1.73* | 1.02 to 2.93 | 0.0413 |
| Social participation | |||
| Yes | 1.30 | 0.83 to 2.02 | 0.2558 |
| No | Ref | ||
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Yes | 1.06 | 0.63 to 1.76 | 0.8382 |
| No | Ref | ||
| Without job | |||
| Yes | 2.00* | 1.22 to 3.27 | 0.0059 |
| No | Ref | ||
| SRH trajectory | |||
| Group 1 | 3.09* | 2.04 to 4.69 | <0.0001 |
| Group 2 | Ref | ||
| Group 3 | 0.04* | 0.01 to 0.32 | 0.0021 |
| Group 4 | 0.19* | 0.06 to 0.63 | 0.0061 |
| Number of diseases | 1.10 | 0.96 to 1.27 | 0.1645 |
Group 1 refers to constantly poor SRH group; group 2 refers to constantly fair SRH group; group 3 refers to constantly good SRH group; group 4 refers to good-to-fair SRH group.
*p<0.05.
SRH, self-rated health.