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. 2021 Jun 23;54(Suppl 2):108–113. doi: 10.1007/s00391-021-01920-9

Table 3.

Effects of multimorbidity, age group, and gender on functioning, autonomy, and life satisfaction

Autonomy Life satisfaction
Variable B B-CI-95% T‑value P‑value Beta B CI T‑value P‑value
Age group: 80–84 (Ref.)
Age group: 85–89 −0.175 −0.324–−0.025 −2.288 0.022* −0.22 −0.547–−0.107 −1.321 0.107
Age group: 90+ −0.509 −0.770–−0.247 −3.813 <0.001*** −1.242 −1.870–−0.613 −3.872 <0.001***
Gender: men (Ref.)
Gender: women −0.074 −0.221–−0.072 −1.000 0.317 0.126 −0.191–0.443 0.781 0.435
#Treated diseases −0.044 −0.078–−0.011 −2.577 0.01* −0.165 −0.237–−0.093 −4.502 <0.001***
#Treated diseases * Age (85–89) 0.002 −0.036–0.041 0.107 0.915 0.011 −0.073–0.096 0.266 0.79
#Treated diseases * Age (90+) 0.014 −0.053–0.081 0.417 0.677 0.162 0.018–0.306 2.201 0.028*
#Treated diseases * Gender 0.007 −0.046–0.032 0.349 0.727 −0.04 −0.124–0.043 0.781 0.435
Constant 3.771 3.654–3.888 63.026 <0.001*** 8.55 8.283–8.818 62.655 <0.001***
R2 0.05 0.05
ADL IADL
Variable Beta B CI T‑value P‑value Beta B CI T‑value P‑value
Age group: 80–84 (Ref.)
Age group: 85–89 −0.207 −0.292–−0.122 −4.785 <0.001*** −0.352 −0.461–−0.243 −6.318 <0.001***
Age group: 90+ −0.559 −0.720–−0.398 −6.818 <0.001*** −0.817 −0.995–−0.638 −8.948 <0.001***
Gender: men (Ref.)
Gender: women −0.078 −0.159–0.003 −1.892 0.059 −0.13 −0.234–−0.025 −2.432 0.015*
#Treated diseases −0.06 −0.079–−0.040 −5.912 <0.001*** −0.075 −0.099–−0.051 −6.088 <0.001***
#Treated diseases * Age (85–89) 0.017 −0.004–0.039 1.581 0.114 0.018 −0.008–0.044 1.343 0.179
#Treated diseases * Age (90+) 0.030 −0.008–0.069 1.533 0.125 0.033 −0.007–0.073 1.611 0.107
#Treated diseases * Gender 0.004 −0.018–0.026 0.318 0.751 0.00 −0.027–0.028 −0.018 0.986
Constant 2.002 1.932–2.071 56.150 <0.001*** 1.942 1.856–2.027 44.465 <0.001***
R2 0.13 0.20

# Number of; B regression coefficient; B CI-95% 95% confidence intervall of the regression coefficient. Positive values in B indicate higher values in the corresponding outcome when the independent variable increase

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001