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