Table 3.

Sex stratified logistic regression estimates of low ADL and low IADL by number of chronic conditions

Number of chronic diseases	Unadjusted	AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Low ADL
Male
No disease	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Single disease	1.599*** (1.328–1.927)	1.618*** (1.349–1.941)	1.540*** (1.283–1.849)	1.474*** (1.191–1.825)
Two	1.921*** (1.556–2.371)	2.058*** (1.672–2.532)	1.886*** (1.523–2.336)	1.666*** (1.285–2.160)
Three and above	3.067*** (2.451–3.838)	3.575*** (2.833–4.511)	3.203*** (2.523–4.068)	2.499*** (1.889–3.304)
Female
No disease	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Single disease	1.340*** (1.140–1.576)	1.329*** (1.124–1.570)	1.332*** (1.128–1.573)	1.174* (0.980–1.405)
Two	1.979*** (1.677–2.336)	2.077*** (1.755–2.459)	2.094*** (1.744–2.515)	1.793*** (1.457–2.206)
Three and above	2.162*** (1.440–3.247)	2.470*** (1.825–3.343)	2.591*** (1.950–3.444)	1.955*** (1.405–2.719)
Low IADL
Male
No disease	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Single disease	1.360*** (1.187–1.557)	1.439*** (1.252–1.655)	1.414*** (1.224–1.633)	1.310*** (1.111–1.545)
Two	1.538*** (1.289–1.835)	1.835*** (1.548–2.175)	1.760*** (1.488–2.083)	1.502*** (1.236–1.826)
Three and above	2.231*** (1.836–2.709)	3.009*** (2.442–3.708)	2.934*** (2.358–3.649)	2.285*** (1.796–2.908)
Female
No disease	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Single disease	1.265*** (1.106–1.447)	1.284*** (1.111–1.484)	1.343*** (1.167–1.546)	1.316*** (1.134–1.527)
Two	1.511*** (1.299–1.756)	1.642*** (1.416–1.905)	1.776*** (1.520–2.076)	1.511*** (1.276–1.788)
Three and above	2.671*** (1.875–3.805)	3.396*** (2.292–5.030)	3.602*** (2.467–5.258)	3.310*** (2.044–5.362)

Model 1 is adjusted for age, education, work status, marital status and living arrangement; Model 2 is adjusted for individual as well as household factors (wealth quintile, religion, caste, place of residence); Model 3 is additionally adjusted for SRH, depression and cognitive impairment