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. 2022 Mar 2;22:174. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02755-8

Table 3.

Characteristics associated with healthy aging status

Healthy Agersa
n=887
Non-Healthy Agersa
n=1236
p-value† Multivariate model±
OR (95%CI) p-value
Age, years 74.0 (3.8) 75.5 (4.7) < .0001 0.95 (0.93,0.98) .0001
Women [%] 61.3% 61.6% 0.88 1.36 (1.03,1.81) 0.0319
Education, years 13.4 (3.5) 12.1 (4.7) < .0001 1.02 (0.99,1.05) 0.233
Prior fall [%] 38.9% 42.6% 0.03 0.87 (0.72,1.07) 0.1813
BMI, Kg/m2 25.3 (3.8) 27.1 (4.4) < .0001 0.94 (0.91,0.96) < .0001
Gait speed, m/s
 Men 1.20 (0.20) 1.12 (0.23) < .0001 4.70 (2.68,8.25) < .0001
 Women 1.18 (0.20) 1.04 (0.24) < .0001
Grip strength, KPa
 Men 79.0 (15.7) 73.4 (17.5) < .0001 1.01 (1.00,1.01) 0.2655
 Women 53.2 (10.5) 48.9 (12.3) < .0001
Sit-to-stand, s
 Men 10.0 (2.9) 12.1 (4.5) < .0001 0.90 (0.87,0.93) < .0001
 Women 10.3 (2.7) 13.1 (4.9) < .0001

aValues are means and SE unless noted. † p-values are from T-tests or X2 tests

±Variables in the multivariate model are adjusted for each other and for center