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. 2022 Mar 10;17(3):e0264708. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264708

Table 3. Regression analysis of subjective healthy life expectancy, subjective life expectancy and subjective life years with disability by gender.

sHLEn sLEo sLYDp
Male Female Male Female Male Female
HRq p HR p HR p HR p Beta p Beta p
Age Age (years) 0.96* 0.013 0.97 0.068 - - - - -0.17 0.084 -0.32** 0.001
Close relatives’ lifespan a 55–74 years 1.37 0.247 1.12 0.638 - - - - -0.76 0.607 -0.80 0.631
≥85 years 0.77 0.387 0.98 0.940 - - - - 1.12 0.506 5.21** 0.004
Self-perceived health b Fair/Bad/Very Bad 3.74** <0.001 3.35** <0.001 1.42 0.095 1.63** 0.009 7.94** <0.001 5.60** 0.001
Caregiver c Has caregiver 4.49 0.126 1.28 0.618 2.41** 0.006 0.71 0.199 -1.04 0.781 7.90** 0.006
No caregiver, but needed 5.38 0.537 0.54 0.441 2.86* 0.034 1.53 0.364 2.14 0.551 5.42* 0.047
Self-perceived lifestyle d Less healthy than others 2.11 0.051 1.63 0.175 1.43 0.156 2.08** 0.005 0.42 0.829 -2.59 0.160
Smoking status e Current smoker 1.20 0.572 1.18 0.424 1.07 0.737 1.20 0.329 -0.19 0.917 -0.25 0.870
BMI f ≥30 (Obese) 0.87 0.581 0.91 0.677 0.56** 0.003 1.19 0.316 3.71** 0.009 -1.11 0.428
Physical activity g No exercise 0.88 0.571 0.74 0.186 0.98 0.912 0.84 0.326 -1.93 0.138 -0.76 0.582
Alcohol intake h ≥5 days/week 0.82 0.470 0.43 0.262 0.83 0.397 1.28 0.599 -1.15 0.478 -5.50 0.081
Education i Primary 0.74 0.353 0.88 0.628 1.14 0.520 0.92 0.696 -1.55 0.329 -0.35 0.833
Tertiary 0.77 0.373 0.99 0.970 0.79 0.310 0.80 0.258 0.48 0.775 2.63 0.127
Place of residence j City/Town 2.06* 0.039 1.14 0.558 1.26 0.307 1.12 0.570 1.60 0.398 0.87 0.567
Village 2.10 0.060 2.05** 0.009 1.00 0.996 0.81 0.370 3.86 0.066 2.98 0.135
Income k Q1 0.85 0.661 0.90 0.710 1.48 0.110 1.03 0.913 -2.72 0.166 -0.16 0.937
Q5 1.21 0.450 0.77 0.236 1.22 0.328 0.89 0.557 -1.58 0.328 -2.37 0.128
Household One or more adultsl 1.40 0.233 1.38 0.138 1.30 0.244 1.20 0.301 -0.16 0.931 0.62 0.702
One or more childrenm 2.48 0.069 0.97 0.925 0.52 0.050 1.00 0.991 6.25* 0.023 1.09 0.594
Happiness Happiness (0–10) 0.97 0.557 0.91 0.071 0.91* 0.032 0.88** 0.004 0.33 0.297 0.15 0.649
Intercept - - - - - - - - 15.50 0.020 23.86 0.002
N 204 220 204 220 204 220

* p>0.05

**p<0.01.

abase:75–84 years

bbase: Very good/Good

cbase: No, and not needed

dbase: Healthier or as healthy as others

ebase: Never smoked or quitted

fbase: <30

gbase: Some exercise

hbase: Lifetime abstinence to max 4 occasions/week

ibase: Secondary

jbase: Capital

kbase: Q2-Q4

lbase: Single adult

mbase: None

nsHLE: subjective healthy life expectancy

osLE: subjective life expectancy

psLYD: subjective life years with disability

qHR: hazard ratio.