Table 4.
Combined effects of physical conditions and oral frailty status for late-life depression.
| Variables | Variables | Total | Late-Life Depression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | aOR | (95% CI) | |||
| Physical frailty | Oral frailty | ||||||
| Non | Non + Pre-frailty | (ref.) | 587 | (64.6) | 22 | 1.00 | |
| Non | Frailty | 127 | (14.0) | 13 | 2.86 | (1.38–5.95) | |
| Pre-frailty | Non + Pre-frailty | 122 | (13.4) | 22 | 5.64 | (3.00–10.60) | |
| Pre-frailty | Frailty | 56 | (6.2) | 14 | 8.23 | (3.80–17.79) | |
| Frailty | Non + Pre-frailty | 11 | (1.2) | 8 | 69.21 | (16.99–281.93) | |
| Frailty | Frailty | 5 | (0.6) | 3 | 36.81 | (5.71–237.27) | |
| Sarcopenia | Oral frailty | ||||||
| No | Non + Pre-frailty | (ref.) | 697 | (76.8) | 45 | 1.00 | |
| No | Frailty | 172 | (18.9) | 24 | 2.29 | (1.32–3.97) | |
| Yes | Non + Pre-frailty | 23 | (2.5) | 7 | 6.39 | (2.41–16.94) | |
| Yes | Frailty | 16 | (1.8) | 6 | 8.60 | (2.84–25.97) | |
| Insomnia | Oral frailty | ||||||
| No | Non + Pre-frailty | (ref.) | 432 | (53.6) | 16 | 1.00 | |
| No | Frailty | 100 | (12.4) | 11 | 2.64 | (1.13–6.18) | |
| Yes | Non + Pre-frailty | 216 | (26.9) | 26 | 3.95 | (2.02–7.71) | |
| Yes | Frailty | 57 | (7.1) | 12 | 6.21 | (2.69–14.34) | |
Notes: aOR = adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; ref. = reference group; aORs were adjusted for age, sex, and education.