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Table 7 Logistic regression analyses of the responses to the EQ-5D items by the female older workers

From: Factors associated with health-related quality of life in Korean older workers

 

Mobility

Self-care

Usual activities

Pain/discomfort

Anxiety/depression

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Age

1.02 (1.04 ~ 1.01)***

1.07 (1.1 ~ 1.04)***

1.06 (1.08 ~ 1.04)***

1.02 (1.03 ~ 1.01)***

1.04 (1.05 ~ 1.02)***

Education (/<Elementary school)

0.64 (0.40 ~ 1.02)

0.37 (0.12 ~ 1.15)

0.61 (0.31 ~ 1.21)

0.9 (0.59 ~ 1.40)

0.92 (0.54 ~ 1.58)

Household Income (quartile) (/4th(highest))

    

 1st (lowest)

1.43 (0.71 ~ 2.87)

1.42 (0.32 ~ 6.32)

2.05 (0.70 ~ 6.02)

1.06 (0.55 ~ 2.03)

0.92 (0.41 ~ 2.02)

 2nd

1.03 (0.53 ~ 2.00)

0.91 (0.20 ~ 4.06)

1.85 (0.64 ~ 5.37)

0.87 (0.48 ~ 1.59)

0.78 (0.37 ~ 1.64)

 3rd

0.65 (0.31 ~ 1.37)

0.8 (0.14 ~ 4.50)

1.06 (0.31 ~ 3.61)

0.62 (0.32 ~ 1.21)

0.65 (0.29 ~ 1.48)

Smoking (current/non & ex-smoker)

0.52 (0.13 ~ 2.10)

2.44 (0.44 ~ 13.63)

0.99 (0.18 ~ 5.49)

0.45 (0.12 ~ 1.71)

1.57 (0.45 ~ 5.41)

Hypertension (/no)

1.26 (0.84 ~ 1.90)

0.69 (0.30 ~ 1.59)

1.17 (0.68 ~ 2.03)

0.86 (0.58 ~ 1.27)

1.02 (0.63 ~ 1.65)

Diabetes (/no)

0.99 (0.51 ~ 1.92)

3.64 (1.36 ~ 9.70)**

1.64 (0.74 ~ 3.63)

0.96 (0.51 ~ 1.81)

1.13 (0.53 ~ 2.41)

Musculoskeletal pain (/no)

7.18 (4.68 ~ 11.02)***

6.13 (2.17 ~ 17.33)***

12.43 (5.79 ~ 26.7)***

6.01 (4.04 ~ 8.93)***

2.62 (1.61 ~ 4.27)***

Stress (/low)

1.53 (0.98 ~ 2.41)

2.31 (1.02 ~ 5.24)*

2.34 (1.31 ~ 4.17)**

1.29 (0.84 ~ 1.99)

4.09 (2.55 ~ 6.56)***

Occupation (/Elementary occupations)

0.65 (0.41 ~ 1.04)

0.78 (0.30 ~ 2.04)

0.46 (0.23 ~ 0.91)*

1.09 (0.71 ~ 1.68)

0.85 (0.50 ~ 1.45)

Working hour/week

0.98 (0.97 ~ 0.99)**

0.98 (0.96 ~ 0.99)*

0.97 (0.96 ~ 0.99)***

0.98 (0.98 ~ 0.99)**

0.99 (0.98 ~ 1.00)

Employment status (/Regular employee)

0.76 (0.48 ~ 1.20)

1.87 (0.66 ~ 5.27)

1.37 (0.71 ~ 2.65)

1.28 (0.83 ~ 1.95)

1.23 (0.72 ~ 2.10)

R2 N

0.473

0.879

0.748

0.382

0.618

  1. Some variables were reclassified because of small group size. Education (0: elementary school, 1: middle and high school, and collage); occupation (0: elementary occupations, 1: office, service and manufacturing work)
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001