Table 3 The weighted associations between IC scores, poor self-rated health, ADL and IADL limitations

From: An assessment of intrinsic capacity among older Indian adults from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India

 

Poor health

ADL limitations

IADL limitations

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Model 1

IC score

0.96 (0.96 to 0.96)

0.95 (0.95 to 0.95)

0.93 (0.93 to 0.93)

Model 2

IC score

0.97 (0.97 to 0.97)

0.96 (0.96 to 0.97)

0.96 (0.96 to 0.96)

Age (years)

 45–49

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 50–54

1.08 (0.96 to 1.20)

1.22 (1.07 to 1.40)

1.22 (1.12 to 1.33)

 55–59

1.17 (1.05 to 1.31)

1.44 (1.26 to 1.65)

1.36 (1.24 to 1.48)

 60–64

1.42 (1.27 to 1.58)

1.82 (1.60 to 2.06)

1.70 (1.56 to 1.85)

 65–69

1.55 (1.39 to 1.73)

2.20 (1.93 to 2.50)

2.07 (1.89 to 2.26)

 70–74

1.72 (1.52 to 1.94)

2.79 (2.43 to 3.20)

2.56 (2.32 to 2.83)

 75–79

1.87 (1.63 to 2.15)

3.24 (2.79 to 3.78)

3.04 (2.69 to 3.43)

 80–84

2.37 (2.01 to 2.80)

3.86 (3.24 to 4.60)

3.51 (3.02 to 4.09)

 85+

2.41 (2.00 to 2.92)

5.10 (4.20 to 6.19)

4.65 (3.87 to 5.60)

Sex

 Women

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Men

1.09 (1.02 to 1.16)

0.90 (0.84 to 0.97)

0.63 (0.60 to 0.67)

Education

 Less than primary

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Primary/middle school

1.17 (1.09 to 1.27)

1.15 (1.05 to 1.25)

0.76 (0.71 to 0.81)

 Secondary school

0.87 (0.78 to 0.97)

1.00 (0.88 to 1.13)

0.55 (0.50 to 0.60)

 Higher education

0.57 (0.48 to 0.68)

0.91 (0.76 to 1.09)

0.50 (0.43 to 0.58)

MPCE

 Quintile 1 (poorest)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Quintile 2

0.91 (0.84 to 1.00)

0.94 (0.85 to 1.03)

1.02 (0.95 to 1.10)

 Quintile 3

0.88 (0.80 to 0.96)

1.02 (0.93 to 1.12)

0.94 (0.88 to 1.02)

 Quintile 4

0.94 (0.86 to 1.03)

1.01 (0.92 to 1.12)

1.00 (0.92 to 1.07)

 Quintile 5 (richest)

0.95 (0.86 to 1.04)

1.00 (0.90 to 1.11)

0.96 (0.89 to 1.04)

Place of residence

 Rural

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Urban

0.88 (0.82 to 0.94)

0.90 (0.84 to 0.97)

0.74 (0.70 to 0.78)

Marital status

 Married/cohabitation

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Windowed

1.05 (0.97 to 1.12)

1.05 (0.97 to 1.13)

1.11 (1.04 to 1.17)

 Divorced/separated/deserted

1.40 (1.11 to 1.77)

1.02 (0.78 to 1.33)

1.05 (0.86 to 1.28)

 Never married

1.34 (1.02 to 1.76)

1.43 (1.05 to 1.93)

1.11 (0.87 to 1.42)

Multimorbidity

 0

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 1

2.22 (2.07 to 2.38)

1.70 (1.58 to 1.84)

1.43 (1.35 to 1.51)

 2 or more

4.68 (4.35 to 5.03)

2.79 (2.59 to 3.02)

2.10 (1.97 to 2.23)

  1. Model 1 is the unadjusted model.
  2. Model 2 is the adjusted model including all sociodemographic and health factors.