Psychological distress and quality of life in older persons: relative contributions of fixed and modifiable risk factors

Table 3 Univariate logistic regression for QOL

	Odds ratio	95% CI	P
Age	0.951	0.927–0.975	< 0.001
Residential status ^†	0.282	0.191–0.417	< 0.001
Activity (minutes per week)	1.002	1.001–1.003	< 0.001
Physical health burden (0–5)	0.685	0.566–0.830	< 0.001
Functional limitations (0–100)	1.036	1.029–1.044	< 0.001
Time spent outdoors (hours per week)	1.059	1.039–1.078	< 0.001
Social support (scaled scores)	1.349	1.207–1.509	< 0.001
K10 (10–50)	0.815	0.780–0.852	< 0.001
Sleep (hours per day)	0.837	0.762–0.919	< 0.001
Alcoholic drinks (number per week)	1.069	1.029–1.110	0.001
Time spent sitting (hours per day)	0.885	0.840–0.933	< 0.001

^† Residential status is a categorical variable: reference category = Community.

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