Physical and Leisure Activity in Older Community-Dwelling Canadians Who Use Wheelchairs: A Population Study

Table 4

A Summary of risk factors for predictive models of perceived health in older Canadian adults.

Sociodemographic variables	Perceived health (model 1)			Perceived health (model 2)
	OR	95% CI	𝑃	OR	95% CI	𝑃
Age (years)	1.02	1.01, 1.04	<.001	1.02	1.00, 1.03	.05
Sex
Male	1.15	0.92, 1.43	.21	1.20	0.96, 1.50	.11
Marital status
Married/common law	1.0	0.80, 1.25	.98	1.00	0.80, 1.25	.35
Education
Graduated from high school	0.56	0.46, 0.70	<.001	0.61	0.49, 0.76	<.001
Income
CAD<14999	1.13	0.85, 1.50	.40	1.14	0.86, 1.51	.37
Health related variables
BMI (m/Kg^2)	1.04	1.01, 1.06	<.001	1.03	1.00, 1.05	.04
Type of smoker
Regular/occasional	1.89	1.38, 2.59	<.001	1.72	1.26, 2.36	<.001
Alcohol use
Regular/occasional	0.52	0.41, 0.66	<.001	0.55	0.43, 0.70	<.001
Has a chronic condition
Yes	7.60	3.21, 18.07	<.001	7.48	3.18, 17.57	<.001
Wheelchair use
No (walks with support)	4.18	3.05, 5.75	<.001	3.63	2.64, 4.99	<.001
Yes	10.56	5.90, 18.92	<.001	6.94	3.81, 12.65	<.001
Physical Activity Index
Inactive	—			1.64	1.29, 2.07	<.001
Participates in leisure activities
No	—			1.67	1.24, 2.26	<.001

Model 1: impact of wheelchair use on perceived health, controlled for sociodemographic and health-related variables.
Model 2: impact of wheelchair use on perceived health after adding physical activity behaviours to the model, controlled for sociodemographic and health-related variables.