Research Article

Prevalence of Successful Aging in the Elderly in Western Mexico

Table 4

Crude and adjusted odds ratio for successful aging.

VariableSuccessful aging (%)Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR* (95% CI)

Age, years
 ≥755.20.30 (0.23–0.39).0000.35 (0.26–0.47).000
 60–74 17.0
Sex
 Women9.20.50 (0.41–0.60).0000.52 (0.41–0.66).000
  Men18.4
Education
 ≤high school10.70.55 (0.45–0.66).0000.58 (0.45–0.75).000
 >high school19.5
Married status
 No3.60.18 (0.13–0.24).000
0.20 (0.14–0.27) .000
 Yes19.9

Notes: adjusted for age, sex, education and marital status.
OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, *binary logistic regression.