Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution Is Associated with the Frailty Status of Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Community

Table 3

Binary logistic regression analysis on the TCM constitution and frailty of older adults.

Variables	value	OR	95% CI
Age (years)
65–74	<0.001	0.22	0.15–0.32
75–84	<0.001	0.46	0.32–0.67
≥85		1 (ref)
Marital status
Married	0.382	0.88	0.65–1.18
Widowed/divorced/unmarried		1 (ref)
Educational level
Illiteracy	0.001	2.07	1.38–3.09
Primary school	0.110	1.33	0.94–1.89
Junior high school and above		1 (ref)
TCM constitution
Yin deficiency	0.008	1.70	1.15–2.50
Yang deficiency	<0.001	2.37	1.50–3.74
Blood stasis	0.391	0.80	0.47–1.34
Special diathesis	0.137	1.74	0.84–3.62
Phlegm dampness	0.001	1.75	1.24–2.48
Damp heat	0.213	1.37	0.84–2.23
Qi stagnation	<0.001	3.51	1.94–6.36
Qi deficiency	<0.001	3.23	1.76–5.94
Neutral		1 (ref)
Living condition
Living with nonrelatives	0.097	2.01	0.88–4.57
Living with relatives	<0.001	0.55	0.40–0.76
Living alone		1 (ref)
Physical activity level
Everyday	<0.001	0.26	0.20–0.33
Less than 5 times a week	0.212	0.63	0.31–1.30
Less than 2 times a week	0.026	0.46	0.23–0.92
No exercise		1 (ref)
Sex
Male	0.037	0.75	0.58–0.98
Female		1 (ref)

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.