Financial Strain Is Associated with Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women

Table 3

Multivariable logistic regression analyses of the relationship between difficulty making ends meet and malnutrition risk in women aged 70–79 (𝑛=679).

	Model 1; OR (95% CI)	Model 2; OR (95% CI)	Model 3; OR (95% CI)
Monthly finances
Some money left (ref)	—	—	—
Just enough to make ends meet	1.80 (1.08, 3.00)	1.42 (0.83, 2.44)	1.54 (0.88, 2.68)
Not enough to make ends meet	4.55 (2.26, 9.14)	3.62 (1.75, 7.48)	4.08 (1.95, 8.52)
Education (years)		1.00 (0.95, 1.04)	1.00 (0.96, 1.03)
Income
$25,000≤ (ref)		—	—
$10,000–24,999		0.90 (0.43, 1.86)	0.81 (0.40, 1.66)
$6,000–9,999		0.80 (0.37, 1.72)	0.60 (0.27, 1.32)
<$6,000		3.06 (1.41, 6.60)	2.54 (1.07, 5.99)
Other demographics
Age (years)			1.12 (1.03, 1.22)
Race
White (ref)			—
Black			0.85 (0.47, 1.54)
Marital status
Married (ref)			—
Widowed			1.91 (0.99, 3.69)
Separated/divorced			1.74 (0.63, 4.79)
Never married			1.88 (0.57, 6.21)