Is There Successful Aging for Nonagenarians? The Vitality 90+ Study

Table 4

Associations of successful aging, according to the six models, with socioeconomic characteristics. A multivariate logistic regression model, all the predictors included in the model simultaneously. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

	Models of successful aging
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Age
90–91	2.74 (0.59–12.76)	1.93 (0.99–3.78)	1.68 (0.83–3.4)	1.43 (0.76–2.66)	1.82 (0.93–3.57)	2.85 (1.81–4.49)
92–93	3.93 (0.82–18.89)	2.15 (1.02–4.53)	1.76 (0.91–3.42)	1.93 (1.0–3.73)	2.14 (1.05–4.40)	2.90 (1.79–4.73)
94+	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gender
Men	1	1	1	1	1	1
Women	0.20 (0.07–0.54)	0.46 (0.26–0.82)	0.53 (0.29–0.96)	0.54 (0.31–0.94)	0.47 (0.27–0.83)	0.98 (0.06–1.50)
Marital status
Unmarried	1	1	1	1	1	1
Married	0.85 (0.26–2.73)	1.17 (0.61–2.26)	1.60 (0.82–3.12)	1.71 (0.92– 3.16)	1.42 (0.74–2.7)	1.11 (0.69–1.81)
Education
Low	1	1	1	1	1	1
Middle	1.64 (0.34–7.88)	1.77 (0.81–3.85)	1.16 (0.47–2.87)	0.89 (0.37–2.18)	1.10 (0.47–2.54)	1.57 (0.94–2.63)
High	1.14 (0.39–3.33)	1.28 (0.72–2.3)	1.23 (0.68–2.22)	1.10 (0.64–1.91)	0.95 (0.54–1.69)	1.45 (1.00–2.11)
Higher	1.35 (0.38–4.6)	2.03 (1.06–3.89)	1.48 (0.73–2.99)	1.45 (0.76–2.76)	1.14 (0.57–2.28)	2.00 (1.26–3.17)
Place of living
Community	3.11 (0.89–10.8)	2.48 (1.36–4.53)	2.66 (1.39–5.05)	2.64 (1.48–4.72)	3.18 (1.68–6.0)	4.30 (2.83–6.53)
Institution	1	1	1	1	1	1