Prevalence and Factors Associated with Impairment in Intrinsic Capacity among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An Observational Study from South India

Table 2

Association of factors with impaired intrinsic capacity.

Variables	Beta-coefficient	95% confidence interval	value
Age	−0.01	−0.02 to −0.01	0.002
Age category
60–75	0 (reference)
≥75	−0.17	−0.32 to −0.03	0.015
Gender
Male	0 (reference)
Female	0.06	−0.06 to 0.18	0.349
BMI	0.01	−0.01 to 0.12	0.742
ADL
Score	0.18	0.14 to 0.28	<0.001
Intact	0 (reference)
Impaired	−0.13	−0.49 to −0.18	<0.001
IADL score	0.06	0.01 to 0.9	0.018
Geriatric syndromes
Falls	−0.02	−0.34 to 0.15	0.450
Urinary incontinence	−0.01	−0.25 to 0.18	0.764
Constipation	0.03	−0.17 to 0.48	0.351
Insomnia	0.31	−0.03 to 0.59	0.065
Comorbidities
Multimorbidity	−0.05	−0.30 to 0.01	0.083
Hypertension	−0.03	−0.19 to 0.07	0.366
Diabetes	−0.01	−0.17 to 0.14	0.839
Chronic respiratory illness	−0.02	−0.28 to 0.12	0.449
CVD	−0.01	−0.33 to 0.26	0.794
Chronic neurologic illness	−0.10	−0.77 to −0.18	0.001

BMI: body mass index, IADL: instrumental activities of daily living, and CVD: cardiovascular disease.