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

Table 4

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

	Prefrail vs. healthy	Frail vs. healthy
Age (years)
65–74	0.38 (0.26–0.57)	0.14 (0.09–0.21)
75–84	0.55 (0.36–0.82)	0.33 (0.22–0.51)
≥85	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
Sex
Male	0.70 (0.59–0.83)	0.65 (0.49–0.86)
Female	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
Educational level
Illiteracy	1.44 (1.09–1.89)	2.24 (1.49–3.38)
Primary school	1.27 (1.03–1.56)	1.36 (0.96–1.93)
Junior high school and above	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
TCM constitution
Yin deficiency	1.38 (1.06–1.80)	1.95 (1.31–2.92)
Yang deficiency	2.20 (1.57–3.08)	3.42 (2.12–5.52)
Blood stasis	1.41 (1.05–1.91)	0.91 (0.53–1.55)
Special diathesis	1.22 (0.71–2.10)	1.89 (0.88–4.07)
Phlegm dampness	1.72 (1.38–2.16)	2.17 (1.52–3.11)
Damp heat	1.16 (0.84–1.61)	1.44 (0.87–2.39)
Qi stagnation	2.28 (1.34–3.89)	5.06 (2.64–9.68)
Qi deficiency	3.13 (1.78–5.53)	5.69 (2.86–11.33)
Neutral	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
Marital status
Married	0.89 (0.72–1.10)	0.83 (0.61–1.12)
Widowed/divorced/unmarried	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
Living condition
Living with nonrelatives	1.42 (0.48–4.19)	2.68 (0.91–7.90)
Living with relatives	0.66 (0.51–0.86)	0.45 (0.32–0.64)
Living alone	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
Physical activity level
Everyday	0.60 (0.47–0.78)	0.20 (0.15–0.27)
Less than 5 times a week	0.47 (0.23–0.93)	0.46 (0.21–0.98)
Less than 2 times a week	0.69 (0.38–1.25)	0.38 (0.18–0.80)
No exercise	1 (ref)	1 (ref)

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