Baseline mobility (median, first, and third quartile) and mobility decline, for different socioeconomic status indicators and for every disease group
| Education* | Number | Baseline mobility | Mobility decline (%) | Occupation† | Number | Baseline mobility | Mobility decline % | Income‡ | Number | Baseline mobility | Mobility decline (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| median | 1st–3rd quartile | median | 1st–3rd quartile | median | 1st–3rd quartile | |||||||||
| *Education: high (university, higher vocational), medium (higher secondary, intermediate vocational), low (lower secondary, lower vocational). †Occupation: 1 (higher) grade professionals, 2 routine non-manual workers or high skilled manual workers, 3 self employed, 4 low skilled and unskilled manual workers. ‡Equivalent income in euros: high (>947.04), medium (657.53–947.04), low (<657.53). | ||||||||||||||
| Asthma/COPD | 456 | Asthma/COPD | 380 | Asthma/COPD | 389 | |||||||||
| High | 66 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 10.63 | 22.7 | 1 | 134 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 24.6 | High | 128 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 22.7 |
| Medium | 163 | 0.00 | 0.00 to11.20 | 27.6 | 2 | 105 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 29.5 | Medium | 132 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 37.9 |
| Low | 227 | 10.79 | 0.00 to 21.99 | 42.3 | 3 | 14 | 15.85 | 0.00 to 31.44 | 42.9 | Low | 129 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 26.91 | 45.7 |
| 4 | 127 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 21.99 | 42.5 | ||||||||||
| p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | p value | <0.01 | 0.01 | p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Heart disease | 770 | Heart disease | 687 | Heart disease | 670 | |||||||||
| High | 99 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 9.30 | 20.2 | 1 | 229 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 27.5 | High | 220 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 25.9 |
| Medium | 256 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 34.0 | 2 | 189 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 39.2 | Medium | 221 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 20.50 | 38.9 |
| Low | 415 | 10.57 | 0.00 to 23.89 | 41.2 | 3 | 28 | 20.50 | 0.00 to 31.07 | 42.9 | Low | 229 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 31.07 | 40.2 |
| 4 | 241 | 10.57 | 0.00 to 31.07 | 40.9 | ||||||||||
| p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | p value | <0.01 | 0.02 | p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Diabetes | 130 | Diabetes | 123 | Diabetes | 105 | |||||||||
| High | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 5.60 | 23.1 | 1 | 34 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 0.00 | 29.4 | High | 33 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 10.89 | 24.2 |
| Medium | 41 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 26.8 | 2 | 38 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 20.41 | 39.5 | Medium | 36 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 38.9 |
| Low | 76 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 20.40 | 43.4 | 3 | 5 | 20.50 | 0.00 to 38.23 | 40.0 | Low | 36 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 23.26 | 50.0 |
| 4 | 46 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 25.57 | 41.3 | ||||||||||
| p value | 0.72 | 0.12 | p value | 0.05 | 0.73 | p value | 0.50 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Low back pain | 696 | Low back pain | 631 | Low back pain | 602 | |||||||||
| High | 93 | 10.57 | 0.00 to 11.20 | 33.3 | 1 | 204 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 21.77 | 32.4 | High | 210 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 21.77 | 31.4 |
| Medium | 245 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 21.77 | 38.8 | 2 | 178 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 21.77 | 40.4 | Medium | 207 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 21.99 | 35.3 |
| Low | 358 | 11.20 | 0.00 to 32.56 | 37.4 | 3 | 23 | 21.99 | 11.20 to 32.56 | 34.8 | Low | 185 | 21.36 | 0.00 to 35.23 | 40.5 |
| 4 | 226 | 11.42 | 0.00 to 32.56 | 38.9 | ||||||||||
| p value | <0.01 | 0.65 | p value | <0.01 | 0.36 | p value | <0.01 | 0.17 | ||||||