Change in loneliness score | ||||||||
Men | Women | |||||||
<80 years | ≥80 years | <80 years | ≥80 years | |||||
n=2651 | n=118 | n=3190 | n=159 | |||||
β (95% CI) | P value | β (95% CI) | P value | β (95% CI) | P value | β (95% CI) | P value | |
Decrease in grip strength | ||||||||
Unadjusted | 0.05 (0.02 to 0.08) | <0.001 | 0.17 (–0.03 to 0.36) | 0.094 | 0.08 (0.03 to 0.12) | <0.001 | 0.13 (–0.06 to 0.32) | 0.167 |
Adjusted* | 0.04 (0.0001 to 0.08) | 0.049 | 0.04 (–0.28 to 0.35) | 0.824 | 0.03 (–0.02 to 0.09) | 0.223 | –0.02 (–0.32 to 0.28) | 0.894 |
Increase in grip strength | ||||||||
Unadjusted | 0.02 (–0.03 to 0.08) | 0.446 | 0.20 (–0.29 to 0.68) | 0.424 | 0.01 (–0.06 to 0.09) | 0.706 | 0.09 (–0.49 to 0.68) | 0.756 |
Adjusted* | 0.02 (–0.05 to 0.08) | 0.598 | 0.27 (–0.33 to 0.87) | 0.369 | –0.02 (–0.10 to 0.07) | 0.677 | –0.11 (–0.61 to 0.39) | 0.658 |
*Adjusted for age, living alone, employment status, NS-SEC occupation category, diagnoses of arthritis, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
NS-SEC, National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification; UCLA, University of California Los Angeles.