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. 2024 Sep 25;79(12):glae239. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glae239

Table 4.

Estimates From Multilevel Poisson Regression Predicting Limitations to Normal Daily Activities Reported for Each Chronic Condition by Comorbid Conditions, PSID 2005–2021

Part 1*
Conditions Hypertension Limitations Arthritis Limitations Diabetes Limitations Heart Condition Limitations Cancer Limitations
IRR CI IRR CI IRR CI IRR CI IRR CI
Hypertension 1.01 1.00–1.02 1.09 1.07–1.12*** 1.02 1.00–1.05 0.97 0.93–1.00
Arthritis 1.21 1.19–1.23*** 1.07 1.05–1.09*** 1.11 1.09–1.13*** 0.99 0.96–1.03
Diabetes 1.27 1.24–1.29*** 1.07 1.05–1.09*** 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.93 0.89–0.98
Heart condition 1.22 1.20–1.24*** 1.06 1.05–1.07*** 1.16 1.13–1.19*** 1.08 1.03–1.12***
Cancer 1.03 1.01–1.06 1.01 1.00–1.02 1.05 1.02–1.08 0.96 0.94–0.98***
Lung disease 1.16 1.13–1.18*** 1.05 1.04–1.06*** 0.96 0.94–0.99 1.12 1.09–1.14*** 0.87 0.84–0.90***
Stroke 1.17 1.15–1.20*** 0.98 0.97–1.00 1.01 0.98–1.04 1.06 1.03–1.09*** 1.04 0.99–1.09
Depression 0.97 0.95–0.99 1.09 1.07–1.11*** 1.04 1.01–1.07 1.05 1.02–1.08*** 0.91 0.86–0.96***
Memory loss 1.16 1.13–1.18*** 1.07 1.05–1.09*** 1.24 1.21–1.28*** 1.25 1.22–1.28*** 1.04 0.99–1.10
Random effects
 Intercept variance 3.87 0.77 2.18 1.31 6.42
 Residual variance 13.90 2.01 9.18 5.49 33.30
 ICC 0.78 0.72 0.81 0.81 0.84
N 3 304 2 695 1 459 1 275 1 124
Observations 13 449 9 228 5 163 3 788 3 315
Conditional R2 0.79 0.73 0.82 0.82 0.86
Part 2*
Conditions Lung disease limitations Stroke limitations Depression limitations Memory loss limitations
IRR CI IRR CI IRR CI IRR CI
Hypertension 1.07 1.05–1.10*** 1.05 1.01–1.09 0.97 0.92–1.01 1.14 1.09–1.18***
Arthritis 1.11 1.08–1.14*** 1.06 1.03–1.09*** 1.11 1.06–1.15*** 0.97 0.94–1.00
Diabetes 0.95 0.92–0.99 1.33 1.27–1.39*** 0.98 0.92–1.04 1.16 1.11–1.22***
Heart condition 1.06 1.03–1.08*** 0.96 0.93–1.00 1.12 1.08–1.17*** 1.10 1.06–1.15***
Cancer 1.08 1.05–1.11*** 1.14 1.09–1.19*** 0.97 0.92–1.02 0.97 0.92–1.02
Lung disease 1.08 1.04–1.11*** 1.09 1.04–1.14*** 0.99 0.95–1.04
Stroke 1.00 0.97–1.03 0.99 0.93–1.05 1.07 1.02–1.11
Depression 1.11 1.08–1.15*** 0.96 0.92–1.00 1.12 1.08–1.17***
Memory loss 1.04 1.01–1.08 1.45 1.41–1.50*** 1.20 1.15–1.25***
Random effects
 Intercept variance 1.19 1.51 1.27 0.47
 Residual variance 5.23 6.97 5.92 0.89
 ICC 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.66
N 873 701 494 533
Observations 2 143 1 882 1 137 986
Conditional R2 0.82 0.84 0.84 0.68

CI = confidence interval; ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient; IRR = incidence rate ratio; PSID = Panel Study of Income Dynamics.

* Part 1 presents estimates from models predicting limitations reported for hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, heart condition, and cancer. Part 2 presents estimates from models predicting limitations reported for lung disease, stroke, depression, and memory loss. Models adjusted for age, age squared, sex, race/ethnicity, education, household income, household wealth, region of residence, body mass index, mother’s education, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and proxy response; weighted by sampling weights taken at first observation.

*** p < .001.