Table 3.

Final Multivariate Regression Models

	African American			White
	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients
Factor	B	Std. Error	Beta	B	Std. Error	Beta
Baseline life-space	.543	.046	.544‡	.319	.052	.292‡
Age	−.379	.127	−.108†	−.685	.160	−.172‡
Low education	.127	.910	.005	−3.388	1.149	−.127†
Transportation difficulty	−7.042	2.090	−.122†	−5.137	3.537	−.059
Arthritis or gout	−.815	1.682	−.017	−4.024	1.845	−.081*
Diabetes	−4.584	1.917	−.085*	−5.934	2.332	−.095*
Stroke	−.535	2.629	−.007	−7.182	3.146	−.085*
Neuropathy	−2.331	3.267	−.025	−11.415	3.876	−.109†
Kidney	−7.865	3.304	−.081*	3.399	4.811	.026
Dementia	−9.225	4.590	−.070*	−7.409	7.181	−.037
Parkinson's disease	−15.690	7.473	−.074*	−6.948	5.761	−.044
Depression	−.670	.424	−.062	−1.138	.441	−.106†
Poor appetite	−3.403	2.175	−.054	−5.661	2.724	−.082*
Physical activity level, kcal/week	.736	.643	.042	1.540	.683	.089*

^*P < .05;

^†P < .01;

^‡P < .001.

Controlling for gender, income, marital status, urban/rural residence, and social support, all of which were not significant.

Model R² = 0.55, P < .001 for African Americans; R² = .48, P ≤ .001 for whites.