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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2007 Apr;45(4):300–307. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000254576.26353.09

TABLE 2.

Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Weighted Multinomial Logistic Regressions of Concordance Categories on Hospital Admissions (n = 4201; Reference = Concordance)

Overreport
Underreport
Variables AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Sociodemographic
 Age 0.986 (0.964–1.010) 1.040 (0.999–1.083)
 Men 1.495* (1.059–2.110) 1.835 (0.972–3.467)
 Race
  Black 1.164 (0.782–1.732) 1.056 (0.534–2.087)
  Hispanic 1.359 (0.803–2.298) 1.220 (0.477–3.121)
 Living alone 1.076 (0.833–1.389) 1.276 (0.800–2.036)
Socioeconomic
 Education
  Grade school 0.999 (0.745–1.340) 0.942 (0.571–1.553)
  Some college 1.170 (0.876–1.564) 0.523 (0.260–1.053)
 Income
  ≤ $7000 0.846 (0.597–1.200) 1.045 (0.590–1.849)
  ≥$50,000 1.099 (0.807–1.496) 0.995 (0.493–2.008)
 Veteran 1.075 (0.751–1.541) 0.990 (0.487–2.015)
 Private insurance 0.943 (0.696–1.280) 1.029 (0.593–1.788)
Lifestyle
 Smoker (ever) 1.140 (0.887–1.465) 0.784 (0.487–1.263)
 Overweight 1.023 (0.797–1.313) 1.072 (0.674–1.704)
 Obese 1.141 (0.826–1.576) 0.879 (0.459–1.680)
 Drinking
   <1 drink/d 0.839 (0.651–1.082) 0.964 (0.591–1.573)
  1–2 drinks/d 0.550* (0.332–0.910) 0.911 (0.349–2.379)
   3+ drinks/d 1.309 (0.635–2.699) 1.206 (0.177–8.203)
 Never driven 1.132 (0.760–1.685) 1.621 (0.841–3.124)
Diseases
 Arthritis 1.081 (0.838–1.395) 1.718* (1.091–2.705)
 Cancer 1.653 (1.243–2.197) 0.986 (0.516–1.886)
 Diabetes 1.205 (0.887–1.638) 1.650 (0.956–2.849)
 Hypertension 1.016 (0.809–1.276) 0.841 (0.546–1.296)
 Lung disease 1.190 (0.849–1.667) 1.165 (0.596–2.278)
 Heart condition 1.925 (1.526–2.429) 3.140 (2.023–4.876)
 Hip fracture 1.363 (0.850–2.185) 0.758 (0.281–2.046)
 Psych problems 1.462* (1.019–2.098) 0.861 (0.374–1.982)
Functional limitations
 No. ADLs w/difficulty 0.995 (0.895–1.153) 0.890 (0.682–1.160)
 No. IADLs w/difficulty 1.070 (0.929–1.232) 1.179 (0.930–1.495)
 No. lower body limits 1.188 (1.083–1.303) 1.144 (0.961–1.361)
 Hearing: poor or fair 1.031 (0.798–1.334) 0.643 (0.386–1.071)
 Vision: poor or fair 1.195 (0.924–1.545) 1.193 (0.743–1.918)
 Memory: poor or fair 0.880 (0.678–1.143) 0.940 (0.582–1.520)
 Health: poor or fair 1.396* (1.064–1.832) 0.925 (0.562–1.523)
 Able to drive 0.912 (0.659–1.262) 1.233 (0.670–2.267)
 CESD8 = 0 0.839 (0.631–1.114) 0.546* (0.301–0.992)
 CESD8 = 3+ 0.954 (0.723–1.258) 0.936 (0.571–1.532)
 TICS7 = 0–10 0.939 (0.698–1.263) 1.598 (0.946–2.700)
 TICS7 = 14–15 0.800 (0.611–1.048) 0.709 (0.391–1.285)
Number in category 398 101
Pseudo R2
 Nagelkerke 0.1344
 Cox and Snell 0.0756
χ2 P value <0.0001
*

P < 0.05;

P < 0.01;

P < 0.001.

For convenience, cells with statistically significant AORs are shown in bold.