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. 2009 Jun;44(3):926–945. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00964.x

Table 4.

Predicted Probabilities of Health Outcome Changes Simulated between Age 65 and 73

ΔU ΔI ΔU–ΔI
Upost Upre Ipost Ipre [A]–[B] [C]–[D] [E]–[F]
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G]
N 1,729 2,151 11,588 13,958
Change of health status
Better −3.9 −4.0 −3.4 −3.1 0.1 −0.3 0.4
(−2.6, 1.2) (−2.4, 0.5) (−1.8, 1.8)
Same −19.2 −18.0 −14.7 −13.9 −1.2 −0.8 −0.4
(−7.8, 4.8) (−4.5, 1.9) (−6.4, 5.5)
Worse −2.3 −1.3 3.3 2.4 −1.0 0.9 −1.9
(−4.3, 4.6) (−1.3, 4) (−5.2, 2.9)
Dead 25.4 23.3 14.8 14.5 2.1 0.2 1.9
(−5.4, 8.5) (−2.9, 3.5) (−6.1, 7.9)
Mobility
No difficulties −22.4 −20.4 −19.5 −18.4 −2.0 −1.1 −0.9
(−8.7, 2.5) (−4.7, 2.6) (−7.6, 2.7)
1 difficulty −0.9 −2.9 −0.9 −0.8 2.0 −0.1 2.1
(−1.4, 5.7) (−3.4, 2.1) (−0.6, 5.9)
>1 difficulty 0.8 2.9 6.6 4.8 −2.1 1.8 −3.9
(−5.7, 4.1) (−1.5, 5.1) (−7.2, 2)
Dead 22.4 20.4 13.8 14.4 2.1 −0.6 2.7
(−3.9, 9.3) (−3.3, 2.8) (−3.8, 9.3)
Agility
No difficulties −16.9 −15.7 −17.9 −16.4 −1.3 −1.5 0.3
(−6.1, 3) (−5, 2.1) (−4.4, 3.9)
1 difficulty −2.1 −2.2 −0.2 −0.1 0.1 −0.1 0.1
(−3.6, 3) (−3.2, 1.5) (−2.3, 3.6)
>1 difficulty −5.4 −4.6 3.8 1.9 −0.8 1.9 −2.7
(−5.9, 5.4) (−1.3, 5.4) (−7.5, 2.9)
Dead 24.5 22.5 14.3 14.7 2.0 −0.3 2.3
(−5.1, 8.3) (−3.3, 2.7) (−4.4, 8.2)
Pain
No troubles with pain −18.4 −17.4 −16.2 −13.5 −1.0 −2.7 1.7
(−8.8, 5.9) (−5.6, 1.7) (−5, 7.2)
Mild pain −1.8 −1.2 0.7 −0.5 −0.6 1.2 −1.8
(−2, 1.7) (−0.5, 2.1) (−2.8, 0.6)
Moderate/severe pain −2.3 −2.4 1.6 −0.3 0.1 1.9 −1.9
(−4.1, 4) (−1.4, 4.4) (−5, 2.5)
Dead 22.6 21.0 13.9 14.4 1.5 −0.4 2.0
(−5.8, 8.1) (−3.4, 2.9) (−4.3, 8.2)
Depression
None −4.3 −11.4 −6.0 −11.6 7.1 5.6 1.5
(0.2, 10.3) (1.7, 8.3) (−4.3, 4.7)
Subthreshold −10.3 −9.2 −7.5 −5.3 −1.1 −2.2 1.1
(−3.8, 4.7) (−4.6, 1) (−1.2, 6.1)
Active −9.7 −2.2 −1.0 1.3 −7.4 −2.3 −5.1
(−12.1, −2.8) (−4.8, 0.2) (−9.3, −1.3)
Dead 24.2 22.8 14.5 15.6 1.4 −1.1 2.5
(−5.6, 8.2) (−4.3, 2.5) (−4.5, 9.2)

Notes: Adjusted for sex, age, education, ethnicity, race, and region.95% confidence intervals are in parentheses.