Table 4.

Model of changes in current medication use among elderly African-American EPESE respondents, waves 1–4

	Bivariate Model		Domain Model		Multivariable Model
	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Demographics
Male	0.58 (0.47, 0.73)	<0.001	0.47 (0.36, 0.63)	<0.001	0.52 (0.37, 0.74)	<0.001
Age	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)		0.99 (0.97, 1.01)
Years Of Education	1.04 (1.02, 1.07)	0.003	1.05 (1.02, 1.09)	0.005	1.02 (0.98, 1.06)
Married	1.26 (1.01, 1.59)	0.045	1.65 (1.23, 2.22)	<0.001	1.36 (0.96, 1.91)	0.082~
Currently Working	0.80 (0.60, 1.08)		0.86 (0.60, 1.22)
Annual Household Income (<$15000)	0.69 (0.49, 0.98)	0.039	0.91 (0.62, 1.34)
Respondent Lives In A Rural Area	1.39 (1.13, 1.71)	0.002	1.43 (1.13, 1.81)	0.003	1.31 (0.96, 1.79)	0.093~
Health Characteristics
Respondent Smokes Regularly	0.83 (0.63, 1.11)		0.91 (0.66, 1.25)
Body Mass Index	1.05 (1.03, 1.07)	<0.001	1.05 (1.03, 1.07)	<0.001	1.05 (1.02, 1.08)	<0.001
Controlled Blood Pressure Status	1.23 (1.03, 1.45)	0.019	1.31 (1.08, 1.59)	0.006	1.26 (0.97, 1.65)	0.087~
Health Services
Resided in Nursing Home In The Past 12 Months	1.72 (0.99, 2.98)	0.055~	1.82 (0.80, 4.13)
Put Off Going To The Doctor When Necessary	0.74 (0.56, 0.98)	0.035	0.75 (0.55, 1.01)	0.055~	0.91 (0.56, 1.49)
Satisfied With The Medical Care Received	0.94 (0.69, 1.29)		0.98 (0.71, 1.35)
Received Care In Public Facility	0.72 (0.59, 0.87)	<0.001	0.73 (0.60, 0.89)	0.002	1.18 (0.85, 1.66)
Health Care Provider Characteristics
Minority Physician	1.25 (1.00, 1.55)	0.051~	1.25 (0.99, 1.57)	0.061~	1.36 (1.03, 1.80)	0.032
Male Physician	0.87 (0.66, 1.15)		0.92 (0.67, 1.25)
Age	1.00 (0.99, 1.01)		1.00 (0.97, 1.04)
Years Since Medical School Grad	1.00 (0.99, 1.01)		1.00 (0.96, 1.03)
General/Family Physician Specialty	1.05 (0.84, 1.31)		1.10 (0.86, 1.40)

^~p <0.10