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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 6;63(3):331. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.06.013

Table 2.

Parameter estimates from the competing models from the models adjusted for age, sex, education, and income

Under-65 65 and Older
Parameter Additive Model, mean and 95% CI Minimum Model, mean and 95% CI Multiplicative Model, mean and 95% CI Additive Model, mean and 95% CI Minimum Model, mean and 95% CI Multiplicative Model, mean and 95% CI
Constant 0.618 (0.603, 0.636) 0.673 (0.653, 0.693) 0.624 (0.603, 0.647) 0.968 (0.958, 0.975) 1.002 (0.989, 1.009) 0.986 (0.975, 0.996)
Age in years 0.0009 (0.0007, 0.0012) 0.0004 (0.0001, 0.0007) 0.0010 (0.0006, 0.0013) −0.0021 (−0.0022, −0.0020) −0.002 (−0.003, −0.002) −0.0023 (−0.0025, −0.0022)
Male −0.001 (−0.006, 0.003) 0.003 (−0.002, 0.008) −0.002 (−0.008, 0.004) 0.003 (0.001, 0.004) 0.001 (−0.00005, 0.003) 0.003 (0.002, 0.005)
Education: High School or GED 0.0003 (−0.006, 0.007) 0.002 (−0.004, 0.008) −0.0001 (−0.007, 0.007) 0.009 (0.007, 0.011) 0.013 (0.011, 0.015) 0.011 (0.009, 0.013)
Education: more than High School 0.006 (0.00007, 0.013 0.008 (0.001, 0.014) 0.007 (0.0002, 0.014) 0.016 (0.014, 0.017) 0.019 (0.017, 0.021) 0.017 (0.015, 0.019)
Income: less than $10,000/year −0.001 (−0.008, 0.006) −0.004 (−0.010, 0.002) −0.002 (−0.009, 0.005) −0.026 (−0.028, −0.024) −0.031 (−0.033, −0.029) −0.028 (−0.031, −0.026)
Income: $10,000 –20,000/year −0.009 (−0.015, −0.003) −0.010 (−0.016, −0.005) −0.011 (−0.018, −0.005) −0.018 (−0.020, −0.017) −0.021 (−0.023, −0.019) −0.020 (−0.021, −0.018)
Depression for most of the last year −0.088 (−0.093, −0.083) −0.182 (−0.193, −0.171) 0.145 (0.137, 0.153) −0.118 (−0.120, −0.115) −0.224 (−0.227, −0.221) 0.167 (0.163, 0.170)
Emphysema or asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease −0.013 (−0.018, −0.007) −0.052 (−0.071, −0.033) 0.023 (0.014, 0.033) −0.041 (−0.043, −0.039) −0.122 (−0.125, −0.119) 0.058 (0.055, 0.061)
Arthritis of the hip or knee −0.025(−0.031, −0.019) −0.079 (−0.092, −0.066) 0.043 (0.034, 0.053) −0.042 (−0.044, −0.041) −0.108 (−0.110, −0.106) 0.057 (0.055, 0.059)
Problems controlling urination −0.025 (−0.030, −0.019) −0.089 (−0.102, −0.075) 0.045 (0.037, 0.054) −0.038 (−0.039, −0.036) −0.080 (−0.083, −0.077) 0.052 (0.050, 0.054)
Sciatica −0.037 (−0.043, −0.032) −0.117 (−0.129, −0.105) 0.065 (0.057, 0.073) −0.034 (−0.036, −0.032) −0.067 (−0.071, −0.064) 0.047 (0.045, 0.050)
Stroke −0.002 (−0.009, 0.006) 0.024 (−0.006, 0.056) 0.002 (−0.011, 0.016) −0.032 (−0.034, −0.029) −0.065 (−0.071, −0.059) 0.046 (0.042, 0.050)
Congestive heart failure −0.004 (−0.012, 0.005) 0.0003 (−0.050, 0.050) 0.008 (−0.007, 0.022) −0.029 (−0.033, −0.026) −0.090 (−0.097, −0.084) 0.045 (0.041, 0.050)
Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis or inflammatory bowel disease −0.019 (−0.026, −0.011) −0.068 (−0.097, −0.040) 0.034 (0.020, 0.049) −0.029 (−0.032, −0.026) −0.068 (−0.076, −0.059) 0.044 (0.039, 0.048)
Vision impairment 0.0002 (−0.009, 0.009) 0.023 (−0.010, 0.057) −0.003 (−0.019, 0.013) −0.023 (−0.027, −0.020) −0.049 (−0.056, −0.041) 0.034 (0.029, 0.039)
Hearing impairment −0.002 (−0.010, 0.005) 0.023 (−0.018, 0.061) 0.005 (−0.008, 0.017) −0.023 (−0.025, −0.020) −0.047 (−0.052, −0.042) 0.033 (0.030, 0.036)
Arthritis of the hand or wrist −0.015 (−0.021, −0.008) −0.056 (−0.075, −0.038) 0.026 (0.016, 0.035) −0.022 (−0.024, −0.021) −0.036 (−0.039, −0.032) 0.030 (0.028, 0.033)
Diabetes −0.002 (−0.007, 0.004) −0.044 (−0.062, −0.026) 0.005 (−0.005, 0.015) −0.021 (−0.023, −0.019) −0.024 (−0.029, −0.019) 0.029 (0.026, 0.031)
Other heart conditions (valve, murmur) −0.012 (−0.018, −0.006) −0.044 (−0.062, −0.026) 0.022 (0.012, 0.032) −0.020 (−0.021, −0.018) −0.040 (−0.044, −0.036) 0.027 (0.025, 0.030)
Angina pectoris or coronary artery disease −0.010 (−0.017, −0.0023) −0.002 (−0.030, 0.025) 0.016 (0.002, 0.029) −0.017 (−0.020, −0.015) −0.035 (−0.041, −0.029) 0.025 (0.022, 0.028)
Myocardial infarction 0.005 (−0.004, 0.013) −0.015 (−0.101, 0.070) −0.008 (−0.023, 0.008) −0.006 (−0.009, −0.004) −0.016 (−0.027, −0.004) 0.009 (0.006, 0.013)
Mean Squared Error 0.0088 (0.0087, 0.0088) 0.0092 (0.0092, 0.0093) 0.0087 (0.0087, 0.0088) 0.0104 (0.0104, 0.0104) 0.0113 (0.0113, 0.0113) 0.0103 (0.0103, 0.0103)