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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Oct;58(10):2009–2015. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03033.x

Table 2.

Unadjusted Racial/Ethnic Differences in Physical Health Status by Age Group (N = 40,631)

Presence of chronic
conditions
ADL difficulties Fair/Poor
Self-rated health

Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI)
Age 55-64

White REF REF REF
African American/black 2.68 (2.16, 3.33)*** 1.28 (1.03, 1.59)* 2.16 (1.71, 2.74)***
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.22 (1.01, 1.47)* 0.67 (0.51, 0.89)** 2.61 (2.13, 3.19)***
Latino 1.20 (1.02, 1.42)* 1.34 (1.13,1.59)** 4.43 (3.78, 5.20)***

Age 65-74

White REF REF REF
African American/black 2.20 (1.57, 3.07)*** 1.74 (1.35, 2.23)*** 1.93 (1.45, 2.57)***
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.09 (0.91, 1.32) 0.71 (0.55, 0.92)* 2.52 (2.02, 3.13)***
Latino 1.19 (0.94, 1.52) 1.55 (1.24, 1.94)*** 3.96 (3.31, 4.75)***

Age ≥ 75

White REF REF REF
African American/black 1.71 (1.09, 2.69)* 1.37 (1.03, 1.80)* 1.86 (1.41, 2.45)***
Asian/Pacific Islander .96 (0.70, 1.33) 1.02 (0.82, 1.26) 2.22 (1.67, 2.96)***
Latino 1.11 (0.83, 1.50) 1.07 (0.83, 1.39) 2.56 (1.97, 3.33)***
*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001