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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2010 Dec;25(4):343–354. doi: 10.1007/s10823-010-9119-5

Table 3.

Poisson Regression Results Assessing Correlates of Comorbidity (n=446)

Parameter estimate 95% confidence intervals
Socio-demographics
 Older age 0.076 0.009 0.142
 Higher income −0.022 −0.068 0.023
 Higher educational attainment 0.047 −0.021 0.116
Functional limitations
 Better lower body function −0.078 −0.097 −0.059
 Stronger grip strength −0.004 −0.007 −0.002
Psychosocial factors
 More depressive symptomatology 0.018 0.012 0.024
 More social support −0.002 −0.006 0.002
 Lower personal mastery 0.020 0.009 0.031