Table 3.

Differences in HRQL associated with the presence vs. the absence of the pooled exposures of geriatric syndromes and diabetes complications and hypoglycemia in older adults with diabetes (n = 6,317)^*†

	Physical HRQL		Mental HRQL
Variable	β-Coefficient (95% CI)	P	β-Coefficient (95% CI)	P
Any geriatric syndrome	−5.3 (−5.8 to −4.8)	<0.001	−2.1 (−2.6 to −1.6)	<0.001
Any diabetes complication	−3.5 (−4.0 to −2.9)	<0.001	−1.0 (−1.5 to −0.5)	<0.001
Hypoglycemia	−2.5 (−5.7 to 0.8)	0.14	−4.0 (−7.0 to −1.1)	0.008

*Two pooled exposure variables (one for any geriatric syndrome, one for any diabetes complication) and hypoglycemia were modeled simultaneously. All models were adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, income, smoking/alcohol history, physical activity, diabetes duration, diabetes treatment, self-monitoring of glucose, and obesity.

†Among sociodemographics, health behaviors, and diabetes–related factors, income category <$15,000 vs. ≥$100,000 was associated with lower physical (−4.2 [95% CI −5.4 to −3.0], P < 0.001) and mental HRQL (−4.6 [−5.7 to −3.4], P < 0.001). Insufficient physical activity vs. highly active (−4.4 [−5.0 to −3.9], P < 0.001) and obesity vs. not (−3.4 [−3.9 to −2.8], P < 0.001) were associated with lower physical HRQL. All other covariates were associated with differences in HRQL <3 points.